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Here's a Wikipedia article for an overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine and a specific product: http://www.vmware.com/

Here's a company that sells virtual machine software: http://www.virtualbox.org/ . A general overview: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-virtual-machine.htm

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