A virtual private server (VPS) is a virtual machine provided by an Internet hosting provider. By using a technology called Virtualization, the isolated virtual machines are created. A VPS server will come with dedicated resources and full root access giving you all the features and functions of a dedicated server at a significantly lower cost. A VPS is dedicated, it has the privacy of a separate physical computer, and this can be configured to run custom applications as long as they are compatible with the parent architecture.