From cce00c8f48ff4c16c000e226f4923baba6f9e916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mo khan Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 11:21:11 -0700 Subject: describe virtualization and simulation --- doc/assignment1.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) 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. -- cgit v1.2.3