Unikernel

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A specialised, fixed-purpose machine image which can run directly on hardware or a hypervisor without an operating system such as Linux.

    "The general idea behind unikernel systems is not entirely new, as it builds up on top of the concept of library operating systems such as exokernel or Nemesis."

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"The general idea behind unikernel systems is not entirely new, as it builds up on top of the concept of library operating systems such as exokernel or Nemesis."

Etymology

From uni- (“single-”) + kernel.

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