virtual machine

software that emulates an entire computer, often used to provide a different operating system or hardware architecture than the host system
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virtual machine

Summary

virtual machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (726 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • virtual machine's image is recorded as Virt-manager 3.2.0 QEMU KVM screenshot.png[2].
  • virtual machine's image is recorded as VirtualBox 6.1.14 on Kubuntu running Fedora.png[3].
  • virtual machine's GND ID is recorded as 4188396-2[4].
  • virtual machine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85143804[5].
  • virtual machine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11933350k[6].
  • virtual machine's subclass of is recorded as application software[7].
  • virtual machine's subclass of is recorded as system software[8].
  • virtual machine's subclass of is recorded as computing platform[9].
  • virtual machine's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 70414[10].
  • virtual machine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07yf2[11].
  • virtual machine's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph449168[12].
  • virtual machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Virtual machines[13].
  • virtual machine's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1099213[14].
  • virtual machine's facet of is recorded as operating system[15].
  • virtual machine's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/virtual-machine[16].
  • virtual machine's different from is recorded as container[17].
  • virtual machine's different from is recorded as virtual memory[18].
  • virtual machine's MathWorld ID is recorded as VirtualMachine[19].
  • virtual machine's NE.se ID is recorded as virtuell-maskin[20].
  • virtual machine's Quora topic ID is recorded as Virtual-Machines-language[21].
  • virtual machine's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as virtuell_maskin[22].
  • virtual machine's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • virtual machine's Fandom article ID is recorded as code:Virtual_machine[24].
  • virtual machine's Fandom article ID is recorded as microsoft:Virtual_machine[25].
  • virtual machine's Fandom article ID is recorded as apple:Virtual_machine[26].

Why It Matters

virtual machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (726 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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