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Windows can only + enable or disable ACPI support at installation time. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>AHCI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Advanced Host Controller Interface, the interface that + supports SATA devices such as hard disks. See + <xref + linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>AMD-V</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + The hardware virtualization features built into modern AMD + processors. See <xref linkend="hwvirt" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>API</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Application Programming Interface. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>APIC</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller, a newer version of + the original PC PIC (programmable interrupt controller). Most + modern CPUs contain an on-chip APIC, called a local APIC. Many + systems also contain an I/O APIC (input output APIC) as a + separate chip which provides more than 16 IRQs. Windows 2000 + and later use a different kernel if they detect an I/O APIC + during installation. Therefore, an I/O APIC must not be + removed after installation. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>ATA</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Advanced Technology Attachment, an industry standard for hard + disk interfaces which is synonymous with IDE. See + <xref + linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>B</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>BIOS</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Basic Input/Output System, the firmware built into most + personal computers which is responsible of initializing the + hardware after the computer has been turned on and then + booting an operating system. &product-name; ships with its own + virtual BIOS that runs when a virtual machine is started. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>C</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>COM</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Microsoft Component Object Model, a programming infrastructure + for modular software. COM enables applications to provide + application programming interfaces which can be accessed from + various other programming languages and applications. + &product-name; makes use of COM both internally and externally to + provide a comprehensive API to 3rd party developers. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>D</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>DHCP</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This enables a networking + device in a network to acquire its IP address and other + networking details automatically, in order to avoid having to + configure all devices in a network with fixed IP addresses. + &product-name; has a built-in DHCP server that delivers an IP + addresses to a virtual machine when networking is configured + to NAT. See <xref + linkend="networkingdetails" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>E</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>EFI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Extensible Firmware Interface, a firmware built into computers + which is designed to replace the aging BIOS. Originally + designed by Intel, most modern operating systems can now boot + on computers which have EFI instead of a BIOS built into them. + See <xref + linkend="efi" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>EHCI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Enhanced Host Controller Interface, the interface that + implements the USB 2.0 standard. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>G</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>GUI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Graphical User Interface. Commonly used as an antonym to a + "command line interface". In the context of &product-name;, we + sometimes refer to the main graphical + <computeroutput>VirtualBox</computeroutput> program as the + "GUI", to differentiate it from the + <command>VBoxManage</command> interface. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>GUID</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + See UUID. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>I</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>IDE</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Integrated Drive Electronics, an industry standard for hard + disk interfaces. See <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>I/O APIC</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + See APIC. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>iSCSI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Internet SCSI. See <xref linkend="storage-iscsi" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>M</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>MAC</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Media Access Control, a part of an Ethernet network card. A + MAC address is a 6-byte number which identifies a network + card. It is typically written in hexadecimal notation where + the bytes are separated by colons, such as + <computeroutput>00:17:3A:5E:CB:08</computeroutput>. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>MSI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Message Signaled Interrupts, as supported by modern chipsets + such as the ICH9. See <xref linkend="settings-motherboard" />. + As opposed to traditional pin-based interrupts, with MSI, a + small amount of data can accompany the actual interrupt + message. This reduces the amount of hardware pins required and + allows for more interrupts and better performance. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>N</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>NAT</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Network Address Translation. A technique to share networking + interfaces by which an interface modifies the source and/or + target IP addresses of network packets according to specific + rules. Commonly employed by routers and firewalls to shield an + internal network from the Internet, &product-name; can use NAT to + easily share a host's physical networking hardware with its + virtual machines. See <xref + linkend="network_nat" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>O</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>OVF</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Open Virtualization Format, a cross-platform industry standard + to exchange virtual appliances between virtualization + products. See <xref linkend="ovf" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>P</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>PAE</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Physical Address Extension. This enables access to more than 4 + GB of RAM, even in 32-bit environments. See + <xref + linkend="settings-general-advanced" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>PIC</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + See APIC. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>PXE</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Preboot Execution Environment, an industry standard for + booting PC systems from remote network locations. It includes + DHCP for IP configuration and TFTP for file transfer. Using + UNDI, a hardware independent driver stack for accessing the + network card from bootstrap code is available. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>R</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>RDP</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Remote Desktop Protocol, a protocol developed by Microsoft as + an extension to the ITU T.128 and T.124 video conferencing + protocol. With RDP, a PC system can be controlled from a + remote location using a network connection over which data is + transferred in both directions. Typically graphics updates and + audio are sent from the remote machine and keyboard and mouse + input events are sent from the client. An &product-name; extension + package by Oracle provides VRDP, an enhanced implementation of + the relevant standards which is largely compatible with + Microsoft's RDP implementation. See <xref linkend="vrde" /> + for details. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>S</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>SAS</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Serial Attached SCSI, an industry standard for hard disk + interfaces. See <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>SATA</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Serial ATA, an industry standard for hard disk interfaces. See + <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>SCSI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Small Computer System Interface. An industry standard for data + transfer between devices, especially for storage. See + <xref + linkend="harddiskcontrollers" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>SMP</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Symmetrical Multiprocessing, meaning that the resources of a + computer are shared between several processors. These can + either be several processor chips or, as is more common with + modern hardware, multiple CPU cores in one processor. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>SSD</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Solid-state drive, uses microchips for storing data in a + computer system. Compared to classical hard-disks they are + having no mechanical components like spinning disks. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>T</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>TAR</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + A widely used file format for archiving. Originally, this + stood for Tape ARchive and was already supported by very early + UNIX versions for backing up data on tape. The file format is + still widely used today. For example, with OVF archives using + an <computeroutput>.ova</computeroutput> file extension. See + <xref + linkend="ovf" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>U</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>UUID</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + A Universally Unique Identifier, often also called GUID + (Globally Unique Identifier). A UUID is a string of numbers + and letters which can be computed dynamically and is + guaranteed to be unique. Generally, it is used as a global + handle to identify entities. &product-name; makes use of UUIDs to + identify VMs, Virtual Disk Images (VDI files), and other + entities. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>V</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>VM</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Virtual Machine. A virtual computer that &product-name; enables + you to run on top of your actual hardware. See + <xref + linkend="virtintro" /> for details. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>VMM</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Virtual Machine Manager. The component of &product-name; that + controls VM execution. See + <xref linkend="technical-components" /> for a list of + &product-name; components. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>VRDE</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension. This interface is built + into &product-name; to allow &product-name; extension packages to + supply remote access to virtual machines. An &product-name; + extension package by Oracle provides VRDP support. See + <xref linkend="vrde" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>VRDP</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + See RDP. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>VT-x</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + The hardware virtualization features built into modern Intel + processors. See <xref linkend="hwvirt" />. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv> + + <title>X</title> + + <glossentry><glossterm>xHCI</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + eXtended Host Controller Interface, the interface that + implements the USB 3.0 standard. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>XML</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + The eXtensible Markup Language, a metastandard for all kinds + of textual information. XML only specifies how data in the + document is organized generally and does not prescribe how to + semantically organize content. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm>XPCOM</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + + <para> + Mozilla Cross Platform Component Object Model, a programming + infrastructure developed by the Mozilla browser project which + is similar to Microsoft COM and enables applications to + provide a modular programming interface. &product-name; makes use + of XPCOM on Linux both internally and externally to provide a + comprehensive API to third-party developers. + </para> + + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + +</glossary> |