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+title: Hypervisor
+---
+
+**Definition** : "A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is computer
+software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines".
+
+It must include a signature verification (possibly delegated).
+
+Domain | Improvement
+--------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Hypervisor-Abstract-1 | Complete Hypervisor part ([jailhouse](https://github.com/siemens/jailhouse) / [KVM](https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page) / [Xen](https://www.xenproject.org/developers/teams/embedded-and-automotive.html)).
+
+## Native or Bare-metal hypervisors
+
+These hypervisors run directly on the host's hardware to control the hardware
+and to manage guest operating systems. Those are the ones we're interested in. \ No newline at end of file