Servers and virtualization Definitions
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AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
AMD is the second largest maker of personal computer microprocessors after Intel.
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hardware emulation
Hardware emulation is the use of one hardware device to mimic the function of another hardware device. Microsoft's Hyper-V includes hardware emulation because the Integration Services can only be installed on certain guest operating systems.
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hardware virtualization
Hardware virtualization, which is also known as server virtualization or simply virtualization, is the abstraction of computing resources from the software that uses those resources.
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hardware-assisted virtualization
Hardware-assisted virtualization is the use of a computer's physical components to support the mechanism that abstracts and manages the computer's underlying resources from its operating system and the applications that run on it.
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host virtual machine (host VM)
A host virtual machine is the server component of a virtual machine (VM), the underlying hardware that provides computing resources to support a particular guest virtual machine (guest VM).
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Intel VT (Virtualization Technology)
Intel VT (Virtualization Technology) is the company's hardware assistance for processors running virtualization platforms.
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PowerPC
PowerPC is a microprocessor architecture that was developed jointly by Apple, IBM, and Motorola.
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server hardware degradation
Server hardware degradation is the gradual breakdown of the physical parts of a server.
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server virtualization
Server virtualization is the masking of server resources, including the number and identity of individual physical servers, processors, and operating systems, from server users.
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SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture)
SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) is a 32- and 64-bit microprocessor architecture from Sun Microsystems that is based on reduced instruction set computing (RISC).
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virtual hard drive
A virtual hard drive file is a container file that acts similar to a physical hard drive.
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VMQ (Virtual Machine Queue)
VMQ (Virtual Machine Queue) is a type of hardware packet filtering that delivers packet data from an outside virtual machine network directly to a virtualized host operating system.