Virtual server
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Virtual server may refer to:
- Virtual private serverVirtual private serverVirtual private server is a term used by internet hosting services to refer to a virtual machine. The term is used for emphasizing that the virtual machine, although running in software on the same physical computer as other customers' virtual machines, is functionally equivalent to a separate...
, a method of server hosting using virtual machineVirtual machineA virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...
s. - Virtual hostingVirtual hostingVirtual hosting is a method for hosting multiple domain names on a server using a single IP address. This allows one server to share its resources, such as memory and processor cycles, in order to use its resources more efficiently....
, a method that servers such as webservers use to host more than one domain name on the same computer. - Virtual hosting service, a form of web hosting service where more than one instance of the same web server is hosted on a single physical server.
- Another name for port forwardingPort forwardingPort forwarding or port mapping is a name given to the combined technique of# translating the address and/or port number of a packet to a new destination# possibly accepting such packet in a packet filter...
used by some routers. - Microsoft Virtual ServerMicrosoft Virtual ServerMicrosoft Virtual Server is a virtualization solution that facilitates the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Originally developed by Connectix, it was acquired by Microsoft prior to release...
, a virtualization product produced by Microsoft based on Connectix technology.