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QVM files: what are they and how do I open them?

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.qvm file type #1: Quake Virtual Machine program

A qvm file extension is related to the Quake Quake Virtual Machine program files.

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The qvm file extension is associated with the Quake, Quake 2 and Quake 3, a family of a 3D action first person shooters based on id Tech 2 and id Tech 3 video gaming engines, developed by John Carmack from id Software.

The qvm files are located in the VM directory included in Quake PAK files.

Example: UI.QVM, QAGAME.QVM, CGAME.QVM

Quake Virtual Machine is used to run the game module. The VM is a sort of sandbox to limit the damage a rogue or malicious QVM program can wreak.

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Quake

A legendary first person shooter computer

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Quake 2

First person shooter computer game

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Quake 3

A popular first person shooter computer game

.qvm file type #2: Q virtual machine

A qvm file extension is associated with the Q emulator and used to store its virtual machine.

Further details:

The qvm file extension is associated with the Q, a port of QEMU emulator for Apple Mac OS X (macOS) operating system that allows users to create virtual machines on one physical computer.

The qvm file stores virtual machine created by Q.

The Q seems to be obsolete product.

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