• An emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve specialized hardware, software, or a combination. There are different kinds of virtual machines, each with different functions: System virtual machines (also termed full virtualization VMs) provide a substitute for a real machine; process virtual machines, on the other hand, are designed to execute computer programs in a platform-independent environment. ← Wikipedia

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