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1.2. Glossary of terms

To avoid ambiguity regarding terms and concepts used in this guide, refer to the following descriptions.
Term
Description
Domain
An instance of an operating system (or subsystem in the case of container virtualization) running on a virtualized machine provided by the hypervisor.
Hypervisor
A layer of software allowing virtualization of a node in a set of virtual machines, which may have different configurations to the node itself.
Node
A single physical machine.
Table 1.1. Terminology