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VirtualBox

Oracle VirtualBox (formerly Oracle VM VirtualBox, Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and InnoTek VirtualBox) is a hosted hypervisor for x86 and ARM virtualization developed by Oracle Corporation. VirtualBox was originally created by InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, which was in turn acquired by Oracle in 2010.

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Developer
Oracle Corporation
License
Base Package: GNU GPLv3 only with linking exception to GNU GPLv2 incompatible licenses · Extension Pack: proprietary software
Operating system
Windows, macOS, Linux and Solaris
Original authors
InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH (2007–2008) Sun Microsystems (2008–2010)
Platform
x86-64, Apple silicon ARM64 since version 7.1 (version series 5.x and earlier work on IA-32)
Release
15 January 2007; 19 years ago (2007-01-15)

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Virtualization

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Limitations

Host OS

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VirtualBox

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples177
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
Components1

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VirtualBox

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related to Limitations · 33
VirtualBox → Acceleration, AMD Zen, An, CPU, CPUs, DirectX, EFI, External, For USB3, Full, Guest Additions, GUI, However, Intel Tiger Lake, ME, MiB, Native Guest Additions, NVMe, Only, OpenGL
related to Host OS · 28
VirtualBox → ARM, Big Sur, Catalina, El Capitan, High Sierra, Intel, Leopard, Linux, Lion, Mac OS, Mavericks, Mojave, Mountain Lion, Oracle Solaris, OS, Preliminary Mac OS, R2, Sierra, Snow Leopard, Sonoma
related to history · 21
VirtualBox → Connectix, Evaluation License, German, GNU General Public License, GPL, In January, InnoTek, InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH, Linux, LiSoG, Microsoft, Microsoft Virtual Server, OS, OS/2, OSE, PUEL, Specifically, VirtualBox Open Source Edition, VirtualBox Personal Use, Weinstadt
related to Licensing · 21
VirtualBox → December, Evaluation License, GNU General Public License, GPLv2, It, NVMe, Oracle, OSE, Personal Use, Preboot Execution Environment, Prior, PUEL, PXE, RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, Since VirtualBox, The, This, USB, VirtualBox Open Source Edition
related to Devices and peripherals · 15
VirtualBox → April, ICH6, ICH8M, IDE, It, Microsoft's VHD, Open Virtualization Format, OVF, PIIX4, SAS, SATA, SCSI, VDI, Virtual Disk Image, VMware's VMDK
related to Software-based · 12
VirtualBox → Analysis Manager, Because, Code Scanning, CSAM, In, Intel, OS, Patch Manager, PATM, The, This, VM-safe
related to Guest additions · 10
VirtualBox → EHCI/xHCI, GPL, Intel, PXE, Some, Starting, Support, USB, VirtualBox Extension Pack, Webcam
related to Hardware-assisted · 10
VirtualBox → AMD's AMD-V, Intel's VT-x, Making, OS, OSs, SMP, Starting, Until, VM, VMX
related to Virtualization · 8
VirtualBox → Each, Guest VMs, OS, OSes, OSs, The, Users, VM
related to External links · 3
VirtualBox → GitHub, Official, Wayback Machine

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support windows guest removed version os host virtualization virtual vm license macos software linux also oracle innotek 10 operating system

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VirtualBoxDeveloperOracle Corporation1.00infobox
VirtualBoxLicenseBase Package: GNU GPLv3 only with linking exception to GNU GPLv2 incompatible licenses1.00infobox
VirtualBoxLicenseExtension Pack: proprietary software1.00infobox
VirtualBoxOperating systemWindows, macOS, Linux and Solaris1.00infobox
VirtualBoxOriginal authorsInnoTek Systemberatung GmbH (2007–2008) Sun Microsystems (2008–2010)1.00infobox
VirtualBoxPlatformx86-64, Apple silicon ARM64 since version 7.1 (version series 5.x and earlier work on IA-32)1.00infobox
VirtualBoxRelease15 January 2007; 19 years ago (2007-01-15)1.00infobox
VirtualBoxRepositorygithub.com/VirtualBox1.00infobox
VirtualBoxStable release7.2.16 / 18 August 20261.00infobox
VirtualBoxTypeHypervisor1.00infobox
VirtualBoxWebsitewww.virtualbox.org1.00infobox
VirtualBoxWritten inC, C++, x86 Assembly, Python1.00infobox

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