Virtual server

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Virtual server may refer to: * Virtual environment (container), a container-based environment where the underlying hardware and OS is unchanged, but the application is sandboxed into a context where it sees a controlled environment of the environment variables and a particular version of a programming language etc. It may also be used to prevent this application making persistent changes outside of this sandbox. * Virtual machine, a virtual emulation of a physical computer * Virtual private server, a method of server hosting using virtual machines * Virtual hosting, 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 forwarding used by some routers. * Microsoft Virtual Server, a virtualization product produced by Microsoft based on Connectix technology.

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