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Guest operating system

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-001891

1. A virtual machine that runs an instance of an OS and its applications.

2. The operating system component of the execution stack of a Virtual Machine (see below), others being Virtual Hardware, Middleware and Applications.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-001891
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 800-125; NIST SP 800-125A; NIST CSRC Glossary
See alsoVirtual Machine (VM)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001891",
  "term": "Guest operating system",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A virtual machine that runs an instance of an OS and its applications.\n\n2. The operating system component of the execution stack of a Virtual Machine (see below), others being Virtual Hardware, Middleware and Applications.",
  "see_also": [
    "Virtual Machine (VM)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-125",
    "NIST SP 800-125A",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/guest-operating-system/"
}

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