Virtual Machine Disk

virtual hard drive format introduced by VMware
CreativeWork disk_image_format Q2658179
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Virtual Machine Disk

Summary

Virtual Machine Disk is a disk image format[1]. It draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (disk_image_format category, ranking #4 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Virtual Machine Disk's instance of is recorded as disk image format[3].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's instance of is recorded as file format[4].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's developer is recorded as VMware[5].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's has use is recorded as disk image[6].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f6yrg[7].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's official website is recorded as http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/interfaces/vmdk.html[8].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's described at URL is recorded as https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vmdk_50_technote.pdf?src=vmdk[9].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's media type is recorded as application/x-vmdk-disk[10].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's media type is recorded as application/x-virtualbox-vmdk[11].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's file extension is recorded as vmdk[12].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's icon is recorded as VirtualBox-Icon VMDK.png[13].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as VMDK[14].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's Quora topic ID is recorded as VMDK[15].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's Kaitai Struct format gallery ID is recorded as vmware_vmdk[16].
  • Virtual Machine Disk's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["FileFormat", "VMDK-1"][17].

Why It Matters

Virtual Machine Disk draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (disk_image_format category, ranking #4 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Virtual Machine Disk. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/virtual-machine-disk
MLA “Virtual Machine Disk.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/virtual-machine-disk.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_virtual-machine-disk_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Virtual Machine Disk}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/virtual-machine-disk}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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