ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

GVisor

OK, so imagine you have a toy castle with a lot of rooms inside. Each room is like a computer program running on your computer. Now, sometimes these programs can be bad and try to break into or mess up the other rooms in the castle. That's why your parents probably don't let you download things from random websites, right?

Well, gvisor is like a security guard who stands outside each of the castle's rooms and makes sure that no program can mess with any of the other rooms. It's like a fence around each room that makes sure nothing bad gets in or out. This way, even if one program gets hacked or has a bug, it can't affect the other programs running on your computer.

But gvisor isn't just any old security guard – it's a really smart one! It can understand lots of different computer languages and can adapt to new ones quickly. It can even "translate" between different languages, so if a program is written in one language but needs to work with another program that's written in a different language, gvisor can help make that happen.

So, to sum up: gvisor is like a super-smart security guard that keeps all the programs on your computer from messing with each other. This keeps your computer safe and secure, like a castle with really good defenses!