Glossar terms

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Glossary

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, 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.

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 not actually serving any users of the service.