remote desktop

Faraway computer access

Remote desktop is technology that lets you view and control one computer from another, as if sitting in front of it.

The distant machine's screen appears in a window on your local device, and your keyboard and mouse inputs are transmitted to it.

IT departments use remote desktop to troubleshoot employee computers; workers use it to access office machines from home: I'll connect via remote desktop and check those files.

connection

session

Scheduled time for activity

authentication · encryption · VPN · protocol · file transfer · reconnection · timeout · handshake · two-factor

infrastructure

virtual machine

Emulated computer system

virtualization

interface

resolution

Formal decision or determination

monitor · lag · cursor · scaling · color depth · framerate · fullscreen · windowed · clipboard · drag-and-drop

software

Citrix

Virtualization and remote-access company

Categories
Opposites
physical proximity of access

remote desktopphysical access

direct access

access method

remote desktopdirect connection

computing architecture model

remote desktopbare metal

Direct hardware access, unmediated

edge computing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G