In Operating Systems, Isolation is a core design principle that ensures different processes, users, applications, and entities in general operate independently without interfering with one another.
If a Program crashes, encounters a bug, or is compromised by malware, isolation acts as a barrier that contains the problem.
Isolation Mechanismss
- Memory Isolation, Virtual Memory
- Protection Rings
- Scheduling
- Filesystem Permissions
- Containers
- Virtualization