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virtualization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English virtual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English virtualization From virtual + -ization.

Meanings

  1. The act of virtualizing.
  2. Creating a virtual version of common computing hardware at the same abstraction level.
    • storage virtualization
    • CPU virtualization

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
virtualisation alternative lexicographic
virtualizations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

paravirtualization

Hyponyms

OS-level virtualization

Relateds

revirtualization

Translations (9)

ja 仮想化 (act of virtualizing) · da virtualisering (act of virtualizing) · sv virtualisering (act of virtualizing) · it virtualizzazione (act of virtualizing) · ar بِيئَة اِفْتِرَاضِيَّة (act of virtualizing) · de Virtualisierung (act of virtualizing) · cmn 虛擬化 /虚拟化 (act of virtualizing) · tr sanallaştırma (act of virtualizing) · nb virtualisering (act of virtualizing)