| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:paravirtualized_device_standard 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:computer_networking gptkb:virtualization_technology
 device emulation
 
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                                | gptkbp:designedFor | efficient I/O virtualization 
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                                | gptkbp:firstAppearance | 2008 
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                                | gptkbp:goal | improve I/O performance in VMs reduce virtualization overhead
 
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                                | gptkbp:implementedIn | gptkb:FreeBSD gptkb:operating_system
 Windows drivers
 
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                                | gptkbp:license | open specification 
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                                | gptkbp:notableDriver | gptkb:Windows gptkb:FreeBSD
 gptkb:NetBSD
 gptkb:OpenBSD
 gptkb:Linux
 gptkb:Solaris
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | paravirtualization virtio-balloon
 virtio-blk
 virtio-console
 virtio-gpu
 virtio-input
 virtio-mmio
 virtio-net
 virtio-pci
 virtio-scsi
 virtqueue
 
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                                | gptkbp:specifies | https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.1/virtio-v1.1.html 
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                                | gptkbp:standardizedBy | gptkb:OASIS true
 
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                                | gptkbp:supports | gptkb:SCSI_devices network devices
 input devices
 memory ballooning
 block devices
 console devices
 GPU devices
 
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                                | gptkbp:usedBy | data centers cloud computing platforms
 virtual machine hypervisors
 
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                                | gptkbp:usedIn | gptkb:KVM gptkb:Xen
 gptkb:QEMU
 gptkb:VirtualBox
 virtualization
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:SPDK gptkb:Linux_9P_support
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Virtio 
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