hypervisor

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001985",
  "term": "hypervisor",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The virtualization component that manages the guest OSs on a host and controls the flow of instructions between the guest OSs and the physical hardware.\n\n2. See “hypervisor”.\n\n3. A software built using a specialized kernel of an OS, along with supporting kernel modules that provides isolation for various execution stacks represented by Virtual Machines (see below).",
  "abbreviation": "Virtual Machines",
  "synonyms": [
    "Virtual machine monitor (VMM)"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Virtual Machines"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-125",
    "NIST SP 800-125A",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/hypervisor/"
}