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Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000886

A mechanism that allows a device or system to directly access hardware resources that are normally managed by a host operating system or hypervisor. This provides near-native performance for the guest system by bypassing virtualization layers. It is used in virtualization environments to give virtual machines direct control over devices like graphics cards or network adapters.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000886
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/passthrough/"
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Record 976 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.