virtual machine
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A computer system that is implemented in software rather than hardware and that runs bytecode.
- Synonyms
- VM
- Hypernyms
- machine
- Hyponyms
- process virtual machine, system virtual machine