Tools: Glossar terms

Cloud computing: The concept and technological approach of accessing data, using applications, storing files, etc. from anywhere in the world as long as you have an internet connection Data center: A facility that stores hundreds, if not thousands of servers Deployment: Hardware is set up so that the employee can do their job IT Infrastructure: The software, the hardware, network, and services required for an organization to operate in an enterprise IT environment KVM Switch: Keyboard, video, & mouse switch that looks like a hub that you can connect multiple computers to and control using one keyboard, mouse, and monitor Maintenance: Where software is updated and hardware issues are fixed if, and when, they occur Procurement: Hardware is purchased or reused for an employee Production: The parts of the infrastructure where certain services are executed and serve to its users production Reproduction case: Recreating an error to test a solution to make sure the problem is gone after a fix has been applied Retirement: Hardware becomes unusable or no longer needed, and it needs to be properly removed from the fleet Rollback: Reverting to the previous state before you made changes Secondary or stand-by machine: A machine that is the same as a production machine, but won't receive any traffic from actual users until enabled Server: Software or a machine that provides services to other software or machines System Administration: The field in IT that is responsible for maintaining reliable computer systems, in a Multi-user environment Test environment: A virtual machine running the same configuration as a production environment, but isn't actually serving any users of the service Templates let you quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Are you sure you want to hide this comment? It will become hidden in your post, but will still be visible via the comment's permalink. Hide child comments as well For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse