Virtual Processor

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
VP
Pronunciation
/ˈvərʧuəl ˈprɑˌsɛsər/
Category
Computing
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. A virtual processor is a process that the operating system schedules for processing.
  2. The OS maintains an area for each virtual processor called Virtual Processor(VP) Area ( VPA ).
  3. The hypervisor stores the entire processing cycles of a virtual processor in the shared pool.
  4. Just as a CPU runs multiple operating system processes to service multiple users, an Informix virtual processor runs multiple threads to service multiple SQL client applications.
  5. This partial physical processor that is allocated is called a virtual processor.

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