virtualization

English

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Etymology

From virtual +‎ -ization.

Noun

virtualization (plural virtualizations)

  1. The act of virtualizing.
  2. (computing) Creating a virtual version of common computing hardware at the same abstraction level.
    storage virtualization
    CPU virtualization

Hyponyms

  • OS-level virtualization
  • revirtualization

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