Virtualization
Terms related to virtualization, including definitions about virtualization technologies and words and phrases about server virtualization, desktop virtualization and storage virtualization.WIN - ZOM
- Windows as a service - Windows as a service is the approach Microsoft introduced with Windows 10 to deploy, update and service the operating system.
- Windows File Share Witness (FSW) - A Windows File Share Witness is a file share available to nodes in a high availability cluster.
- Windows Thin PC - Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) is a stripped down version of Windows 7 for legacy PCs that do not have the resources to support a full version of Windows 7.
- Windows XP Mode - Windows XP Mode is a feature of the Windows 7 operating system that allows it to run applications that are only compatible with Windows XP.
- workload automation - Workload automation is the practice of using software to schedule, initiate, run and manage tasks related to business processes and transactions.
- World Wide Name (WWN) - A World Wide Name (WWN) is a unique identifier that is assigned to a manufacturer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and hard-coded into a Fibre Channel (FC) device.
- XaaS (Anything as a Service) - XaaS is a general, collective term that refers to the delivery of anything as a service.
- Xen - Xen is the open source hypervisor included in the Linux kernel and, as such, it is available in all Linux distributions.
- zero client - Zero client, also known as ultrathin client, is a server-based computing model in which the end user has no local software and very little hardware.
- zombie VM - A zombie VM is a virtual machine that is created, often for a particular purpose, that is forgotten when it is no longer needed for that purpose.