Before revision: Library A library operating system (libOS) is one in which the services that a typical operating system provides, such as networking, are provided in the form of libraries and composed with a single application and configuration code to construct a unikernel: a specialized (only the absolute necessary pieces of code are extract from libraries and bound together), single address space, machine image that can be deployed to cloud or embedded environments.
After revision: Library A library operating system (libOS) is one in which the services that a typical operating system provides, such as networking, are provided in the form of libraries and composed with a single application and configuration code to construct a unikernel: a specialized (only the absolute necessary pieces of code are extracted from libraries and bound together), single address space, machine image that can be deployed to cloud or embedded environments.