hypervisor

English

Etymology

Blend of hyper- +‎ supervisor.

Noun

hypervisor (plural hypervisors)

(computing) A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead via emulation), but within specified constraints.

Synonyms

virtual machine monitor

Translations

system that provides a virtual machine

Finnish: hypervisor, virtuaalikonemonitori

References

hypervisor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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