virtual machine

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Noun

virtual machine (plural virtual machines)

  1. (computing) A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.
  2. (computing) A computer system that is implemented in software rather than hardware and that runs bytecode.

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  • process virtual machine
  • system virtual machine

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