Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virtual machine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: vir-tu-al -ma-chine
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.

noun

A computer system that is implemented in software rather than hardware and that runs bytecode.

Inflected Forms

virtual machines (plural)

Synonyms

VM

Questions

What does virtual machine mean?: A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer.

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