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hypervisor

The English word “hypervisor” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.

Etymology

Blend of hyper- + supervisor.

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