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URI
Universal Resource Identifier. A generic set of all names or addresses used to refer to
resources that can be served from a computer system. These addresses are represented as
short text strings.
UTC
A language-independent international abbreviation, UTC is neither English nor French. It
means both "Coordinated Universal Time" and "Temps Universel Coordonné." UTC
refers to the standard time common to every place in the world.
UUID
Universally Unique Identifier. Unique identifier for each piece of content in the
StorageGRID Webscale system. UUIDs provide client applications with a content handle
that permits them to access content in a way that does not interfere with the StorageGRID
Webscale system's management of that same content. A 128-bit number that is guaranteed
to be unique. See RFC 4122 for more details.
virtual machine (VM)
A software platform that enables the installation of an operating system and software,
substituting for a physical server and permitting the sharing of physical server resources
among several virtual servers.
VLAN
Virtual local area network (or virtual LAN). A group of devices that are located on
different LAN segments but are configured to communicate as if they were attached to the
same network switch.
WAN
Wide area network. A network of interconnected computers that covers a large geographic
area, such as a country.
XFS
A scalable, high-performance journaled file system originally developed by Silicon
Graphics.
XML
Extensible Markup Language. A text format for the extensible representation of structured
information; classified by type and managed like a database. XML has the advantages of
being verifiable, human readable, and easily interchangeable between different systems.