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A<\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content descriptor developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO).<\/span><\/p>\n

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A cappella <\/span><\/strong>( Adverb ) \u00a0– \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. Winamp genre ID # 123.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A record <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of resource record in the Domain Name System that associates a specific IP address with a domain name. This is the record that contains the information that connects your domain name to your actual Web site content when people type your domain name into a browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A\/P <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of posting accounts that show the amounts owed to suppliers or creditors for goods, supplies, or services purchased on credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A\/R <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of posting accounts that show the amounts customers owe for services or sales made on credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A\/V Conferencing Edge Server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Office Communications Server that resides in the perimeter network and provides a single trusted point through which media traffic can traverse NATs and firewalls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A\/V Conferencing Edge service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Office Communications Server that resides in the perimeter network and provides a single trusted point through which media traffic can traverse NATs and firewalls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A\/V Edge server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Enables internal users to share audio and video data with external users (that is, users who are not logged on to your internal network).<\/span><\/p>\n

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A1 notation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An alphanumeric convention for referencing the location of cells in a worksheet. The column is represented by a letter (A through IV, for a total of 256 columns) and the row is represented by a number (1 through 65536).<\/span><\/p>\n

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A2 HDInsight <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The size and options for Microsoft’s Windows version of Hadoop on Azure implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A2 HDInsight (Non-Windows) <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The size and options for Microsoft’s non-Windows version of Hadoop on Azure implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A2A integration <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of coordinating the operation of the various programs, databases, and existing technologies of a business or enterprise so that they function as an efficient, business-wide system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A3270 <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The server transaction program for the APPC 3270 Terminal Emulator facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AA <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software technique for smoothing the jagged appearance of curved or diagonal lines caused by poor resolution on a display screen. Methods of anti-aliasing include surrounding pixels with intermediate shades and manipulating the size and horizontal alignment of the pixels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AAD Sync <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A software tool for connecting to data sources, synchronizing data between data sources, as well as the provisioning and deprovisioning of identities. AADRM <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft technology that allows customers to protect their data by encrypting and managing access rights in document authoring, email, and publishing. AADSync <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A software tool for connecting to data sources, synchronizing data between data sources, as well as the provisioning and deprovisioning of identities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AAL <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The layer of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) protocol stack that parses data into the payload portion of the ATM cell for transport across an ATM network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AAM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security feature of Windows that allows administrators to perform normal day-to-day tasks while running with a standard user token. If administrator privileges are needed for an operation, the administrator will be notified and asked to provide either consent or credentials, depending on system policy settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abandon <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To terminate the current action before it is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABAP <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A programming language for developing applications for the SAP mySAP ERP 2004 system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABC classification <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system for ranking discrete categories of items according to Pareto’s 80\/20 principle that states that a small percentage of items account for the largest fraction of significance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABC code <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classifier that names categories in an ABC classification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABC code for carrying cost classification <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classifier that names categories in an ABC classification that ranks discrete categories of items according to their carrying cost. ABC code for contribution margin <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classifier that names categories in an ABC classification that ranks discrete categories of items according to their contribution margin. ABC code for revenue <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classifier that names categories in an ABC classification that ranks discrete categories of items according to their revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABC code value <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The categorization of an inventory item based on its value compared to the total inventory on hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abend <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The premature ending of a program because of a program error or system failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABEND <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The premature ending of a program because of a program error or system failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABN <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An 11-digit number issued by the Australian Taxation Office Australian Business Register to any entities registered to carry on an enterprise in Australia. abort <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To terminate abruptly, often used in reference to a program or procedure in progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An item on the Help menu that opens the About dialog box, which includes the copyright, licensing, and license terms for the product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The link group that includes links to the About Hotmail webpage, the What’s New webpage, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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about <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Settings screen containing information relating to the phone, such as phone manufacturer, available storage, OS version, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Microsoft Office Communicator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An item on the Help menu that opens the About dialog box, which includes the copyright, licensing, and license terms for Communicator.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABR <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A router that is attached to multiple areas. Area border routers maintain separate topological databases for each area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute address <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An absolute (machine) address specifying a physical location in memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute categorization rating <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of evaluating transmitted voice quality where subjects rate (from 1 to 5) short groups of unrelated sentences under controlled conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute category rating <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of evaluating transmitted voice quality where subjects rate (from 1 to 5) short groups of unrelated sentences under controlled conditions. absolute cell reference <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a formula, the exact address of a cell, regardless of the position of the cell that contains the formula.