"VM" meaning in English

See VM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: VMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} VM (plural VMs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of virtual machine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: virtual machine
    Sense id: en-VM-en-noun-Y7cAqmnC Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, IBM Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 35 30 12 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 24 29 29 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 33 31 11 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 38 37 9 1 Disambiguation of IBM: 38 28 18 11 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Initialism of virtual memory. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: virtual memory
    Sense id: en-VM-en-noun-jjQpW0UQ Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 35 30 12 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 24 29 29 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 33 31 11 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 38 37 9 1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (telephony) Initialism of voice mail. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: voice mail
    Sense id: en-VM-en-noun-gFlb4xnX Categories (other): Telephony, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 35 30 12 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 24 29 29 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 33 31 11 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 38 37 9 1 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony
  4. (software engineering) Initialism of view model. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: view model
    Sense id: en-VM-en-noun-us29mxLo Categories (other): Software engineering, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 35 30 12 3 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 24 29 29 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 33 31 11 2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  5. (medicine) Initialism of viral myocarditis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: viral myocarditis
    Sense id: en-VM-en-noun-JhkO2tFq Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: JVM [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Derived forms: VMware [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

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