virtualized

Emulated in software

Virtualized describes something that has been made to exist as a software simulation rather than physical hardware.

A virtualized server runs as software on a host machine, sharing resources with other virtual servers.

The term extends beyond computing: a virtualized workforce operates remotely rather than in physical offices.

The company virtualized its entire infrastructure to cut costs.

technology

hypervisor

Virtual machine management layer

VMwareVirtualization software company
KVMMulti-system input sharing device
vSphereVMware virtualization management suite

container · Docker · snapshot · emulation · sandbox · partition · instance

infrastructure

cloud

Atmospheric water vapor mass

provisioningSupplying resources in advance
elasticityTendency to resume original form
resourcesAvailable assets or supplies

scalability · expansion · capacity · workloads · servers · allocation · cluster · orchestration · failover · migration

abstraction

simulated

Made to imitate reality

emulatedCopied admirably
syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
representationDepiction or likeness

modeled · replicated · mirrored · logical · decoupled · abstracted · mediated · layered · indirect · encapsulated

Opposites

abstraction from physical hardware

virtualizedbare-metal

Direct hardware access

physical · native · dedicated · on-premises · direct

tangibility/concreteness

virtualizedphysical

Of body or matter

tangible · material · concrete · real-world · embodied

Family

virtualization, virtualize, virtualizing

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