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VIRTUAL MACHINES:

 A virtual machine is a program that acts as a virtual computer.


 The fundamental idea behind a virtual machine is to abstract the hardware of a single
computer (the CPU, memory, disk drives, network interface cards) into several
different execution environments, thereby creating the illusion that each separate
execution environment is running its own private computer.
 A virtual machine (VM) is a software program or operating system that not only
exhibits the behaviour of a separate computer, but is also capable of performing tasks
such as running applications and programs like a separate computer.
 A virtual machine, usually known as a “guest” is created within another computing
environment referred as a “host.” Multiple virtual machines can exist within a single
host at one time. A virtual machine is also known as a guest.

 It runs on your current operating system – the “host” operating system – and provides
virtual hardware to “guest” operating systems.
 The guest operating systems run in windows on your host operating system, just like
any other program on your computer.
 The guest operating system runs normally, as if it were running on a physical
computer. From the guest operating system’s perspective, the virtual machine appears
to be a real physical computer.
 Virtual machines provide their own virtual hardware, including a virtual CPU,
memory, hard drive, network interface, and other devices.
 The virtual hardware devices provided by the virtual machines are mapped to real
hardware on your physical machine. For example, a virtual machine’s virtual hard disk
is stored in a file located on your hard drive.
 There are several reasons for creating a virtual machine, all of which are
fundamentally related to being able to share the same hardware yet run several
different execution environments (that is, different operating systems) concurrently.
Advantages of virtual machines:

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 Multiple OS environments can exist simultaneously on the same machine, isolated
from each other;
 Virtual machines are widely available and are easy to manage and maintain.
Disadvantages of virtual machines:
 When multiple virtual machines are simultaneously running on a host computer, each
virtual machine may introduce an unstable performance, which depends on the
workload on the system by other running virtual machines.
 Virtual machine is not that efficient as a real one when accessing the hardware.

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