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What is the difference between virtualbox and virtual machine?

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I would like to use dos programs on a UBUNTU 9.10
What is the difference between virtualbox and virtual machine?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

You can find the explanation on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualbox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine

Virtualbox is an example of software that can run virtual machines.

A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine.

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Murukesh Mohanan (murukesh) said : 		#2

Or you could try installing DOSBox in WIne. It was my favourite DOS emulator in Windows.

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Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said : 		#3

Virtual box is a software that allows you to make virtual machines where you can run a computer inside of a computer :) but essentially all the dos stuff that you might need is already present in ubuntu.

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