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| author | mo khan <mo@mokhan.ca> | 2021-02-08 11:21:11 -0700 |
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| committer | mo khan <mo@mokhan.ca> | 2021-02-08 11:21:11 -0700 |
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describe virtualization and simulation
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diff --git a/doc/assignment1.md b/doc/assignment1.md index c389a5e..058dbc7 100644 --- a/doc/assignment1.md +++ b/doc/assignment1.md @@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ Instructions: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. Your 1. Distinguish between virtualization and simulation. + Virtualization makes guest operating systems and applications believe they are + running on native hardware. + + Simulation in which the host system has one system architecture and the guest + system was compiled for a different architecture. An emulator can translate + instructions for the guest architecture into instructions for the host architecture. + ## Part 2: Design Considerations (40 marks) Instructions: Please answer the following questions in about 1-2 pages each. |