From f215e02bf85f68d3a6106c2a1f4f7f063f819064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:17:27 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 7.0.14-dfsg. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml | 721 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 721 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml (limited to 'doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml') diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6d6eb9a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml @@ -0,0 +1,721 @@ + + + +%all.entities; +]> + + + + A + + ACPI + + + + + Advanced Configuration and Power Interface, an industry + specification for BIOS and hardware extensions to configure PC + hardware and perform power management. Windows 2000 and later, + as well as Linux 2.4 and later support ACPI. Windows can only + enable or disable ACPI support at installation time. + + + + + + + AHCI + + + + + Advanced Host Controller Interface, the interface that + supports SATA devices such as hard disks. See + . + + + + + + + AMD-V + + + + + The hardware virtualization features built into modern AMD + processors. See . + + + + + + + API + + + + + Application Programming Interface. + + + + + + + APIC + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + ATA + + + + + Advanced Technology Attachment, an industry standard for hard + disk interfaces which is synonymous with IDE. See + . + + + + + + + + + + + B + + BIOS + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + C + + COM + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + D + + DHCP + + + + + 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 . + + + + + + + + + + + E + + EFI + + + + + 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 . + + + + + + + EHCI + + + + + Enhanced Host Controller Interface, the interface that + implements the USB 2.0 standard. + + + + + + + + + + + G + + GUI + + + + + 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 + VirtualBox program as the "GUI", to + differentiate it from the VBoxManage + interface. + + + + + + + GUID + + + + + See UUID. + + + + + + + + + + + I + + IDE + + + + + Integrated Drive Electronics, an industry standard for hard + disk interfaces. See . + + + + + + + I/O APIC + + + + + See APIC. + + + + + + + iSCSI + + + + + Internet SCSI. See . + + + + + + + + + + + M + + MAC + + + + + 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 + 00:17:3A:5E:CB:08. + + + + + + + MSI + + + + + Message Signaled Interrupts, as supported by modern chipsets + such as the ICH9. See . + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + N + + NAT + + + + + 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 . + + + + + + + + + + + O + + OVF + + + + + Open Virtualization Format, a cross-platform industry standard + to exchange virtual appliances between virtualization + products. See . + + + + + + + + + + + P + + PAE + + + + + Physical Address Extension. This enables access to more than 4 + GB of RAM, even in 32-bit environments. See + . + + + + + + + PIC + + + + + See APIC. + + + + + + + PXE + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + R + + RDP + + + + + 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 + for details. + + + + + + + + + + + S + + SAS + + + + + Serial Attached SCSI, an industry standard for hard disk + interfaces. See . + + + + + + + SATA + + + + + Serial ATA, an industry standard for hard disk interfaces. See + . + + + + + + + SCSI + + + + + Small Computer System Interface. An industry standard for data + transfer between devices, especially for storage. See + . + + + + + + + SMP + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + SSD + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + T + + TAR + + + + + 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 .ova file extension. See + . + + + + + + + + + + + U + + UUID + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + + + V + + VM + + + + + Virtual Machine. A virtual computer that &product-name; + enables you to run on top of your actual hardware. See + for details. + + + + + + + VMM + + + + + Virtual Machine Manager. The component of &product-name; that + controls VM execution. See + for a list of + &product-name; components. + + + + + + + VRDE + + + + + 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 + . + + + + + + + VRDP + + + + + See RDP. + + + + + + + VT-x + + + + + The hardware virtualization features built into modern Intel + processors. See . + + + + + + + + + + + X + + xHCI + + + + + eXtended Host Controller Interface, the interface that + implements the USB 3.0 standard. + + + + + + + XML + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + XPCOM + + + + + 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. + + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3