With the new Android OS 2.2 release gaining plenty of kudos from Nexus One owners, Google has been unpicking some of the low level smarts that make it so much faster. One key component is the Dalvik ...

(1) A synonym for a language interpreter. See interpreter, Java Virtual Machine and Python. (2) Software that enables a different operating system and applications to run in a computer along with the ...

Having a virtual machine on-hand can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as testing software or tweaks in a sandboxed environment that is separate from your primary operating system. A virtual ...