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'''User-mode Linux''' ('''UML''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/ |title=User-mode Linux Kernel Home Page}}</ref> enables multiple virtual [[Linux kernel]]-based operating systems (known as guests) to run as an application within a normal Linux system (known as the host). As each guest is just a normal application running as a process in [[user space]], this approach provides the user with a way of running multiple virtual Linux machines on a single piece of hardware, offering securitysome andisolation, safety{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}generally without affecting the host environment's configuration or stability.

== Applications ==