Word of the Day: colocation

Word of the Day Today's WhatIs.com Word of the Day is colocation, a data center facility in which a business can rent space for servers and other computing hardware. There are several reasons a business might choose a colo over building its own data center, but one of the main...
Word of the Day: hardware emulation

Word of the Day Today's WhatIs.com Word of the Day is hardware emulation, the use of one hardware device to mimic the function of another hardware device. An administrator must use hardware emulation if he needs to run an unsupported operating system (OS) within a virtual...
Word of the Day: FedRAMP

Word of the Day Today's WhatIs.com Word of the Day is FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Program), a risk management program for outsourced information systems used by...
Word of the Day: SWOT analysis

Word of the Day Today's WhatIs.com Word of the Day is SWOT analysis, a framework for identifying and analyzing the internal and external factors that...
Word of the Day – Kyoto cooling

"Cooling is directly related to the amount of power drawn by all of the electrical equipment in the data center. Power consumption is based on the number of amps drawn by...