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Virtual machine

VM

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Digital/TEC definition

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Virtual Machine

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Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd

Tunstall

Modern computer networks tend now to use VMs in preference to physical machines, primarily because they are a more efficient way of deploying servers. A single physical server can host multiple VMs, reducing the space/cooling/power requirements at the ARC.

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