VM

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004576",
  "term": "VM",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A simulated environment created by virtualization.\n\n2. Memory that loses its content when power is turned off or lost.\n\n3. Software that allows a single host to run one or more guest operating systems.\n\n4. A virtual data processing system that appears to be at the disposal of a particular user but whose functions are accomplished by sharing the resources of a real data processing system",
  "expansions": [
    "Virtual Machines",
    "Virtual machine",
    "Volatile Memory"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-190 from NIST SP 800-125",
    "NIST SP 800-101 Rev. 1; NIST SP 800-72",
    "NIST SP 1800-25B from NIST SP 800-115; NIST SP 1800-26B from NIST SP 800-115; NIST SP 1800-10B from NIST SP 800-115",
    "NISTIR 8006 from ISO/IEC 2382-1",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/vm/"
}