Another name for abstraction is virtualization. This is an abstraction of what exists in reality and what one looks at or feels. It can be partitioning, for example, dividing the resources of computers into multiple execution environments and each hardware or software partition, rendering itself as a distinct instance for a user. On the contrary, it can be an amalgamation of computing resources, for example, a combination of a set of limited size storage devices to present one large logical storage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vishakha Munshi
Vishakha Munshi holds M.Tech in Computer Science from DOEACC Society, New Delhi and MBA from University of Jammu, with a gold medal in Systems Management. She is currently working as a faculty member at Icfai Business School, Pune. She has wide experience in teaching IT subjects at various B-schools and has contributed to numerous seminars, journals and magazines in as diversified areas as data visualization, web mining, utility computing, storage area network, e-waste and auto component industry. Her areas of interest include systems management, data security and backup, information life cycle management and data warehousing.
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