hypervisor
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Hypervisor
A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate…A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.
Meaning
1 sensesA firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.
Hypervisor
Translations
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By meaning 1
system that provides a virtual machine:
Origin
Blend of hyper- + supervisor.Blend of hyper- + supervisor.
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Forms
plural: hypervisors| Singular | hypervisor |
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Synonyms
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1 related wordsDerivedstorage hypervisor