Definitions about data centers including hardware, virtualization and cloud computing.
Cloud computing
Terms related to cloud computing, including definitions about on-demand, distributed computing and words and phrases about software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and storage-as-a-service.
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- storage container - A storage container is a defined, specific location in high-volume cloud storage. It resembles a ...
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazo...
- Amazon CloudSearch - Amazon CloudSearch is a scalable, developer-friendly, cloud-based search service that forms part ...
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Data centers
Terms related to data centers, including definitions about network operations centers (NOCs) and words and phrases about the storage, management and the transmission of data.
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- Bloom Energy Server (Bloom box) - A Bloom box, officially known as an Energy Server, is a modular construction of fuel cells that c...
- passive cooling - Passive cooling is an approach to cooling computer components through slowing the speed at which ...
- ambient air cooling - Ambient air cooling is the use of naturally cool air surrounding a building, such as a data cente...
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Hardware
Terms related to computer hardware, including definitions about cables, connectors and power supply units and words and phrases about computing peripheral devices including the keyboard, mouse, audio speakers, and printers.
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- Bloom Energy Server (Bloom box) - A Bloom box, officially known as an Energy Server, is a modular construction of fuel cells that c...
- semiconductor fab - A semiconductor fab is a manufacturing plant in which raw silicon wafers are turned into integrat...
- computer forensics (cyber forensics) - Computer forensics is the application of investigation and analysis techniques to gather and pres...
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Storage hardware
Terms related to storage hardware, including definitions about solid state drives and words and phrases about hard disk drives, tape drives, disk arrays and tiered storage.
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- NAND flash memory - NAND flash memory is a type of non-volatile storage technology that does not require power to ret...
- memory mirroring - Memory mirroring is the division of memory on a server into two channels. The first channel is mi...
- Multi-Root IOV (MR-IOV) - Multi-Root IOV (MR-IOV)
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Virtualization
Terms related to virtualization, including definitions about virtualization technologies and words and phrases about server virtualization, desktop virtualization and storage virtualization.
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- nested VM (nested virtual machine) - A nested VM (nested virtual machine) is a virtual machine contained within another VM.
- virtual GPU (vGPU) - A virtual GPU is a computer processor that renders graphics on a server rather than on a physical...
- bubble network - A bubble network is a series of interconnected virtual machines (VMs) that communicate through a ...
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