<s>
AIX	B-Application
Workload	B-Operating_System
partitions	I-Operating_System
(	O
WPARs	O
)	O
are	O
a	O
software	O
implementation	O
of	O
operating	B-Application
system-level	I-Application
virtualization	I-Application
technology	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	O
's	O
AIX	B-Application
6.1	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
application	O
environment	O
isolation	O
and	O
resource	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPARs	O
are	O
software	O
partitions	B-Device
that	O
are	O
created	O
from	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
the	O
resources	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
AIX	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WPARs	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
on	O
any	O
IBM	B-Device
Power	I-Device
Systems	I-Device
or	O
system	B-Device
p	I-Device
hardware	O
that	O
supports	O
AIX	B-Application
6.1	O
or	O
higher	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
system	O
WPAR	O
behaves	O
as	O
a	O
complete	O
installation	O
of	O
AIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
WPAR	O
which	O
contains	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
either	O
AIX	B-Application
5.2	O
or	O
AIX	B-Application
5.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versioned	O
WPARs	O
are	O
only	O
supported	O
in	O
AIX	B-Application
7.1	O
and	O
later	O
LPARs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
