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Venture Capital
Private equity investments in start-up or early stage private corporations with significant growth potential, typically in the form of convertible preferred shares or unsecured debt obligations . Venture capital is usually used as seed money for new ...
VPN
Virtual Private Networking; a means of securely accessing resources on a network by connecting to a remote access server through the Internet or other network.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol; a means of using the Internet as the transmission medium for phone calls. An advantage is you do not incur any additional surcharges beyond the cost of your Internet access.
Vishing
Voice phishing, or vishing, is the use of telephony to conduct phishing attacks. Landline telephone services have traditionally been trustworthy; terminated in physical locations known to the telephone company, and associated with a bill-payer.
Virus
A program intended to alter data on a computer in an invisible fashion, usually for mischievous or destructive purposes. Viruses are often transferred across the Internet as well as by infected diskettes and can affect almost every type of computer. ...
Virtualization
Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network resources. In hardware virtualization, the term host machine refers to the actual ...
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
A software technology that separates the desktop environment and its application software from the physical client device that is used to access it.
Vision Statement
A short description of a company’s goals for the future. Vision statements tend to be highly aspirational, serving to motivate employees while guiding day-to-day decision making. Vision statements (future goals) are often paired with mission ...
Voucher
A written record or a document which proves that the transaction has been performed. Vouchers are required at the time of audits.