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to virtualize

to virtualize

2 7.2
Create a digital version of computer hardware or systems that runs using software
  • verb
  • /ˈvɜːrtʃuəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : virtualizar
  • Many companies are choosing to virtualize their outdated hardware to take advantage of modern software solutions.

And so, So what that looks like is you have a a planet that becomes increasingly virtualized.

Examples

  • So think of it as the high performance computing NICs got virtualized before the mainstream world got virtualized.

  • Today, most applications use the Windows registry to store these paths, so App-V can virtualize all of these settings correctly.

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  • If you understand why you would want to quickly be able to virtualize a smaller monitor than the one that you actually purchased.

  • If it does not virtualize exactly the same tapes, backup processes should change.

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  • I help manage two organizations that are almost completely virtualized as far as servers go.

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  • As enterprises become more global, mobile, and virtualized, the central model for application delivery is becoming less and less viable.

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  • The expansion of these extension points significantly increases the number of apps that can be virtualized.

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  • SDN has begun to accomplish this in data center environments by virtualizing resources and flattening cost structures.

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  • In 2007, Gartner famously forecasted that all PCs would be virtualized by 2010.

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  • Our team decided to virtualize the server to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

How Complete

to virtualize
  • Specialized
2 7.2
to emulate
  • Specialized
8 7.0
to simulate
  • Specialized
85 5.4
to represent
126 2.6

Surface Forms

virtualize infinitive
virtualized past participle
virtualizing present participle
virtualizes third person singular

Morphology

virtualize = virtual (transparent) = virtual + ize

Formed by the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' added to the adjective 'virtual', meaning 'make or render virtual', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word virtualize comes from virtual plus the ending -ize, where -ize means 'to make', like in realize. Virtual comes from Latin virtus meaning 'essence' or 'power' and later came to mean 'almost the same as the real thing', so to virtualize is to 'make' a digital or 'almost real' version of something.