System Implementation
A file created within the host operating system that simulates a hard disk for the virtual machine.
What is virtual hard disk?
A software implementation of a computer that functions like a physical computer, including application execution.
What is virtual machine?
A security application created by Microsoft and built into Windows.
What is windows firewall?
An instance of a computer program that is being executed.
What is process?
A method of searching and organizing files and content on a PC.
What is index?
A cloud designed to be shared by several organizations.
What is community cloud?
An installation performed on an existing system that is running an earlier version of Windows.
What is upgrade installation?
A program that processes requests from other applications or users.
What is service?
A framework that provides a common user interface for performing system administration tasks.
What is Microsoft Management Console (MMC)?
A configuration that defines how an application, operating system, or a piece of hardware performs or appears.
What is setting?
Software that performs the tasks of a physical router.
What is vRouter?
A cloud that provides resources to a single organization.
What is private cloud?
A collection of Windows administrative tools, or snap-ins, that you can use to manage a computer.
What is computer management?
A remote management service that allows users to take control of remote computers over a network connection.
What is Microsoft Terminal Services Client ?
A group of settings that allows you to customize the way the Windows desktop appears.
What is theme?
A cloud that can be accessed by anyone.
What is public cloud?
Software that facilitates the communication between virtual machines by checking data packets before moving them to a destination.
What is vSwitch?
A Microsoft service for Windows that automates downloading and installing software updates over a network or the internet.
What is windows update?
A situation that occurs when a computer's virtual memory resources become saturated, leading to a constant state of paging.
What is thrashing?
A congestion that occurs when a component is unable to keep up with demand and subsequently slows down other processes or functions.
What is bottleneck?
A service that delivers software applications to the client either over the internet or on a local area network.
What is Software as a Service
(SaaS)?
A thin layer of software that resides between the virtual operating system and the hardware.
What is hypervisor?
The area located at the bottom of the Windows desktop that displays icons for open and pinned apps.
What is taskbar?
The Windows swap file that holds the virtual memory used to supplement the physical memory installed in a computer.
What is page file?
The amount (percentage) of time the processor spends doing non-idle tasks.
What is processor utilization?
A combination of software, data access, computation, and storage services provided to clients through the internet.
What is cloud computing?
A cloud that is a combination of public, private, and community cloud resources from different service providers.
What is hybrid cloud?
Authorization granted to a user or group to access and perform other tasks on a network resource.
What is permission?
A device that tracks the number of times an event or process occurs.
What is counter?
The standard application programming interface for accessing database management systems (DBMS).
What is Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)?
The client deploys and runs software without purchasing servers, data center space, or network equipment.
What is Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS)?
A service that delivers everything a developer needs to build an application.
What is Platform as a Service (PaaS)?
A security measure that displays an image with the date and time when the computer is locked.
What is lock screen?
The percentage of traffic sent and received over a network connection.
What is network utilization?
A statistical group, often corresponding to a specific type of hardware device or software process (such as the processor or memory).
What is object?