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute link <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A hyperlink to the exact location of a file on a file server, the World Wide Web, or a company intranet. Absolute links use an exact path; if anyone moves the file containing the hyperlink or a hyperlink destination, the link breaks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute path <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A path to a file that begins with the drive identifier and root directory or with a network share and ends with the complete file name (for example, C:\\docs\\work\\contract.txt or \\netshare\\docs\\work\\contract.txt).<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute pointing device <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mechanical or physical pointing device whose location is associated with the position of the on-screen cursor. For example, if the user of a graphics tablet places the pen on the upper right corner of the tablet, the cursor moves to the upper right corner of the screen or on-screen window associated with the pen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute positioning <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Placement of an element relative to either the element’s parent or, if there isn’t one, the body. Values for the element’s Left and Top properties are relative to the upper-left corner of the element’s parent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute reference <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a formula, the exact address of a cell, regardless of the position of the cell that contains the formula.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute security descriptor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security descriptor structure that contains pointers to the security information associated with an object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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absolute URL <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The full Internet address of a page or other World Wide Web resource. The absolute URL includes a protocol, such as http<\/span><\/p>\n

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abstract <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A short summary of the contents of a document that gives the reader a quick overview of its topic and purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abstract application definition <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The abstract type of an application, which defines common characteristics of a class of applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abstract class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A generic class that is used only as a template for derived classes, and that cannot be instantiated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abstract class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In object-oriented programming, a class in which no objects can be created. It is, however, used to defined subclasses, and objects are created from the subclasses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abstract definition <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The definition of a class of (concrete) definitions, which describes characteristics common to all instances of the abstract definition. abstract endpoint definition <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The abstract type of an endpoint, which defines common characteristics of a class of endpoints. Examples include, Web Site Endpoint, Http Client Endpoint, Http Server Endpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abstract server definition <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The abstract type of an application server, which defines common characteristics of a class of logical application servers including the set of supported abstract endpoint definitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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abuse alias <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An e-mail alias for Exchange Hosted Services designed to receive spam submissions from customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AC <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Electric current that reverses its direction of flow (polarity) periodically according to a frequency measured in hertz, or cycles per second. The rapid change from positive to negative electricity of 60 or more times each second.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AC power connector <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A connector that is used to connect an AC power cord to a piece of equipment, such as a device, a computer, or Surface unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AC\/Main switch <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The overall power control for a piece of equipment, such as a device, a computer, or Surface unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Academic Library <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A site template that offers a protected document library for educational institutions where students can discover, acquire, and consume selected content that is subject to digital rights management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACCDE file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Access 2007 database (.accdb) file with all modules compiled and all editable source code removed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accelerated Cost Recovery System <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system of depreciation that assigns depreciation methods to different classes of assets. Created by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 for U.S. tax purposes and modified by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. accelerated graphics port <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A technology that provides a dedicated, high-speed port through which large blocks of 3-D texture data can be moved between the computer’s graphics controller and system memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accelerator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A type of browser extension that gives users quick access to their Web and client applications from any Web page. An Accelerator can run on user-selected data, links, and the current document. This browser extension can provide -Crlookup-C? service like in-place definition or -Crsend-C? service like sending selected text to a Web e-mail provider.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accelerator editor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A resource editor that allows you to add, delete, change, or browse the shortcut key assignments for your project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accent color <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A color that affects the background and system controls throughout the new Windows user interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accent Process <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a progression, a timeline, or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow. Works well for illustrating both Level 1 and Level 2 text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accents <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The title of a screen displaying the list of accent colors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accept <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A UI element the user presses to agree to an incoming file transfer, invitation, audio\/video call, or application sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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acceptable use policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A statement issued by an online service that indicates what activities users may or may not engage in while logged into the service. For example, some providers prohibit users from engaging in commercial activity on the network. acceptance criteria <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The criteria that a product or product component must satisfy to be accepted by a user, customer, or other authorized entity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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acceptance testing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Formal testing conducted to enable a user, customer, or other authorized entity to determine whether to accept a product or product component. accepted domain <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any SMTP namespace for which an Exchange organization sends and receives e-mail. Accepted domains include those domains for which the Exchange organization is authoritative. An Exchange organization is authoritative when it handles mail delivery for recipients in the accepted domain. Accepted domains also include domains for which the Exchange organization receives mail and then relays to an e-mail server that is outside the Active Directory forest for delivery to the recipient. access <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In respect to privacy, an individual’s ability to view, modify, and contest the accuracy and completeness of PII collected about him or her. Access is an element of the Fair Information Practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To gain entry to memory in order to read or write data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The act of reading data from or writing data to memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The ability to view data or navigate to or within a physical or virtual computer environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access 2016 <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The year 2016 edition of the Microsoft relational database<\/span><\/p>\n

