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Instruction set extensions that have been added to the x86 instruction set in order to support hardware virtualization. These extensions provide instructions for entering and leaving a virtualized execution context and for loading virtual-machine control structures (VMCSs), which hold the state of the guest and host, along with fields which control processor behavior within the virtual machine.