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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 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • virtual machine is a type of application software[2].
  • virtual machine is a type of system software[3].
  • virtual machine is a type of computing platform[4].
  • virtual machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Virtual machines[5].
  • virtual machine's facet of is recorded as operating system[6].
  • virtual machine's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/virtual-machine[7].
  • virtual machine's different from is recorded as container[8].
  • virtual machine's different from is recorded as virtual memory[9].
  • virtual machine's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[10].
  • virtual machine's simulates is recorded as computer[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include application software[2], system software[3], and computing platform[4].

Why It Matters

virtual machine has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → virtual+machine, Virtual+Machine
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P12946]]: Virtual+Machine"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0258304-virtualni-pocitace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0258304-virtualni-pocitace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → operating system
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Different from → container, virtual memory
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541294705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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