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management system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An account used to crawl Web sites, servers and network resources included in a content index.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access app <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An app for SharePoint that is built by using Access and has its data stored in SQL Server or SQL Azure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access app for SharePoint <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An app for SharePoint that is built by using Access and has its data stored in SQL Server or SQL Azure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access bar <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A toolbar that docks to the desktop, similar to the taskbar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access code <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A string of characters entered by a user to verify his or her identity to a network or to a local computer, device, or client, or to sign in to an account, app, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Connectivity Engine <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Part of the Access database system that retrieves and stores data in user and system databases. The engine can be thought of as a data manager on which database systems are built.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access control <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security mechanism that determines which operations a user, group, service, or computer is authorized to perform on a computer or on a particular object, such as a file, printer, registry subkey, or directory service object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Control <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure service that provides federated authentication and rules-driven, claims-based authorization for REST Web services. access control entry <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entry in either a securable object’s discretionary access control list (DACL) or an object’s system access control list (SACL). In a DACL, the entry grants or denies permissions to a user or group. In a SACL, the entry specifies which security events to audit for a particular user or group or controls the Windows Integrity Level for the object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Control Entry Management View <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows the user to set access levels for a group of contacts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access control list <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that apply to an entire object, a set of the object’s properties, or an individual property of an object, and that define the access granted to one or more security principals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Control Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure service that provides federated authentication and rules-driven, claims-based authorization for REST Web services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Control Transactions (in 100,000s) <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The pricing unit associated with the offer Microsoft Azure Pay-As-You-Go (Partners).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access database engine <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Part of the Access database system that retrieves and stores data in user and system databases. The engine can be thought of as a data manager on which database systems are built.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Edge Server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service that runs on Lync Server that resides in the perimeter network and routes instant messaging (IM) and presence information from external users to internal users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Edge service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service that runs on Lync Server that resides in the perimeter network and routes instant messaging (IM) and presence information from external users to internal users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access key <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any combination of keys that must be pressed sequentially.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access level <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A setting that determines how much information a contact can view about you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access level <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security role setting that determines for a given object type at which levels within the organization hierarchy a user can act on that object type.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Levels Management <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A UI element that displays a user’s contacts and access level entries (ACEs) organized by access level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access mask <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Windows-based computers, a 32-bit value (a bitmask) that specifies the permissions that are assigned in an access control entry (ACE). An access mask is also part of the access request when an object is opened. The access mask in the request is compared to the access mask in each ACE to determine whether or not to grant the request.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access number <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A product that is used like a calling card, that allows a user to enter a number manually and dial any phone number. An Access number is a type of Skype To Go number.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access permissions <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Authorization to perform operations associated with a specific shared resource, such as a file, directory, or printer. Permissions must be granted by the system administrator to individual user accounts or administrative groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A device used to connect wireless computers and other wireless devices to a wired network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the four corner buttons on the screen of a Surface unit. In attract applications or a running standard application, you can touch an access point to open Launcher. In Launcher, you can touch an access point to close Launcher and reopen a running application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Point Name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A field in the Properties dialog box for GPRS installation items in the Mobile Deployment Manager MMC snap-in that enables the user to specify the wireless access point for the device.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A policy which defines the permissions and duration of access to an asset.