RTUComputer ScienceYr 2023 · Sem 62023

Q2Cloud Computing

Question

2 marks

What is a Hypervisor? Name its types.

Answer

A Hypervisor (Virtual Machine Monitor) is software that creates and runs virtual machines.

The two main types are Type 1 (Bare-metal) hypervisors which run directly on the host's hardware, and Type 2 (Hosted) hypervisors which run as a software layer on an operating system.

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