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Vinony

hypervisor

noun

  1. virtual machine-supporting software or firmware
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Blend of hyper- + supervisor.

  1. A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.

    “The hypervisor is the component that translates the virtual machines into the underlying hardware. There are two types of hypervisors: The type 1 hypervisor runs directly on the host hardware; the type 2 or hosted hypervisor runs in software.”