paravirtual

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

para- +‎ virtual

Adjective[edit]

paravirtual (not comparable)

  1. (computing) approximately virtual (in terms of paravirtualization)
    • 2015, Piyus Kedia, Sorav Bansal, “A Software-only Mechanism for Device Passthrough and Sharing”, in arXiv‎[1]:
      Compared to the best-known paravirtualization interfaces, our paravirtual interface supports up to 2x higher throughput, and is closer in performance to device passthrough.
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