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access privileges <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The type of operations permitted for a given user of a certain system resource on a network or a file server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access provider <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP’s computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A scalable Web platform that enables users to publish an Access database application to a SharePoint site. Data in these databases can then be viewed and edited in a Web browser. This enables browser-based viewing and interaction with the databases on machines that do not have a database application installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Services Administration <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that allows administration of Access services through an administration interface and powershell scripts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access to Azure Active Directory <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The offer that gives customers access to Azure Active Directory Premium as part of their volume license agreement. access token <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data structure that contains authentication and authorization information for a user. Windows creates the access token when the user logs on and the user’s identity is confirmed. The access token contains the user’s security ID (SID), the list of groups that the user is a member of, the list of privileges held by that user. Each process or thread started for the user inherits a copy of the access token. In some cases a user may have more than one access token, with different levels of authority. access token <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data structure that contains authentication and authorization information for a user or a page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access URL <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The internal URL that is used by a crawler to identify and access an item.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access violation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An attempt to run a memory operation that the underlying page protection does not allow. An access violation applies to memory operations, but does not apply when the security manager checks user-mode access rights to objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Web Datasheet <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An ActiveX component that is used to implement Datasheet view in SharePoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Access Web Services API <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An API that provides programmatic access to the capabilities on SharePoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access-based enumeration <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that displays only the files and folders that a user has permissions to access.<\/span><\/p>\n

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access-denied assistance <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Assistance provided to users who receive an access denied’ error while attempting to access a file or folder on a file server for which access-denied assistance has been enabled by the administrator of the server.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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accessibility <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The quality of a system incorporating hardware or software to engage a flexible, customizable user interface, alternative input and output methods, and greater exposure of screen elements to make the computer usable by people with cognitive, hearing, physical, or visual disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accessibility Advocate <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A collection of Office.com content about the people and tools that make work and life easier for people living with disability. accessibility aid <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A utility that makes a computer easier to use for people with disabilities. Examples of accessibility aids include screen readers, speech recognition programs, and on-screen keyboards.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accessibility API <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An API that contains controls and features that facilitate accessibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accessibility Checker <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that helps users of some Office applications to improve the accessibility of documents they create.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accessibility feature <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of techniques that you can use to make your Microsoft Silverlight-based applications more accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accessibility Scope Viewer <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The tool that helps designers and developers visualize the accessibility information of UI elements, as seen by a screen reader.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accessibility Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An interactive tool that makes it easier to set up commonly used accessibility features by specifying options by type of disability, rather than by numeric value changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accessor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data structure or group of structures created by the consumer that describes how row or parameter data from the data store is to be laid out in the consumer’s data buffer, enabling providers to optimize access. An accessor is a collection of bindings. accessory <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A device, such as a disk drive, printer, modem, or joystick, that is connected to a computer and is controlled by the computer’s microprocessor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accessory app <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A companion app for a third-party hardware accessory. This app communicates with both the phone and a hardware accessory to transfer notification data from the phone to the accessory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accidental Deletion Protection <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature to prevent the directory from unwanted deletions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record-keeping arrangement used by the vendor of an online service to identify a subscriber and to maintain a record of customer usage for billing purposes. account <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The record-keeping mechanism used by networks and multiuser operating systems for keeping track of authorized users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The person or business to which the salesperson tries to sell a product or service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The type of record – asset, liability, revenue, expense, or owner’s equity – traditionally used for recording individual transactions in an accounting system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A UI element that links to Account Services or other, account-related site. account <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An organization’s authorization to access the Live Meeting service. account <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Private information that a customer provides to establish their Windows Live ID. This information is separate from the customer’s (outward-facing) profile and is never shared without explicit consent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of attributes that define a user’s access to a given service or application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A chronological record that describes the changes in value classified as assets, liabilities, expenses, and revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A tab in the Backstage view where users can manage their identities and services, view licensing details, and link to account management features. account <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that enables the user to see Skype activity, change settings, and purchase Skype Credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of customers who share data related to tickets, chats, emails, calls, and owned products and assets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The section of the Store where account holders can manage their account. account administrator <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The only person who is authorized to access to the Azure Account Center and create subscriptions, cancel subscriptions, change billing for a subscription, change Service Administrator, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account alias <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A 20-character \u0393\u00c7\u00ffshort name’ for a posting account in the chart of accounts. If the account format has an unusually large number of segments, entering aliases rather than accounts will speed up data entry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account balance <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The difference between the sum of debit entries and the sum of credit entries entered into an account during a financial period. account certification <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process that associates user accounts with key pairs. account certification service <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows RMS Web service that creates and distributes RM account certificates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account code <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unique