Cloud Infrastructure
Hypervisor
A hypervisor creates and manages virtual machines by mediating access to physical compute, memory, and devices. Its isolation and scheduling determine how guest operating systems share a host and use hardware capabilities.
Also known as: virtual machine monitor, VMM
Why it matters
Virtualization capabilities influence isolation, scheduling, and access to hardware features.
Practical example
Check hypervisor support before expecting a guest VM to run nested virtual machines.
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