developerWorks: Virtual Linux

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"To virtualize means to take something of one form and make it appear to be another form. Virtualizing a computer means to make it appear to be multiple computers or a different computer entirely.

"Virtualization also can mean making many computers appear to be a single computer. This is more commonly called server aggregation or grid computing.

"Let's begin with the origins of virtualization..."

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