identifier for a record that holds the balance relating to any single asset, liability, owner’s equity, revenue, or expense of the business. account code segment <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A section of an account code that represents a type of entity for which you are accounting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account domain <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows NT domain that holds user account data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account entry <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record of the increase or decrease in economic value classified by a ledger account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account expiration <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A time limit that is applied to the life of an account, so that it can be used only for a predetermined period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account federation server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The federation server that is located in the corporate network of the account partner organization. The account federation server issues security tokens to users based on user authentication. The server authenticates a user, pulls the relevant attributes and group membership information out of the account store, and generates and signs a security token to return to the user-\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5either to be used in its own organization or to be sent to a partner organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account federation server proxy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The federation server proxy that is located in the perimeter network of the account partner organization. The account federation server proxy collects authentication credentials from a client that logs on over the Internet (or from the perimeter network) and passes those credentials to the account federation server. account for organizations <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Commerce Platform portal that gives organizations the ability to view, manage, and purchase Microsoft organizational services, licenses, and subscriptions, like O365, Windows Intune, and GSM, from a single location. account ID <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record-keeping number used to identify a subscriber\/customer and to maintain a record of customer usage for billing purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account information <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The required information provided in order to authorize access to the enterprise application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account linking <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of linking Windows user accounts to Windows Live IDs or other online accounts, allowing seamless interaction between the two authentication models. As a result, users can be automatically logged into their online services when logging into Windows. They can also share with other users based on their Windows Live IDs (or other), granting them specific permissions to files and folders (read only, read- write, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n

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account lockout <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows security feature that locks a user account if a number of failed logon attempts occur within a specified amount of time, based on security policy lockout settings. Locked accounts cannot log on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account manager <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft employee who is the primary contact for the business relationship between the OEM and Microsoft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account manager <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The person who sets up and maintains the systems and records related to authorized users of multi-user computer networks or operating systems. account mapping <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Specifies maps between text in payment descriptions and the debit or credit account that you want the payment to be matched with when you use the Match Automatically function in the General Journal window.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The part of an e-mail address that identifies a user or an account on an e-mail system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account Number <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A field label on the Details tab of an account that lists the number assigned to the account. The account number is included as a part of the company profile.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account number <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The identifying alphanumeric characters that have been assigned to an account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account owner <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A person who signs up for an account. Some features, such as billing, purchasing account add-ons, and creating e-mail accounts, are available to the account owner only.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account partner <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A federation partner that is trusted by the Federation Service to provide security tokens to its users (that is, users in the account partner organization) so that they can access Web-based applications in the resource partner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account partner discovery form <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The title of the Web form used to determine the client’s account partner membership.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account picture <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A graphical representation that’s associated with a user account for Windows and Windows Live.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0On local area networks and multiuser operating systems, a set of rules governing whether a new user is allowed access to the system and whether an existing user’s rights are expanded to include additional system resources. An account policy also generally states the rules with which the user must comply while using the system in order to maintain access privileges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account reconciliation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The practice of reconciling accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account record <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The location for storing account information, including information that is entered on the Account form, linked records, and history items. account rule <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A rule in an accounting system that controls the valid financial dimension value combinations when the requirements of the financial dimension structure condition are met.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A named group of ledger accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Account Setup Assistant <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The assistant that helps users configure some of the most widely used e-mail accounts, such as POP, IMAP, Windows Live Hotmail, and Microsoft Exchange accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account statement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A detailed report of the transactions and balance of an account. account structure <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A configuration of the main account financial dimension and other financial dimensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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account updater <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of Windows 8 mobile broadband networking that is used to bind an account that a user has with a mobile broadband service provider both to a unique identifier that we use in Windows to identify that user, and to the user’s SIM card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The practice of recording, classifying, summarizing, and reporting the financial consequences of accounting events.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of tracking and\/or analyzing user activities on a network by logging key data (e.g. amount of time in the network, services accessed, amount of data transferred).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accounting & finance <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Business subcategory containing apps to help businesses with accounting, bookkeeping, and financial tasks. accounting application <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that helps a user perform tasks related to accounting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting category <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classifier used to group journal account entries according to their economic characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting currency <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The customary monetary unit of measure that is used to record the monetary value of economic resources in ledger accounts. accounting currency unit <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A currency unit used to quantify the financial consequences of accounting events.