Definitions for "Xen "
Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems in isolated environments.
Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems with unprecedented levels of performance and resource isolation. Linux
A paravirtualisation engine for Linux, an efficient way to run multiple Linux OSes on one computer. Also runs BSD, Plan9 and other OSes. (See website for more information.)
Keywords:  gearbox, zen, fiction, alien, decay
Xen (pronounced "Zen") is the origin of the alien species that appear in the science fiction video game Half-Life (Valve Software, 1998); the expansion packs Half-Life: Opposing Force (Valve Software and Gearbox Software, 1999); Half-Life: Blue Shift (Valve/Gearbox, 2001); and Half-Life: Decay (Valve/Gearbox, 2001) - as well as many of those that appear in Half-Life 2 (Valve Software, 2004). Xen is sometimes referred to as the border world.