0 to change something that exists in a real form into a virtual version (= one that is created using a computer):
The services virtualize multiple cloud servers into a large pool of memory, consumed by users according to the actual size of their datasets.
Alternatively, it is possible to virtualize disk and tape targets.
Undertaking a private cloud project requires a significant level and degree of engagement to virtualize the business environment, and requires the organization to reevaluate decisions about existing resources.
Egenera develops and sells software that enables enterprises and service providers to virtualize their computing infrastructure and create highly available private, hybrid or public cloud services.
Other systems, to provide a similar functionality, tended to virtualize devices at a lower level that is, both devices "and" files would be instances of some lower level concept.