Definitions

Virtualization

• Technology used to allow a computer to have more than one OS present and operating at the same time on a single piece of hardware

Hypervisor

• An Interface between VM and host. layer that enables virtualization

Advantages

Sandboxing

• IS the separation between software and hardware that creates a barrier to improve security
• portability or easy restoration of virtual machines

Terms

• Host - Your Physical computer
• Host OS - The OS on the host
• VM - the operating system running on your computer
• Virtualization software - the sandbox software that provides an engine for guest virtual machines

Tips

• A VM is just like a physical PC in that it has dedicated resources
• But they need to share with the host