"unikernel" meaning in English

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          "text": "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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          "ref": "2017, Kai Hwang, Cloud Computing for Machine Learning and Cognitive Applications: A Machine Learning Approach, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 143:",
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