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Desktop virtualization is a software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device that is used to access it. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Desktop virtualizationA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Immersive and desktop virtual reality in virtual fashion stores: a comparison between shopping experiencesInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Reconfigurable Computing Systems EngineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Desktop virtual environments: a study of navigation and ageCited 45 times
  5. Go sideways: WanovaA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: VirtualizationA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A desktop (visual workspace) offering more space than the physical screen would usually allow, controlled either by scrolling or by switching between screenfuls.

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  1. System architectures

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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