https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/ 2026-06-06T14:12:58-0400 https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/ https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:start&rev=1633369215&do=diff Glossary V Terms Return to Glossary Note: You can add new terms beginning with 'V' here List of Words Return to Top * V-Model * Validation * Value Chain * Variable * Vendor Lock-In * Vermont Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information * Version Control * Vertical Scaling * Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) * Virtual Disk Image (VDI) * Virtual LAN (VLAN) * Virtual Machine (VM) * Virtual Machine Images * Virtual Private Network (VPN) * Visual Programming Language (… text/html 2022-08-30T19:44:29-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:v_model&rev=1661903069&do=diff V-Model Return to Glossary The V-Model is a type of Software Development Model where the process executes in a sequential manner in a V-shape. It is also known as the Verification and Validation model. It is based on the association of a testing phase for each corresponding development stage. The development of each step is directly associated with the testing phase. The next phase starts only after the completion of the previous phase i.e. for each development activity, there is a testing a… text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:validation&rev=1633369215&do=diff Validation Return to Glossary Validation is the confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled. In other words, validation ensures that “you built the right thing.” text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:valuechain&rev=1633369215&do=diff Value Chain Return to Glossary Value Chain is a set of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs in order to deliver a valuable product (i.e., good and/or service) for the market. Although it is similar to a Supply Chain, it is usually a subset of it that covers just the portion of the Supply Chain that is under the control of a single corporation or entity. text/html 2021-10-28T19:11:42-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:variable&rev=1635462702&do=diff Variable Return to Glossary A Variable is a symbolic name given to an unknown quantity that permits the name to be used independent of the information it represents. Variables are associated with data storage locations, and values of a variable are normally changed during the course of program execution. Variables represent all kinds of data, including booleans, names, integers, arrays, pictures, sounds, scalars, strings, or any object or class of objects depending on the programming languag… text/html 2022-05-04T22:20:43-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vcsb&rev=1651717243&do=diff Voluntary Consensus-based Standards Body (VCSB) Return to Glossary Voluntary Consensus-based Standards Body (VCSB) means a domestic or international organization that plans, develops, establishes, or coordinates voluntary consensus standards using agreed-upon procedures and which possesses the attributes of openness, the balance of interest, due process, and consensus, as explained in OMB Circular A–119 and the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, P.L. 104–113, sec. 12(d… text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vendorlockin&rev=1633369215&do=diff Vendor Lock-In Return to Glossary Vendor Lock-In is the restricted or proprietary use of a technology, solution or service developed by a vendor or vendor partner. This technique can be disabling and demoralizing because customers are effectively prevented from switching to alternate vendors. text/html 2022-01-26T13:56:24-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:version_control&rev=1643223384&do=diff Version Control Return to Glossary Version Control, also known as Source Control, is the practice of tracking and managing changes to software code. Version Control Systems (VCS) are Software (SW) tools that help software teams manage changes to Source Code over time. As development environments have accelerated, VCSs help software teams work faster and smarter. They are especially useful for DevOps teams since they help them to reduce development time and increase successful deployments. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:verticalscaling&rev=1633369215&do=diff Vertical Scaling Return to Glossary Vertical Scaling refers to adding more CPU, memory, or I/O resources to an existing server, or replacing one server with a more powerful server. Amazon Web Services (AWS) vertical scaling and Microsoft Azure vertical scaling can be accomplished by changing text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:virt_disk_image&rev=1633369215&do=diff Virtual Disk Image (VDI) Return to Glossary Virtual Disk Image (VDI) is the image of a virtual hard disk or the logical disk associated with a virtual machine. It is used in virtualization environments to create a replica of the disk space/drive assigned to one or more Virtual Machines. Source: text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:virt_mach_image&rev=1633369215&do=diff Virtual Machine Images Return to Glossary Virtual Machine Images is a template for creating new instances. You can choose images from a catalog to create images or save your own images from running instances. Specialists in those platforms often create catalog images, making sure that they are created with the proper patches and that any software is installed and configured with good default settings. The images can be plain operating systems or can have software installed on them, such as d… text/html 2022-01-15T11:16:49-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vlan&rev=1642263409&do=diff Virtual LAN (VLAN) Return to Glossary A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a subnetwork which can group together collections of devices on separate physical Local Area Network (LAN). A LAN is a group of computers and devices that share a communications line (i.e., Wired Network) or Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) link (i.e., Wireless Network) to a Server within the same geographical area. text/html 2022-01-25T12:44:16-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vm&rev=1643132656&do=diff Virtual Machine (VM) Return to Glossary Virtual Machine (VM) is a software program or operating system that not only exhibits the behavior of a separate computer, but is also capable of performing tasks such as running applications and programs like a separate computer. In other words, a VM is a software application that performs most functions of a physical computer, actually behaving as a separate computer system. text/html 2021-10-08T17:01:05-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vmem&rev=1633726865&do=diff Volatile Storage (VS) Return to Glossary Volatile Storage (VS) or Volatile Memory is computer storage that only maintains its data while the device is powered. Most Random Access Memory (RAM) used for primary storage in personal computers is volatile memory. RAM is much faster to read from and write to than the other kinds of storage in a computer, such as the hard disk or removable media. However, the data in RAM stays there only while the computer is running; when the computer is shut off… text/html 2022-05-06T17:54:27-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:volker_rule&rev=1651874067&do=diff Volcker Rule Return to Glossary The Volcker Rule is a U.S. federal regulation that generally prohibits banks from conducting certain investment activities with their own accounts and limits their dealings with hedge funds and private equity funds, also called covered funds. text/html 2022-03-30T21:37:29-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vpcihi&rev=1648690649&do=diff Vermont Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information Return to Glossary The law defines the purpose, scope, application, compliance and exceptions to the law. The purpose of the Vermont Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information is to govern the treatment of nonpublic personal information about consumers by the financial institutions listed in subse C tion C of this section. This regulation: text/html 2022-04-25T16:30:08-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vpl&rev=1650918608&do=diff Visual Programming Language (VPL) Return to Glossary A Visual Programming Language (VPL) is any language that uses the graphics or blocks that are already defined with the code and you just need to use those blocks without worrying about the lines of code is known as a visual programming language. In today’s era majority of the programming languages are text-based i.e. we have to write the lines of code to perform a specific task like in C or C++. programming if you want to print a table of … text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vpn&rev=1633369215&do=diff Virtual Private Network (VPN) Return to Glossary A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a service that creates a safe, encrypted online connection. Internet users may use a VPN to give themselves more privacy and anonymity online or circumvent geographic-based blocking and censorship. VPNs essentially extend a text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vppa&rev=1633369215&do=diff Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) Return to Glossary The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) (18 U.S. Code § 2710 et seq.) restricts the disclosure of rental or sale records of videos or similar audio-visual materials, including online streaming. Source: <https://iclg.com/practice-areas/data-protection-laws-and-regulations/usa> text/html 2022-01-25T14:45:39-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vulnerability&rev=1643139939&do=diff Vulnerability Return to Glossary Definition #1 A Vulnerability is a Cybersecurity term that refers to a flaw in a system that can leave it open to attack. A vulnerability may also refer to any type of Weakness in a computer system itself, in a set of Business Processes, or in anything that leaves information security exposed to a cyberthreat. text/html 2022-01-25T11:31:29-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vulnerable&rev=1643128289&do=diff Vulnerable Return to Glossary A component Vulnerable is vulnerable if it contains a Weakness or flaw that can be exploited, given the necessary conditions and/or exposure. Source: <https://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide#Glossary-of-Terms>