Specifications

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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.

Console — See VMware Virtual Machine Console.

Custom networking — Any type of network connection between virtual machines

and the host that does not use the default bridged, host-only or network address

translation (NAT) networking configurations. For instance, different virtual machines

can be connected to the host by separate networks or connected to each other and

not to the host. Any network topology is possible.

Existing partition — A partition on a physical disk in the host machine.