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“At myhosting.com we have recently released a new service offering, Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS), a technology similar to Virtual Private Server (VPS). Wikipedia defines virtualization as an “abstraction of computer resources”. In more basic terms, computer virtualization allows for multiple independent instances of operating system(s) on a single physical box. Although virtualization is currently at the forefront of the x86 market, largely due to the efforts of VMWare, this is not a new technology by any means. In fact, virtualization has been heavily used in mainframe systems since the 1970s.” source...