Specifications

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desktop
See“virtualdesktop.”
desktopvirtualmachine
See“virtualdesktop.”
desktoppool
Apoolofvirtualmachinesthatanadministratordesignatesforusersorgroupsof
users.Seealso“persistentdesktoppool,”“nonpersistentdesktoppool.”
DMZ(demilitarizedzone)
Alogicalorphysicalsubnetworkthatconnectsinternalserverstoalarger ,
untrustednetwork(usually
theInternet)andprovidesanadditionallayerof
securityandgivesadministratorsmorecontroloverwhocanaccessnetwork
resources.
DNS(DomainNameSystem)
AnInternetdataqueryservicethattranslateshostnamesintoIPaddresses.Also
called“DomainNameServeror“DomainNameService.”
F FQDN(fullyqualifieddomainname)
Thenameofahost,includingboththehostnameandthedomainname.For
example,theFQDNofahostnamedesx1inthedomainvmware.comis
esx1.vmware.com.
G guest
See“guestoperatingsystem.”
guestoperatingsystem
Anoperatingsystemthatrunsinsideavirtualmachine.
H highavailability
Asystemdesignapproachthatensuresadegreeofoperationalcontinuity.
L loadbalancing
Atechniqueusedfordistributingprocessesacrossserverssothatthetrafficloadis
spreadmoreevenlyandserversdonotbecomeoverloaded.