Virtual Machine
This VM is an exact copy of another VM
What is a Clone?
This runs on the Host to create, tune and delete Virtual Machines.
What is the Hypervisor?
This software is installed on the Guest Operating System to better integrate the keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals.
What is VMWare Tools, or "Integration Options"?
This is the process of converting a normal computer to a virtual machine.
P2V (physical-to-virtual)
This VM is a point-in-time duplicate of a VM.
What is a Snapshot?
The host provides this important security feature to multiple VMs.
What is Isolation?
This contains the virtual switches and virtual NICs.
What is the Virtual Network?
The process of taking a physical machine to a virtual one?
What is "Migration"?
This is the computer a virtual machine is run on.
What is a Host?
This may be a file, a set of files, software, or some other entity but it's all the same to a VM.
Virtual Disk
Windows, Linux, MacOS
What is a "guest operating system"?
The Citrix implementation of virtualization is known as this.
What is "Zen"?
This is what is done to pause a running VM.
What is Suspend?
This type of host has the Hypervisor installed as the first software on the machine.
What is Bare Metal
Microsoft's implementation of virtual machines?
What is "Hyper-V"
This allows the rapid duplication of pre-configured VMs.
What are VM Templates
Another name for a VM, or the OS it's running.
What is a Guest?
This VM running on the Host could be someone's normal work environment.
Virtual Desktop or VDI
A software component that is aware that it is running in a VM.
What is "Paravirtualized"?
This VMware component most usually refers the the Hypervisor.
What is "ESX" or "ESXi"?