Code Curmudgeon

Map Ado About Nothing

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Code Curmudgeon

It’s amazing how much noise in mobile technology is created for issues that are at best marginal. For example, there was the iPhone 4...

Virtual Machine Networking Options

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Code Curmudgeon

I am frequently asked to help people setup virtual machines. One of the most common questions is about how to setup networking properly, so...

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CAN (Controller Area Network)

Controller Area Network aka CAN aka CAN Bus is a wiring standard for vehicles that enables communication between various components and devices without having a host computer. For example doors, brakes, transmission.

hypervisor

A light-weight OS that primarily sits between virtual machines and the hardware. Its job is to manage the physical resources and share them between the virtual machines. Since it's not a full-blown OS it takes less resources itself and provides better performance.

virtual machine

a system that enables you to encapsulate all the parts of a computer without reliance on hardware. It's a machine, but isn't installed directly on the hard drive at boot time. This allows you to run different operating systems, versions, etc., at the same time without rebooting.

vm (virtual machine)