Term 961
VNet
A virtual private network inside a cloud provider that lets you securely connect and isolate your cloud resources.
Acronym study
Terms 961–990 of 1001 Cloud Digital Leader acronyms and key terms. Each entry includes a plain-English definition and a link to the full 800-word glossary page with exam context and practice questions.
Term 961
A virtual private network inside a cloud provider that lets you securely connect and isolate your cloud resources.
Term 962
VNet peering is a networking connection that links two virtual networks so they can communicate with each other as if they were a single network.
Term 963
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a logically isolated section of a cloud provider's network where you can launch and manage resources like servers and databases with complete control over IP addressing, subnets, route tables, and security.
Term 964
A VPC endpoint is a private connection that allows resources inside a Virtual Private Cloud to access supported AWS services or external networks without going over the public internet.
Term 965
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network is a logically isolated section of a public cloud provider's infrastructure where you can launch cloud resources in a virtual network that you define and control.
Term 966
VPC peering is a direct network connection between two virtual private clouds that allows them to communicate using private IP addresses as if they were part of the same network.
Term 967
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between your device and a remote server, protecting your data and hiding your online activity.
Term 968
A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel over a public network to securely connect remote users or sites to a private network.
Term 969
A VPN concentrator is a network device that manages, encrypts, and routes multiple VPN connections from remote users or sites into a single secure gateway.
Term 970
A vulnerability is a weakness in a system, network, or software that could be exploited by a threat to cause harm or unauthorized access.
Term 971
A vulnerability assessment is a systematic review of security weaknesses in an information system, evaluating if the system is susceptible to any known vulnerabilities, assigning severity levels, and recommending remediation or mitigation.
Term 972
Vulnerability management is the continuous process of identifying, classifying, prioritizing, and remediating security weaknesses in an organization's IT environment.
Term 973
Vulnerability scanning is an automated process that identifies security weaknesses in systems, networks, and applications by comparing them against known vulnerability databases.
Term 974
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a security tool that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from a web application to protect it from common attacks.
Term 975
A disaster recovery configuration where a secondary system runs in a reduced power state and receives regular updates, ready to take over within minutes if the primary fails.
Term 976
A Wavelength Zone is a small, physically separate data center location within a metropolitan area that provides ultra-low latency for edge computing and 5G applications.
Term 977
Weighted routing is a traffic management technique that distributes network requests across multiple servers or paths according to assigned numerical weights, allowing for controlled, uneven load distribution.
Term 978
A set of best practices and design principles for building secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient cloud infrastructure.
Term 979
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is an outdated wireless security protocol that encrypts data using the RC4 cipher and a static key, but is easily broken.
Term 980
WHOIS lookup is a query and response protocol used to search databases that store the registration information of domain names and IP address blocks.
Term 981
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a security standard designed to secure wireless networks by encrypting data and controlling access, replacing the older and less secure WEP standard.
Term 982
A network security feature designed to simplify the process of connecting devices to a Wi-Fi network by using a push button or PIN instead of entering the full password.
Term 983
A wildcard mask is a sequence of 32 bits used alongside an IP address to define which bits must match and which are ignored for routing, access control, or network matching purposes.
Term 984
A Win32 app is a traditional Windows program that runs directly on a Windows PC, using the same system resources and displaying a standard window with menus and buttons.
Term 985
Windows Defender is a built-in antimalware and security tool in Microsoft Windows that protects your computer from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software without needing to install anything extra.
Term 986
The Windows event log is a built-in service that records system, security, and application activities in a structured file so administrators can monitor health, detect problems, and investigate security incidents.
Term 987
WinRM is Microsoft's implementation of WS-Management, enabling secure remote management of Windows systems over HTTP/HTTPS.
Term 988
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security protocol for wireless networks, designed to provide a level of data confidentiality comparable to a wired LAN.
Term 989
A wireless access point is a networking device that allows Wi-Fi-enabled devices to connect to a wired network, typically a local area network (LAN), acting as a bridge between wireless and wired communication.
Term 990
Wireshark is a free, open-source network protocol analyzer that captures and inspects data packets traveling over a computer network in real time.