Glossary
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V
- VA
- Virtual Appliance
- VAG
- Virtual Access Grid
- Value Propositon
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A promise of value to be delivered and a belief from the customer/client of value that will be experienced. A value proposition can apply to an entire organisation, or parts thereof, or client accounts, or Products or Services.
- vBNS
- very high-speed Backbone Network Service
- VDL
- Virtual Data Language
- VDS
- Virtual Data System
- VDT
- Virtual Data Toolkit
- VHD
- Virtual Hard Disk
- VIF
- Virtual Interface
- Virtual Organisation Manager
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An individual responsible for the membership registry of a VO including its accuracy and integrity.
- VLAN
- Virtual Local Area Network
- VM
- Virtual Machine
- VMDK
- Virtual Machine Disk Format
- VMM
- Virtual Machine Monitor
- VNC
- Virtual Network Computing
- VWS
- Virtual Workspace Service
- VO
- Virtual Organisation
A group of people (e.g. scientists, researchers) with common interests and requirements, who need to work collaboratively and/or share resources (e.g. data, software, expertise, CPU, storage space) regardless of geographical location. They join a VO in order to access resources to meet these needs, after agreeing to a set of rules and Policies that govern their access and security rights (to users, resources and data).
- VLDB
- Very Large Databases
- VOCE
- Virtual Organization Central Europe
- VOMS
- Virtual Organization Membership Service
- VOMRS
- Virtual Organization Management Registration Service
- VPC
- Virtual Private Cloud
- VRC
- Virtual Research Community
A group of large-scale research collaborations, or a number of separate VOs grouped according to research domain or computational technique. The group shares information and experience in achieving their goals through the usage of an e-Infrastructure (e.g., best practices, applications, training material).
- VPN
- Virtual Private Network
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