Survey of Operating Systems
Survey of Operating Systems
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260493863
Author: Holcombe, Jane
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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The software layer that emulates the necessary hardware on which an operating system runs in a virtual machine is a/an ___________________.

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The software layer that emulates the necessary hardware on which the OS runs on an virtual machine is called as “Hypervisor”.

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Hypervisor:

The software that helps several operating systems to run on a particular computer can be termed as a hypervisor.

  • Hypervisor is also called as “Virtual machine manager”.
  • The function of the hypervisor is to create and manage the virtual machine and it controls the interaction established between virtual and physical machine.
  • These hypervisor is divided in to two types, one is the Type I hypervisor or Bare metal hypervisor and other is Type II hypervisor.

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