English Explanatory Dictionary

virtual machine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-virtual machine.wav

Word forms

virtual machine virtual machines

Synonyms

VM

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 虛擬機 /虚拟机 Finnish: virtuaalikone French: machine virtuelle Galician: máquina virtual German: virtuelle Maschine Greek: εικονική μηχανή Indonesian: komputer virtual Indonesian: mesin virtual Italian: macchina virtuale Japanese: 仮想マシン Japanese: 仮想機械 Korean: 가상 머신 Lithuanian: virtualioji mašina Macedonian: виртуелка Polish: komputer wirtualny Polish: maszyna wirtualna Portuguese: máquina virtual Serbo-Croatian: virtualno računalo Serbo-Croatian: virtualni stroj Spanish: máquina virtual Swedish: virtuell maskin Turkish: sanal makine Vietnamese: máy ảo
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