What is Virtual Machine

[abbase]

I have installed Windows Xp on my machine. I would like to know that what is Virtual Machine? Can any body tell me that what benefit can i get from Virtual Machine? Does any body knows about Virtual Machine? Kindly provide me the correct information on Virtual Machine. Any kind of information on Virtual Machine would be appreciated. Thank you.

[zubair19]

I have need window software, Window XP1

[Macarenas]

A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine. In this context, a VM is called a "guest" while the environment it runs within is called a "host." Virtual machines are often created to execute an instruction set different than that of the host environment.

[kattman]

A virtual machine is a type of computer application used to create a virtual environment, which is referred to as virtualization. The phrase "virtual machine" is commonly used to describe Sun Microsystems' Java runtime environment, the Java virtual machine (JVM), in which Java-specific commands are interpreted. Thus large computational problems can be solved more cost effectively by using the aggregate power and memory of many computers.

[ThoMas321]

Virtualization allows the user to see the infrastructure of a network through a process of aggregation. Virtualization may also be used to run multiple operating systems at the same time. Java Virtual Machines operate on Java bytecode, which is normally (but not necessarily) generated from Java source code; a JVM can also be used to implement programming languages other than Java.