▁locked ▁down ▁desktop , ▁including ▁in ▁a ▁terminal ▁server ▁session . ▁This ▁is ▁called ▁Application ▁Virtual ization ▁or ▁Des ktop ▁Virtual ization , ▁which ▁virtual izes ▁the ▁front - end , ▁whereas ▁Server ▁Virtual ization ▁virtual izes ▁the ▁back - end . ▁Now , ▁Application ▁Stream ing ▁refers ▁to ▁deliver ing ▁applications ▁directly ▁onto ▁the ▁desktop ▁and ▁running ▁them ▁locally . ▁Trad itionally ▁in ▁terminal ▁server ▁computing , ▁the ▁applications ▁are ▁running ▁on ▁the ▁server , ▁not ▁locally , ▁and ▁streaming ▁the ▁screens h ots ▁onto ▁the ▁desktop . ▁ ▁Application ▁virtual ization ▁ ▁Application ▁virtual ization ▁solutions ▁such ▁as ▁VM ware ▁Th in App , ▁Sof tr icity , ▁and ▁Tr ig ence ▁attempt ▁to ▁separate ▁application ▁specific ▁files ▁and ▁settings ▁from ▁the ▁host ▁operating ▁system , ▁thus ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁run ▁in ▁more - or - less ▁isolated ▁sand box es ▁without ▁installation ▁and ▁without ▁the ▁memory ▁and ▁disk ▁overhead ▁of ▁full ▁machine ▁virtual ization . ▁Application ▁virtual ization ▁is ▁tight ly ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁host ▁OS ▁and ▁thus ▁does ▁not ▁translate ▁to ▁other ▁operating ▁systems ▁or ▁hardware . ▁VM ware ▁Th in App ▁and ▁Sof tr icity ▁are ▁Intel ▁Windows ▁cent ric , ▁while ▁Tr ig ence ▁supports ▁Linux ▁and ▁Sol aris . ▁Un like ▁machine ▁virtual ization , ▁Application ▁virtual ization ▁does ▁not ▁use ▁code ▁em ulation ▁or ▁translation ▁so ▁CPU ▁related ▁benchmark s ▁run ▁with ▁no ▁changes , ▁though ▁filesystem ▁benchmark s ▁may ▁experience ▁some ▁performance ▁de grad ation . ▁On ▁Windows , ▁VM ware ▁Th in App