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Expand Up @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Application Virtual Machine.
A [VM](#vm) that is intended for running software applications.
Typically a TemplateBasedVM, but may be a StandaloneVM. Never a TemplateVM.

TemplateBasedAppVM
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Any [AppVM](#appvm) that depends on a TemplateVM for its root filesystem.
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This is tautology. There are no AppVMs that are not based on TemplateVMs, and in R4.0 anything that is based on TemplateVM is AppVM.

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This is tautology. There are no AppVMs that are not based on TemplateVMs,

Not according to the current official definition: "Application Virtual Machine. A VM that is intended for running software applications. Typically a TemplateBasedVM, but may be a StandaloneVM. Never a TemplateVM."

and in R4.0 anything that is based on TemplateVM is AppVM.

That's conflating AppVMs with TemplateBasedVMs. As the definition above shows, "AppVM" originally meant "VM for running applications" (hence the "App" part), regardless of whether it's standalone or based on a template. If this conflation was enforced in code beginning with 4.0, then that was a mistake.


NetVM
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Network Virtual Machine.
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A type of [VM](#vm) that proxies network access for other VMs.
Typically, a ProxyVM sits between a NetVM and another VM (such as an AppVM or a TemplateVM) that requires network access.

TempalateBasedProxyVM
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Any [ProxyVM](#proxyvm) that depends on a TemplateVM for its root filesystem.
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Same. Even in R3.x all ProxyVMs were based on TemplateVMs, and there are no ProxyVMs in R4.0.


FirewallVM
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Firewall Virtual Machine.
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These drivers are optimized PV drivers for HVM environments and bypass the emulation for disk and network I/O, thus providing PV-like (or better) performance on HVM systems.
This allows for optimal performance on guest operating systems such as Windows.

anon-whonix
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A type of [TemplateBasedAppVM](#templatebasedappvm) that depends on Whonix-Workstation (`whonix-ws`) TemplateVM for its root filesystem. `anon-whonix` can be created during Qubes installation by checking the option to configure the Whonix VMs or by means of [salt]((/doc/salt) when installing/reintalling the Whonix TemplateVMs. Alternatively, users can opt to create `anon-whonix` manually from [Qube Manager](/getting-started/#qubes-vm-manager-and-command-line-tools) or dom0 terminal.

sys-whonix
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A type of [TemplateBasedProxyVM](#templatebasedproxyvm) that depends on Whonix-Gateway (`whonix-gw`) TemplateVM for its root filesystem. `sys-whonix` can be created during Qubes installation by checking the option to configure the Whonix VMs or by means of [salt](/doc/salt) when installing/reintalling the Whonix TemplateVMs. Alternatively, users can opt to create `sys-whonix` manually from the [Qube Manager](/getting-started/#qubes-vm-manager-and-command-line-tools) or dom0 terminal.

Windows Tools
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Qubes Windows Tools are a set of programs and drivers that provide integration of Windows [AppVMs](#appvm) with the rest of the Qubes system.
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