Common use of Operating System Environment Clause in Contracts

Operating System Environment. An “operating system environment” is one instance of an operating system and instances of applications, if any, configured to run on that operating system instance. There are two types of operating system environments, physical and virtual. A physical operating system environment is configured to run directly on a physical hardware system. A virtual operating system environment is configured to run on a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system. A physical hardware system can have either or both of the following: o one physical operating system environment o one or more virtual operating system environments

Operating System Environment. An “operating system environment” is one instance is i. all or part of an operating system and instance, or all or part of a virtual (or otherwise emulated) operating system instance which enables separate machine identity (primary computer name or similar unique identifier) or separate administrative rights, and ii. instances of applications, if any, configured to run on that the operating system instance. There are two types of operating system environments, physical and virtual. A physical operating system environment is configured to run directly on a physical hardware system. A virtual operating system environment is configured to run on a virtual (instance or otherwise emulated) hardware system. A physical hardware system can have either or both of the following: o one physical operating system environment o one or more virtual operating system environmentsparts identified above.