VM

Definitions

1. Abbreviation for Virtual Machine — either a system-level VM that emulates complete hardware (managed by hypervisors like KVM or ESXi) or a process-level VM that executes bytecode (like the JVM or BEAM). Context determines which meaning applies: cloud discussions mean the former; language runtime discussions mean the latter.

   In plain English: Short for Virtual Machine — either a simulated computer in the cloud or a program that runs code written for a specific platform.

   Example: "Spin up a VM in us-east-1 with 4 vCPUs and 16 gigs of RAM — we need it for the load test tonight."

Related Terms

• Scale Out
• Scale Up
• Virtual Machine
• Virtual Network
• Virtualization
• Cloud Tax
• Firecracker
• Proxmox
• Hypervisor Security
• Cloud Architecture
• Cloud Build
• Cloud Config
• Cloud Deploy
• Cloud Event
• Cloud Formation
• Cloud Migration
• Cloud Networking
• Cloud Platform
• Cloud Queue
• Cloud Availability Region
• Cloud Resource
• Compute Engine