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developerWorks: Virtual Linux

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“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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