Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments
| SPICE | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Qumranet |
| Developer(s) | Red Hat |
| Stable release |
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| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, Android (Client) |
| Type | Server, client |
| License | GPL, LGPL and BSD |
| Website | spice-space.org |
| Internet protocol suite |
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| Application layer |
| Transport layer |
| Internet layer |
| Link layer |
In computing, SPICE (the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is a remote-display system built for virtual environments which allows users to view a computing "desktop" environment – not only on its computer-server machine, but also from anywhere on the Internet – using a wide variety of machine architectures.
Qumranet originally developed SPICE using a closed-source codebase in 2007. Red Hat, Inc acquired Qumranet in 2008, and in December 2009 released the code under an open-source license and made the protocol an open standard.