Rahul Awati

1 week ago | techtarget.com | Rahul Awati |Wesley Chai |Alexander Gillis

Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft's proprietary directory service that enables network admins to manage users, permissions and their access to networking resources. It runs on Windows Server and stores information about objects, such as shared network resources, on a corporate network in a logical, hierarchical format. This enables administrators to manage those resources, as well as the users who need to access those resources to get their work done.

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Rahul Awati

A uniform resource identifier (URI) is a character sequence that identifies a logical (abstract) or physical resource -- usually, but not always, connected to the internet. The strings of characters incorporated in a URI, such as a scheme name and a file path, serve as identifiers. URIs can identify different types of resources, including the following: Electronic documents. Webpages. Images. Information sources with a consistent purpose.

3 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Rahul Awati

In computer programming, a script is a program or sequence of instructions that another program interprets or carries rather than the computer processor doing it (as with a compiled program). Scripting is an essential concept in modern programming because scripts allow users to automate many computing processes that would otherwise be time-consuming when performed manually by humans. Automation saves time and helps accelerate the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

4 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Rahul Awati

A virtual hard disk (VHD) is a disk image file format for storing the entire contents of a computer's hard drive. The disk image, sometimes called a virtual machine (VM), replicates an existing drive, including all data and structural elements. It can be stored in any location accessible to the physical host, and it is also transportable, meaning it can be stored and moved with a USB flash memory device. What does a virtual hard disk do?

1 month ago | techtarget.com | Rahul Awati

Software-defined networking (SDN) is a networking approach in which software is used to easily configure and centrally manage IT networks. SDN abstracts a network's different, distinguishable layers to make it more agile, flexible and easy to manage. Its main goal is to improve network control and empower enterprises to respond quickly to changing business requirements and quickly adopt innovative technologies. How does SDN differ from traditional networking?