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Disk image and Virtual machine

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Difference between Disk image and Virtual machine

Disk image vs. Virtual machine

A disk image, in computing, is a computer file containing the contents and structure of a disk volume or of an entire data storage device, such as a hard disk drive, tape drive, floppy disk, optical disc or USB flash drive. In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system.

Similarities between Disk image and Virtual machine

Disk image and Virtual machine have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Emulator, Hypervisor, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating system, VirtualBox.

Emulator

In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).

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Hypervisor

A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.

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Linux

Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

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VirtualBox

Oracle VM VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and Innotek VirtualBox) is a free and open-source hypervisor for x86 computers currently being developed by Oracle Corporation.

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Disk image and Virtual machine Comparison

Disk image has 83 relations, while Virtual machine has 119. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 2.97% = 6 / (83 + 119).

References

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