Meaning of unikernel | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

“In the unikernel approach, a developer selects a minimal set of libraries from a modular stack which correspond to the OS constructs required for their application to run.”

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