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Virtualbox is a program that you can install and will enable you to install another operating system on your computer. It will share the ram and CPU power of your other OS. For example if you are running Linux and install virtualbox you can then install windows (any version) and run it as if it were a windows computer, You could install and run any windows software. This is one example of using a virtual machine. At this link you can download the program and find the documentation and some screenshots, etc.

http://www.virtualbox.org

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