In computing, virtualization or virtualisation (sometimes abbreviated v12n, a numeronym) is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something at the same abstraction level, including virtual computer hardware platforms, storage devices, and computer network resources. Virtualization began in the 1960s, as a method of logically dividing the system resources …

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Software design is the process by which an agent creates a specification of a software artifact intended to accomplish goals, using a set of primitive components and subject to constraints. Software design may refer to either "all the activity involved in conceptualizing, framing, implementing, commissioning, and ultimately modifying complex systems" or "the activity …

Examples: machine-level programming languages A first-generation programming language (1GL) is a machine-level programming language.. A first-generation (programming) language (1GL) is a grouping of programming languages that are machine level languages used to program first-generation computers.Originally, no translator was used to compile or assemble the first …