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting customer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A customer in the accounting application that is linked to a Business Contact Manager account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting cycle <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A recurring set of documenting, journalizing, balancing, and statement preparation activities performed by parties that report on and analyze the financial position and performance of accounting entities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting data <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Information from the accounting system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting distribution <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A distribution of the financial consequence of an economic transaction to ledger accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting distribution line <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The subline of a source document line documenting the financial consequence of an economic transaction that documents the distribution of an aliquot portion of the financial consequence to a ledger account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting entity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A real or conceptual economic unit that uses ledger accounts to record and report on its financial and management performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting event <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The occurrence of an accounting action in an accounting system. accounting event liquidity classification <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The liquidity classification of an accounting event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accounting Integration <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that enables the user to access information from an accounting system from within Business Contact Manager for Outlook. accounting journal <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A journal that is used to record the financial consequences of accounting events in an accounting system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting journal entry <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record of original entry in an accounting system that records a date, one or more accounts, and the monetary value to be debited or credited to each account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accounting Loader <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Software required to connect to the accounting system. accounting period <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A division of a fiscal year that is reflected on financial statements. accounting policy <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A policy that prescribes the general principles and procedures that an organization follows to prepare statements that report on its performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting provider <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A provider that records client activity for analysis or accounting purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting rule <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A rule in an accounting system that controls the principles, methods, and procedures for classifying, recording, and reporting the financial consequences of accounting events.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounting system <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The accounting program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounts database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A database which stores user accounts and their network access properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accounts page <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The page for creating and administering individual user accounts, and adding new administrators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounts payable <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of posting accounts that show the amounts owed to suppliers or creditors for goods, supplies, or services purchased on credit. accounts payable <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A subclassification of a liability account classification that describes the changes in value owed to vendors or creditors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounts payable three-way invoice matching <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A practice of matching vendor invoice prices and product quantities to purchase orders and product receipts. accounts receivable <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of posting accounts that show the amounts customers owe for services or sales made on credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accounts receivable <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A subclassification of an asset account classification that describes the changes in value owed by customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accrual accounting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An accounting method that recognizes revenues when they are earned and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when they are received or paid. accrual basis accounting <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An accounting method that recognizes revenues when they are earned and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when they are received or paid.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accrual method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An accounting method that recognizes revenues when they are earned and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when they are received or paid. accrued cost <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A transaction that is recorded in a profit and loss account by an expense transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accrued cost <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The accumulated value of costs recognized from invoicing a job. The accrued cost is posted to an accrued expense liability account in the balance sheet. accrued revenue <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Revenue earned in one accounting period but received in a subsequent accounting period.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AccScope <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The tool that helps designers and developers visualize the accessibility information of UI elements, as seen by a screen reader.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accumulated cost <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The costs of inventory, overhead, materials, labor, and services that aggregate into one total cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accumulated depreciation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The sum of posted depreciations for all the periods in which a fixed asset has been in service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accumulation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Profits that are added to the capital of an organization instead of paid to investors as dividends.<\/span><\/p>\n

