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Glossary
Bridged networking — A type of network connection between a virtual machine
and the rest of the world. Under bridged networking, a virtual machine appears as an
additional computer on the same physical Ethernet network as the host.
See also Host-only networking.
Configuration — See Virtual machine configuration file.
Full screen mode— A display mode in which the virtual machines display fills the
entire screen.
Guest operating system — An operating system that runs inside a virtual
machine.
See also Host operating system.
Host computer — The physical computer on which the VMware ACE software is
installed. It hosts the VMware ACE virtual machines.
Host-only networking — A type of network connection between a virtual
machine and the host. Under host-only networking, a virtual machine is connected to
the host on a private network, which normally is not visible outside the host. Multiple
virtual machines configured with host-only networking on the same host are on the