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OpenStack is a collection of open source projects that enables an open, scalable cloud infrastructure. The core of OpenStack is meant to provide consistent APIs and interfaces to a variety of potential back-ends.
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Acronym for a development stack originally made up of Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python
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A scheduled-task means the launch of a program or script at predefined times or after specified time intervals.
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Practices and procedures aimed at performing bulk and/or fine-grained operations on user accounts, permissions, allocated resources.
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An update service for Microsoft operating systems, server products, Office applications, Windows Defender, and Internet Explorer. It provides security updates, service packs, roll-ups, feature packs, and malware protection. The service is included in all versions of Windows since Windows 2000.
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A mechanism for allowing and mediating access to files for non-local users and programs. Such mechanisms are either built on top of local filesystems or seamlessly integrated into distributed filesystems. Common examples of file sharing mechanisms include CIFS (SMB, DFS), NFS, GlusterFS, Lustre.
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libvirt is an API and toolkit for developing applications which manage virtual machine hypervisors, the virtual machines running under them, and virtual machine storage.
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The process of applying, or files used to apply, improvements to a system or program. An update is typically encompasses minor changes and improvements, relative to an upgrade.
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the field of converting any manual process into one that can be run mostly, or entirely, "hands-free"
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QEMU stands for "Quick EMUlator" and is a processor emulator that relies on dynamic binary translation to achieve a reasonable speed while being easy to port to new host CPU architectures.
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Free e-mail service offered by Google. Mail can be accessed through webmail or through the POP3 or IMAP4 protocols.
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Chef is an open source configuration management framework for infrastructure automation.
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XenServer is the virtualization platform Citrix has built around the Xen Hypervisor.
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A Network Interface Card is a computer component which connects to a physical network in order to send and receive data.
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"Remote" - the term could refer to resources, access, control, user, presence, etc.
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HTTP header fields are components of the message header of requests and responses in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). They define the operating parameters of an HTTP transaction.
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Hostname is a label assigned to a device connected to a computer network used to identify the device.
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A distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers. These systems are compromised by attackers using a variety of methods.
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Printing is the writing of data in a human-readable format onto durable media such as paper.
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"Event log" usually refers to the system/server logs on Microsoft Windows machines.
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httpd.conf is a typical name for a web server configuration file. Historically this is the main Apache configuration file. It is also the configuration file for OpenBSD httpd.
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Azure Active Directory is a Microsoft platform for handling identity and authorization requirements for cloud applications.
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Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service.
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Humans using a system. They try to break everything. Always handle with caution. Expect the unexpected.
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In computing, a timeout is either an error condition or event that occurs when an event exceeds the time frame permitted to it, or the period of time allotted to a given event.
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Server Message Block is a network file sharing protocol created by Microsoft. This is the protocol used for file and printer sharing on Windows networks.
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IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol and is the other e-mail protocol along with POP.
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A gateway is a network node used in telecommunications that connects two networks with different transmission protocols together.
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