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VarBind --
For SNMP, a variable binding containing a name and a value. The value portion is only meaningful in non-error response PDUs, TrapPDUs, and SetRequestPDUs. It is meaningless in Get and GetNext requests. By convention, the value field for GetRequestPDUs and GetNextRequestPDUs is always an instance of the ASN.1 data type NULL.

variable --
An object known to your shell that stores a particular value. The value of a variable can be changed either from inside a program or from the command line. Each shell variable controls a particular aspect of your working environment on the UNIX system. For example, the variable PS1 stores your primary prompt string.

version --
A separate program product, based on an existing one, but containing significant new code or new functions.

view area --
The portion of your workspace visible on the screen corresponding to the position of the viewfinder on the map.

virtual circuits --
1. An apparent connection between processes which is facilitated by TCP. A virtual circuit allows applications to talk to each other as if they had a physical circuit. 2. A transport connection established in connection-mode.

virtual circuit transport --
(programming) See connection-oriented transport.

virtual memory --
See memory.

Vnode --
(programming) The operating system's internal representation of a file (previously known as a filesystem-independent inode).

VTOC --
Volume Table Of Contents, a table that shows how the partitions on the disk are allocated.


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