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A virtual machine is a replica of a real computing environment and has become of increasing interest to the computing community. This paper provides an historical perspective on virtual machine architecture within IBM, a description of how virtual machines are being used today, and a discussion of problems associated with virtual machines and new developments in solving these problems.
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Seawright, L.H. (1979). A Perspective on Virtual Machines. In: Siegert, H.J. (eds) Virtuelle Maschinen. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67415-0_1
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