Virtualization

The ability to create specialized environments by emulating:

• Hardware
• OS

Virtualization Support

Built in support to run more than one operating system at a time. Makes programming Virtual machines much easier as you don’t have to worry about the memory allocation to a specific OS.

Concepts

• Kernel
• Hypervisor
• Virtual Machine
• Sandbox
• Cloud Computing
• Desktop Virtualization
• Application Virtualization

Use Cases

• Sandboxing
• Creating specific development environments like Docker
• Creating environments to run specific software like QEMU