Data centers
Definitions used in data center management, including hardware, virtualization and cloud computing.
Data backup and disaster recovery
Terms related to backup and recovery, including definitions about making copies of data and words and phrases about restoring original data after a data loss event.
-
What is an emergency notification system?
An emergency notification system is an automated approach to crisis communications that contacts people within an organization and distributes important information during a disruption.
-
What is image-based backup?
Image-based backup creates a copy of an operating system (OS) and all the data associated with it, including the system state and application configurations.
-
What is a security operations center (SOC)?
A security operations center (SOC) is a command center facility in which a team of information technology (IT) professionals with expertise in information security (infosec) monitors, analyzes and protects an organization from cyberattacks.
Data center management
Terms related to data centers, including definitions about network operations centers (NOCs) and words and phrases about the storage, management and the transmission of data.
-
What is an emergency notification system?
An emergency notification system is an automated approach to crisis communications that contacts people within an organization and distributes important information during a disruption.
-
What is data transformation? Definition, types and benefits
Data transformation is the process of converting data from one format -- such as a database file, Extensible Markup Language (XML) document or Excel spreadsheet -- into another format.
-
What are hot and cold aisles in the data center?
Hot and cold aisles in the data center are part of an energy-efficient layout for server racks and other computing equipment.
Linux
Definitions related to Linux, including tech terms about open source and words and phrases about Linux distributions and software development.
-
What is Bash (Bourne Again Shell)?
Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is the free and enhanced version of the Bourne shell distributed with Linux and GNU operating systems.
-
What is a remote desktop and how does it work?
A remote desktop is a program or an operating system feature that allows a user to connect to a computer in another location, see that computer's desktop and interact with it as if it were local.
-
What is an operating system (OS)?
An operating system (OS) is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other application programs in a computer.
Operating systems
Definitions related to operating systems, including tech terms about open source and proprietary operating systems and words and phrases about system programs, boot mechanisms, kernels, command interpreters, DLL libraries and drivers.
-
What is Bash (Bourne Again Shell)?
Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is the free and enhanced version of the Bourne shell distributed with Linux and GNU operating systems.
-
What is the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) utility?
The Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) utility is a command-line interface (CLI) for working with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), a Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) framework for accessing and managing information about Windows computers in enterprise environments.
-
What is Microsoft Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK)?
The Microsoft Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) is a set of tools that IT professionals can combine to prepare, assess and launch image-based Windows deployments.
Storage Admin
Terms related to data storage management, including definitions about enterprise storage and words and phrases about storage infrastructure, storage capacity and hierarchical storage management (HSM).
-
What is hyperconverged storage?
Hyperconverged storage is a software-defined approach to storage management that combines storage, compute, virtualization and networking technologies in one physical unit that's managed as a single virtualized system.
-
What is a distributed file system (DFS)?
A distributed file system (DFS) enables clients to access file storage from multiple hosts through a computer network as if they were accessing local storage.
-
What is an mSATA SSD (mSATA solid-state drive)?
An mSATA SSD is a solid-state drive that conforms to the mSATA interface specification developed by the Serial ATA (SATA) International Organization.
Storage and Data Mgmt
Definitions about storage and data management including backup/recovery vocabulary, business intelligence terminology, storage area networks and database management.
-
What is hyperconverged storage?
Hyperconverged storage is a software-defined approach to storage management that combines storage, compute, virtualization and networking technologies in one physical unit that's managed as a single virtualized system.
-
What is a distributed file system (DFS)?
A distributed file system (DFS) enables clients to access file storage from multiple hosts through a computer network as if they were accessing local storage.
-
What is virtual memory?
Virtual memory is a memory management technique where secondary memory can be used as if it were a part of the main memory.
Virtualization
Terms related to virtualization, including definitions about virtualization technologies and words and phrases about server virtualization, desktop virtualization and storage virtualization.
-
What is Docker?
Docker is an open source software platform used to create, deploy and manage applications in virtualized environments called containers.
-
What is image-based backup?
Image-based backup creates a copy of an operating system (OS) and all the data associated with it, including the system state and application configurations.
-
What is virtual memory?
Virtual memory is a memory management technique where secondary memory can be used as if it were a part of the main memory.