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Virtual Machine (VM)
A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a hardwarelike architecture, which executes predefined instructions in a fashion similar to a physical central processing unit (CPU). VMs can be used to create a cross-platform computing environment that loads and runs on computers independently of their underlying CPUs and operating systems.
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