Virtual Machines Power the Cloud - Computerphile

The number of virtual machines has swelled due to cloud computing & changes to the X86 processor, but what are Virtual Machines and how do they run legacy software alongside cutting edge code? Derek McAuley explains.

Punch Card Programming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2M4ttzBnY
Encryption and Security Agencies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWeVOXpTOhk
CERN Computing Centre (and mouse farm): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0MgJFGL5jg

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