| English | French |
| guest operating system | système d'exploitation invité (The operating system running on a virtual machine) |
| guest operating system profile | profil de système d'exploitation invité (A library resource containing the most common settings from a Sysprep.inf file, including the computer name and domain or workgroup settings, which can be applied to a virtual machine template) |
| host operating system | système d'exploitation hôte (The operating system of the physical computer running the Virtual Server or Virtual PC software) |
| Microsoft Windows operating system | système d'exploitation Microsoft Windows (A proprietary software operating system with a graphical user interface (GUI)) |
| operating system | système d'exploitation (The software that controls the allocation and usage of hardware resources such as memory, central processing unit (CPU) time, disk space, and peripheral devices. The operating system is the foundation on which programs are built) |
| operating system deployment | déploiement de système d'exploitation (A Configuration Manager feature that allows you to create operating system images and deploy those images to target computers) |
| Operating System Deployment Manager | gestionnaire de déploiement de système d'exploitation (A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can create, deploy, and manage operating system images) |
| operating system volume | volume hébergeant un système d'exploitation (A volume that contains an operating system (for example, Windows Vista) that can be loaded by Windows Boot Manager. A given system can have multiple operating system volumes. The operating system on the current volume can be started only if it has an entry in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD)) |
| Windows operating system | système d'exploitation Windows (A proprietary software operating system with a graphical user interface (GUI)) |