(1) A virtual machine (VM) environment in the user's computer. See client virtualization. (2) Desktop virtualization also refers to a thin client architecture in which the user's OS and apps run in a ...

(1) The term may erroneously refer to traditional virtualization methods rather than the technique described below (see virtual machine). (2) A method for splitting a server into multiple partitions ...

A virtual machine is a computing resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy applications. It operates by running one or more virtual “guest” machines on a ...

I was reading "Are Containers the Beginning of the End of Virtual Machines?" In this article, Jeffrey Schwartz asks if containers, an implementation of OS virtualization and partitioning (OSVP), will ...

Goodbye, VirtualBox - I found a better, more reliable VM manager for Linux ...

Virtualization, as the name suggests, involves the creation of a make-believe version of a computer or its constituent resource, like a storage device, server, etc., within a physical computer. The ...

Virtual machine density refers to how many virtual machines your virtual infrastructure host servers can maintain, while still performing well themselves and also providing enough compute resources ...

Even the most loyal Mac users recognize that Windows still rules the roost in the world of desktop and laptop computers, and there are many important apps that only run on Windows. For example, the ...

The Hyper-V manager can be used to manually start and stop your virtual machine(s). The Start-VM and Stop-VM cmdlet in PowerShell starts/stops a virtual machine. The cmdlets available in the Hyper-V ...