# bare metal

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A runtime environment where little to no abstraction is available: usually employing a low-level programming language, without access to any operating system facilities, and interfacing hardware directly.
2. Physical hardware, as opposed to virtualised.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bare, metal.

## Source
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