hypervisor
nounUK /ˈhaɪpəvaɪzə/
US /ˈhaɪpərvaɪzər/
A hypervisor is a computer program that lets one computer act like many computers at the same time.
The server uses a hypervisor to run several virtual machines at once.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A software layer that creates and manages virtual machines on a physical host.
Type 1 hypervisors run directly on the hardware for better performance.
3. A firmware or hardware component that controls virtualization features in a processor.
The CPU's built-in hypervisor support speeds up virtual machine operations.
4. In cloud computing, the component that isolates tenants' workloads on shared servers.
Cloud providers rely on a hypervisor to keep each customer's data separate.