"unikernel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: unikernels [plural]
Etymology: uni- (“single-”) + kernel Etymology templates: {{af|en|uni-|kernel|t1=single-}} uni- (“single-”) + kernel Head templates: {{en-noun}} unikernel (plural unikernels)
  1. (operating systems) A specialised, fixed-purpose machine image which can run directly on hardware or a hypervisor without an operating system such as Linux. Categories (topical): Software
    Sense id: en-unikernel-en-noun-~9qkicyd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with uni-

Inflected forms

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