KVM / QEMUの仮想マシンをドメインと呼ぶのはなぜですか？

私はそれを使用している間、virsh仮想マシンが「ドメイン」と呼ばれることを発見しました。仮想マシンではなくドメインと呼ぶのはなぜですか？

$ virsh

virsh # help
...
 Domain Monitoring (help keyword 'monitor'):
    domblkerror                    Show errors on block devices
    domblkinfo                     domain block device size information
    domblklist                     list all domain blocks
    domblkstat                     get device block stats for a domain
    domcontrol                     domain control interface state
    domif-getlink                  get link state of a virtual interface
    domifaddr                      Get network interfaces' addresses for a running domain
    domiflist                      list all domain virtual interfaces
    domifstat                      get network interface stats for a domain
    dominfo                        domain information
    dommemstat                     get memory statistics for a domain
    domstate                       domain state
    domstats                       get statistics about one or multiple domains
    domtime                        domain time
    list                           list domains
...

virsh # list --all
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
 -     centos_vagrant_test_test_vm    shut off
 -     collectd01                     shut off
 -     grafana01                      shut off
 -     influxdb01                     shut off
 -     JobDBWin7_Stable               shut off
 -     OpenWRT_Red                    shut off