(1) (
Virtual
Desktop
Infrastructure) Coined by VMware for its VMware server and Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM), the VDI term is also used generically for desktop virtualization. Each desktop computer (VDI client) is running as a virtual machine (VM) in a server. See
desktop virtualization and
thin client.
(2) (
Video
Device
Interface) An Intel standard for speeding up full-motion video performance. See
DCI.
(3) (
Virtual
Device
Interface) An ANSI standard format for creating device drivers. VDI was incorporated into CGI.