Virtualizing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of transforming physical resources into simulated versions for improved utilization occurs in computing environments
2. A method of generating virtual instances from real resources to enhance efficiency in system management is implemented
3. The process of creating digital representations of physical assets to optimize resource use can be observed in technological settings

Etymology: Virtualizing is the present participle of "virtualize", which is formed from "virtual" plus the suffix "-ize". The suffix has a long path into English: it originated in Ancient Greek as "-izein", passed into Late Latin as "-izare", reached English through Middle French "-iser", and became "-ise" and "-ize" in Middle English. Attaching it to "virtual" produced a verb meaning to make something virtual, or to represent it in a virtual form. The base word carries the older sense. "Virtual" comes from Medieval Latin "virtualis", derived from Latin "virtus", meaning strength or power, so something virtual once meant having the effect or power of a thing without being that thing in form. The modern computing sense, in which a machine or resource is simulated in software, grew out of that older meaning of effect without substance.

Synonyms: emulating, simulating, representing