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10 Language-to-English DictionariesHost-Betriebssystem
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Host-Betriebssystem
"Das Host-Betriebssystem ermöglicht die Ausführung mehrerer virtueller Maschinen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The primary system on which virtual machines or applications run, managing hardware resources and providing services to other software.
"The host operating system allows multiple virtual machines to run simultaneously." - 2
In virtualization, the operating system that runs directly on the physical hardware as opposed to guest operating systems.
"The host operating system must be compatible with the virtualization software."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'host' originates from the Old French 'hoste', meaning 'guest' or 'host', which evolved in the computing context to refer to a system that provides resources to other systems. 'Operating system' combines 'operate' from Latin 'operari', meaning 'to work', and 'system' from Greek 'sustēma', meaning 'a whole made up of parts'.
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Système d'exploitation hôte
Transliteration: Système d'exploitation hôte
"Le système d'exploitation hôte gère les ressources matérielles."
Host-Betriebssystem
Transliteration: Host-Betriebssystem
"Das Host-Betriebssystem ermöglicht die Ausführung mehrerer virtueller Maschinen."
Sistema operativo host
Transliteration: Sistema operativo host
"Il sistema operativo host gestisce le risorse hardware."
Sistema operativo anfitrión
Transliteration: Sistema operativo anfitrión
"El sistema operativo anfitrión permite la ejecución de máquinas virtuales."
Sistema operacional host
Transliteration: Sistema operacional host
"O sistema operacional host gerencia os recursos de hardware."
होस्ट ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम
Transliteration: Host Operating System
"होस्ट ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम कई वर्चुअल मशीनों को चलाने की अनुमति देता है।"
主机操作系统
Transliteration: Zhǔjī cāozuò xìtǒng
"主机操作系统管理硬件资源。"
호스트 운영 체제
Transliteration: Host unyeong cheje
"호스트 운영 체제가 여러 가상 머신을 실행할 수 있게 해줍니다."
ホストオペレーティングシステム
Transliteration: Hosuto operētingu shisutemu
"ホストオペレーティングシステムはハードウェアリソースを管理します。"
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