--- type: link tags: [public, hash] created: 2025-11-06T02:51:46.190Z updated: 2025-11-15T20:19:56.126Z ---# VMware ESXi **URL:** [#](#) VMware ESXi The name ESX originated as an abbreviation of Elastic Sky X.[7][8] In September 2004, the replacement for ESX was internally called VMvisor, but later changed to ESXi (as the "i" in ESXi stood for "integrated") Elastic Sky X integrated --- **Keywords:** public, hash