Glossary
Glossary
This corner of the industry runs on acronyms. Here is what the ones used across the site actually stand for.
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- CPU
- Central Processing Unit
- VCF
- VMware Cloud Foundation Broadcom's integrated platform for running private cloud infrastructure.
- VCF Automation
- VMware Cloud Foundation Automation Main interface in VCF to consume the platform - delivers a self-service private cloud for AI, Kubernetes, and VM-based applications.
- VCF Operations
- VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Main interface in VCF to operate the platform - provides fleet management, workload monitoring including metrics, financial operations and security management.
- VKr
- VMware vSphere Kubernetes Release The upstream conformant, tested and packaged Kubernetes release closely following upstream versions.
- VKS
- VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service The managed Kubernetes offering in VCF and VVF, includes supported addons. Previously named under the Tanzu brand.
- VM
- Virtual Machine
- vSphere Namespace
- vSphere Namespace Tenancy object and resource boundary as a core building block for the VCF private cloud.
- VVF
- VMware vSphere Foundation Broadcom's hyperconverged infrastructure stack.
- YAML
- YAML Ain't Markup Language The configuration format used for Kubernetes manifests.