diff --git a/lexicon.md b/lexicon.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd672a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/lexicon.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: Lexicon +description: Lexicon on virtualization +published: true +date: 2021-08-12T12:43:36.738Z +tags: +editor: markdown +dateCreated: 2021-08-12T12:43:36.738Z +--- + +# Terms related to virtualization + +When in **bold**, it refers to generic terms, when in *italic*, it refers to specific technologies or software + +* *AMD Vi* +* *AMD SEV*: +* *crossvm*: +* **Emulated devices**: +* *Firecracker*: +* **Hypervisor**: A hypervisor or Virtual Machine Monitor is a piece of software +* **HVM**: +* *Intel VT-d*: +* *Intel VT-x*: +* *Intel GVT-d*: +* **IOMMU**: +* **Kernel space**: +* **KVM**: The Kernel-based Virtual Machine module for Linux. +* **Nested-passthrough**: +* **Nested-virtualization**: +* **Machine-level virtualization**: +* **OS-level virtualization**: +* **Passthrough**: +* **Paravirtualization**: +* *QEMU*: QEMU, shorts for QEMU is not an EMUlator, allows for emulating a great number of systems. +* *Qubes OS*: +* *Spectrum OS*: +* **Type 1 hypervisor**: +* **Type 2 hypervisor**: +* **UEFI**: +* **User space**: +* *Xen*: +* **Vhost**: +* **Virtio devices**: +* **Virtual machine**: +* **Virtualization**: allowing the recreation of software-based computers sitting on top of real, physical or bare-metal hardware +* **VFIO**: \ No newline at end of file