What Does Virtual PC Mean?
Techopedia Explains Virtual PC
Virtual PC exhibits and provides a complete Windows based working computer within an existing computer. It shares computing, storage, memory, input/output (I/O) and other physical resources with a host/parent PC while providing the same features and capabilities.
Virtual PC may be installed with applications and services and used to create other VM instances. It provides support for most Windows end-user based operating systems (OS), from Windows 95, 98 and 2000 (W2K) to XP.