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accumulator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An accumulation of numeric data that can be used for reporting purposes, such as yearly taxable earnings for the T4 or W 2 statement, or used in a calculation. For example, Canada Pension Plan, Social Security, Medicare, and withholding taxes are based on accumulators. The contents of an accumulator can be manually adjusted, preset, and deleted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACD <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system that automatically routes and queues incoming phone calls and generates reports to an agent or a set of agents, e.g., in a call center such as for customer service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACE <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entry in either a securable object’s discretionary access control list (DACL) or an object’s system access control list (SACL). In a DACL, the entry grants or denies permissions to a user or group. In a SACL, the entry specifies which security events to audit for a particular user or group or controls the Windows Integrity Level for the object. ACE <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Part of the Access database system that retrieves and stores data in user and system databases. The engine can be thought of as a data manager on which database systems are built.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACE Management View <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows the user to set access levels for a group of contacts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACH <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An electronic funds transfer system available in the United States that facilitates the transfer of funds between receiving party and originating party bank accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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achievement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An accomplishment as defined by a game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACID <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The four essential properties of an electronic transaction. Atomicity requires that a transaction be fully completed or else fully canceled. Consistency requires that resources used are transformed from one consistent state to another. Isolation requires all transactions to be independent of each other. Durability requires that the completed transaction be permanent, including survival through system failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acid <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 34.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acid Jazz <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 74.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acid Punk <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 73.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACK <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A message transmitted to indicate that data has been received correctly. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) requires that the recipient acknowledge successful receipt of data. Such acknowledgments (ACKs) generate additional network traffic, decreasing the rate at which data passes but increasing reliability. To reduce the impact on performance, most hosts send an acknowledgment for every other segment or when a specified time interval has passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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acknowledgement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A message transmitted to indicate that data has been received correctly. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) requires that the recipient acknowledge successful receipt of data. Such acknowledgments (ACKs) generate additional network traffic, decreasing the rate at which data passes but increasing reliability. To reduce the impact on performance, most hosts send an acknowledgment for every other segment or when a specified time interval has passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACL <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that apply to an entire object, a set of the object’s properties, or an individual property of an object, and that define the access granted to one or more security principals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acoustic <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. Winamp genre ID # 99.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A third-party organization that provides audio conferencing services over public switched telephone network (PSTN).<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACPI <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An open industry specification that defines power management on a wide range of mobile, desktop, and server computers and peripherals. ACPI is the foundation for the OnNow industry initiative that allows system manufacturers to deliver computers that start at the touch of a keyboard. ACPI design is essential to take full advantage of power management and Plug and Play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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acquisition date <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The date that an asset is acquired.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACR <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of evaluating transmitted voice quality where subjects rate (from 1 to 5) short groups of unrelated sentences under controlled conditions. acronym casing guideline <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A rule that clarifies whether an acronym is to be spelt with upper- or lowercase letter or a mix.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACRS <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A system of depreciation that assigns depreciation methods to different classes of assets. Created by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 for U.S. tax purposes and modified by the Tax Reform Act of 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n

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acrylic end panel <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The end panel of a Surface commercial unit that is covered with a colored acrylic finish. In contrast, developer units have metal end panels. acrylic side panel <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The side panel of a Surface commercial unit that is covered with a colored acrylic finish. In contrast, developer units have metal side panels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A service that collects and forwards all security events from monitored computers to a central database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS claim rule <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The logic used by ACS to transform input claims into output claims; claim rules are contained within rule groups and are thereby associated with relying party applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS database <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The database in which Audit Collection Services stores all the security events that it collects from monitored computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS management portal <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web-based user interface that ACS administrators can use to manage the configuration settings of a specific ACS namespace ACS management service <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Representational State Transfer (REST) Web service that enables programmatic management of an ACS namespace, using the Open Data (OData) protocol.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS rule group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A named set of rules that define which claims are passed to a relying-party application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS rules engine <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The component in ACS that processes the input claims that are present in the security tokens that ACS receives from clients and which generates the output claims that are present in the security tokens that ACS issues to relying-party applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACS service identity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A credential that is registered with an ACS namespace and intended for use by autonomous applications or clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACT <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A suite of tools that enables software developers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and enterprise IT professionals to determine whether their applications are compatible with a new version of Windows before rolling it out to the company. ACT also enables such individuals to determine how Windows security updates may impact their applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACT Community <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An online environment that enables Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) users to anonymously share issue and solution data with other registered ACT users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACT Data Collector <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A component of the Application Compatibility Toolkit that installs the compatibility evaluators, maintains the compatibility evaluator scheduling, collects your data through the compatibility evaluators, and uploads the issue data to both the Microsoft Compatibility Exchange and your ACT database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACT Log Processing Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service that processes the log files uploaded from your client computers, adding the information to your ACT database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACT-DC <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A component of the Application Compatibility Toolkit that installs the compatibility evaluators, maintains the compatibility evaluator scheduling, collects your data through the compatibility evaluators, and uploads the issue data to both the Microsoft Compatibility Exchange and your ACT database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The basic building block of a macro; a self-contained instruction that can be combined with other actions to automate tasks. This is sometimes called a command in other macro languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of work that is represented to users in the form of buttons, links, and menu items.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A named entity made up of an XML document and an operation on that document. Web services can be generated from actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An end-user-initiated operation on a selected cube or portion of a cube. action <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow that is used to process any further activities after the original request has been completed successfully.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An object that does something when it is invoked by a trigger.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A function that corresponds to the Then’ part of a rule (If-Then) and is used to<\/span><\/p>\n

