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Glossary
BIOS (basic input/output system)
Firmware that controls machine startup and manages communication between the CPU and other devices,
such as the keyboard, monitor, printers, and disk drives.
bridged networking
In hosted products, a type of network connection between a virtual machine and the host’s physical
network. With bridged networking, a virtual machine appears to be an additional computer on the same
physical Ethernet network as the host. See also custom networking , host-only networking , NAT (network
address translation) .
child
A managed entity grouped by a folder object or another managed entity. See also folder .
clone
(n.) A duplicate of a virtual machine. (v.) To make a copy of a virtual machine. Hosted products distinguish
between full clones and linked clones. See also full clone , linked clone .
cluster
A server group in the virtual environment. Clusters enable a high-availability solution.
cluster compute resource
An extended compute resource that represents a cluster of hosts available for backing virtual machines.
See also compute resource .
cold cloning
In VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, cloning a local physical machine while it is running in WinPE
from the vCenter Converter Boot CD, not from its own operating system. See also hot cloning .
compute resource
A managed object that represents either a single host or a cluster of hosts available for backing virtual
machines. See also cluster compute resource .
concurrent migrations
In VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, the Task Manager’s ability to direct the conversion and
migration of multiple virtual machines at the same time.
configuration
See virtual machine configuration .
current virtual machine
(1) A virtual machine of the latest version supported by the product in use. See also legacy virtual
machine . (2) In hosted products, the virtual machine that has focus in the service console.
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