virtualize

Create software version

To virtualize is to create a software-based simulation of something that would otherwise require dedicated hardware.

A virtualized server runs as software on a host machine rather than on its own physical computer.

Virtual machines, networks, and storage can all be virtualized, allowing multiple simulated systems to share the same physical resources: We virtualized our entire data center to cut costs.

infrastructure

hypervisor

Virtual machine management layer

  • VMwareVirtualization software company
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
  • serverOne who attends tables

KVM · containerization · datacenter · provisioning · isolation · partition · orchestration · scalability · workload · Docker

simulate

emulate

Copy with aspiration

sandbox · prototype · mirror · parallel · surrogate · dummy · staging · synthetic · stand-in · proxy

abstract

dematerialize

Cease to exist physically

decouple · transcend · disembody · represent · symbolic · mediate · generalize · logical · layer

immersive

metaverse

Shared immersive digital universe

cyberspace · simulation · VR · telepresence · haptic · 3D · goggles · presence · embodiment

Opposites
physical instantiation

virtualizephysicalize

Render in bodily form

materialize · embody · concretize · reify · realize

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