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Remote desktop software is software for remote administration of computers, allowing a desktop environment to be displayed on a computer, known as the client, other than the one on which it is running − the server. While commonly found in the context of personal computers, the concept also applies to other forms of computers, such as smartphones and dedicated servers. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Remote desktop softwareA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Professional mobile Web development with WordPress, Joomla!, and DrupalThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Remote Desktop Software as a forensic resourceCited 5 times
- Go sideways: Remote administrationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: VNCA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Professional mobile Web development with WordPress, Joomla!, and DrupalJames Pearce · 2011
Understanding Computers Today and TomorrowDeborah Morley · 2003
Windows 8 in DepthBrian Knittel · 2012
Emerging Technologies for Information Systems, Computing, and ManagementW. Eric Wong · 2013
Getting to know ArcGIS desktopTim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon · 2004
Introducción a los SIGVíctor Olaya · 2016
Special edition using Microsoft Windows VistaRobert Cowart · 2007
Apache Solr 3 Enterprise Search ServerDavid Smiley · 2011
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