Glossary
SVM
Solana Virtual Machine — the execution engine that runs Solana programs (BPF bytecode, Sealevel scheduling, account model). Increasingly used outside Solana itself.
The Solana Virtual Machine is the runtime that executes Solana programs: a sandboxed BPF interpreter, the Sealevel parallel scheduler, the account model, and the syscall surface. The full SVM is what gives Solana its execution properties.
"SVM" has emerged as a portable spec — chains like Eclipse, Nitro Bricks, Soon, and several Cosmos appchains run the SVM runtime outside of Solana proper. The model parallels how EVM spread beyond Ethereum, with a similar promise of developer-tool portability.