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Environmentsvirtual is a term used in computing to refer to the collection and management of multiple virtual environments created to support software development, testing, deployment, and operations. It may describe both short-lived development sandboxes and longer-lived production-like environments that replicate real systems. The concept spans virtualization, containerization, and sandboxing technologies, as well as tools for orchestration, configuration, and observation.

In practice, environmentsvirtual platforms aim to provide isolation, reproducibility, and controlled configurations across the software lifecycle. They allow teams to define environment blueprints with specific dependencies, to reproduce bugs, and to deploy changes through automated pipelines. The approach supports parallel testing, consistent behavior across stages, and on-demand resource provisioning.

Key components include virtualization layers (virtual machines or bare-metal pools), container engines and runtimes, orchestration and scheduling systems, infrastructure as code, service meshes, and monitoring and security controls. It also encompasses data management practices to prevent leakage between environments and to safeguard sensitive information.

Deployment models vary; environments can run on-premises, in public or private clouds, or in hybrid configurations. They enable scalable testing, staging, and rollout, as well as data science workloads in sandboxed contexts. Benefits include improved reproducibility, isolation, faster onboarding, safer experimentation, and better resource utilization. Challenges include complexity, drift between environments, security and compliance, cost management, and data governance.

The term is not universally standardized and may be used differently across organizations. It is often employed as a generic label rather than a specific product, serving as an umbrella concept for managing multiple virtual environments throughout the software lifecycle. See also virtualization, containerization, virtual environment, DevOps, and infrastructure as code.