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Today I Learned (TIL)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, that's wild. First time I've heard that. So a Virtual Machine is an instance of this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Virtualization came a fair bit later, but this might explain why they are called Virtual Machines and not Virtual Computers?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's what I meant, yes!