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# Part 3 - Hypervisor
Definition: "A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is computer software,
## Native or Bare-metal hypervisors
-These hypervisors run directly on the host's hardware to control the hardware and to manage guest operating systems. Those are the ones we're interested in.
+These hypervisors run directly on the host's hardware to control the hardware
+and to manage guest operating systems. Those are the ones we're interested in.