VMware™ ThinApp is the latest version of what was previously known as Thinstall. Thinapp is another form of application virtualization. ThinApp allows you to package applications into a single executable or msi package, so the client can have the benefit of the application without it being installed on their machine.
Process Overview
In very simplistic terms ThinApp has [...]

The biggest thing in the IT industry in the last few years has been virtualization. Every newsletter you read or call you receive is trying to get you to jump into the deep end. There is more than one type of virtualization. The most common type is server or hardware virtualization, which includes desktop virtualization. [...]