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Virtualization
Of or relating to many techniques, methods, or approaches in order to make a virtual version of something.
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Group
Software; Virtualization
A set of users who are assigned a common set of privileges. A group can contain other groups. See also service console.
Growable disc
Software; Virtualization
A type of virtual disc in which the disc space is not preallocated to its full size. The disc files begin small and increase as data is written to the disk. See also preallocated disk.
Guest operating system
Software; Virtualization
An operating system that runs inside a virtual machine. See also host operating system.
Guest user
Software; Virtualization
An unauthenticated user who can log in to a system with a temporary user name and password. A guest user has restricted access to files and folders and has a set of restricted permissions.
Handle
Software; Virtualization
A temporary token used by a Web service client to invoke Web service operations that require a reference to an object. Like a file handle, an object handle is a temporary handle that always refers to ...
Headless
Software; Virtualization
Describes a programme that runs in the background without any interface connected to it. A running virtual machine that has no console connexions is running headless.
Heartbeat
Software; Virtualization
A signal emitted at regular intervals by software to demonstrate that it is still active. The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet transceiver at the end of every packet to show that the ...
