Virtual Chief Information Office: defined as the executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization, but not employed full time by a company. It is common for small to medium sized businesses to take advantage of this position on a part time basis.

A computer virus is a malware program that when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself onto other computer programs, data files, or the boot sector. This creates performance problems, security concerns, lost productivity and/or loss of personal data.

Virtual Private Server: a virtual machine sold by Internet hosting companies. Virtual Private Server runs its own copy of an operating system and the customer has superuser-level access to the server. Virtual Private Servers are priced much lower than an equivalent physical server or dedicated server because they use shared physical hardware with other Virtual Private Servers.