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A hypervisor is a crucial piece of software that makes virtualization possible.

It abstracts guest

machines and the operating system they run on, from the actual hardware.

Hypervisors create a virtualization layer that separates CPU / Processors, RAM and other

physical resources from the virtual machines you create.

The machine we install a hypervisor on is called a host machine, versus guest virtual machines

that run on top of them.

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