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specify what is to be done when a condition evaluates as true.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An option presented to the user through a right-click menu that simplifies<\/span><\/p>\n

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common Office tasks and provides more control over automatic features.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An act that has an effect in a system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A way to categorize events based on entry points, such as page calls, button clicks, web service calls, or some other atomic action representing a particular business process. This grouping is valuable for determining under what circumstances a failure occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data service operation that is bound to a URI that, when called, has a side- effect on data exposed by the data service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entity in a graph edge that is the operation the actor performs on the object. Action <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Operations that are performed on a ticket by a customer or customer service representative (CSR) to provide information, change ticket status, and notify CSRs or customers of changes to the ticket.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action + adventure <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A game category that emphasizes action or exploration elements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Windows account that is used by the MonitoringHost.exe processes to gather data from providers and to run actions, such as scripts and command\u252c\u00a1line batch files, on monitored devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action argument <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Additional information required by some macro actions – for example, the object affected by the action or special conditions under which the action is carried out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Action Bar <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A horizontal pane found along the bottom of the application window that both displays and lets you change the transformations applied to one or more objects (the location, rotation, scaling, skewing, and so on).<\/span><\/p>\n

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action button <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A ready-made button that the user can insert into his\/her presentation and define hyperlinks for.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Action Center <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A comprehensive PC maintenance center that provides the user with a single point of entry for tasks and notifications associated with PC Health, i.e. security, diagnostics, problem reports and solutions, how to update the system (Windows Updates), performance, reliability, backup and restore, and complete PC backup (recovery and Rescue my PC).<\/span><\/p>\n

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action center <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that provides quick access to settings and notifications specified by the user.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action gesture <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Tablet PC Input Panel, a gesture (pen stroke) used to perform a basic action, such as inserting a space or deleting something.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Action Items <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that identifies a possible question or requested action in an email message and enables the user to take action on it from within the message. action list <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The list that appears when you click the arrow in the Action column of the Macro object tab.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action log <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record of the actions that have been taken during the lifetime of an incident to resolve the incident. Examples include comments by the analyst, communications from the user, attachments, and task outputs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Action Pack <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An annual subscription that provides Microsoft partners with access to the latest Microsoft software, technical support and training, world-class developer tools, and customizable sales and marketing campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action page <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single ASP file that provides a particular aspect of the functionality associated with a module in Commerce Server Business Desk. For example, defining the properties of a particular product. Action pages are typically displayed as a result of clicking a module name in the navigation pane, or as a result of clicking a task button presented by a (probably) different action page in the same module.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pane that provides easy access to features available in the Add-in for Excel. It includes the Assignments tab and the Authoring tab.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Action Pane <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A control directly beneath the menu bar that contains commands that are particularly important for the user in a given context and are therefore promoted commands. These promoted commands are a subset of the commands available in the Actions menu on the menu bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action query <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A query that copies or changes data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action recording <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file in which the user’s input and actions in one or many applications for each step in a test are recorded. You can then play back this action recording to automatically run specific test steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action recording section <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A part of an action recording that is based on the steps that you mark as passed or failed in a test. Each time you mark the outcome of a test step, a new section of the action recording is created.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action row <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A row in the upper part of the Macro window in which you enter macro names, actions, conditions, and comments associated with a particular macro or macro group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action shot <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A photo that illustrates action by blending multiple frames of a short video to create a strobe effect in the resulting still image.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action state <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In an activity diagram, a type of state that has an internal action and at least one outgoing transition that involves the explicit events of completing the internal action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action statement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The smallest executable entity within a programming language. action table <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of rules, stored as an ADO Recordset, that define how workflow items can change state. Each row in an action table represents a possible state transition in the workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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action type <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classification that describes what an action does.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actions <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name of a menu from which the customer can choose to create new Accounts, Business Contacts, and Opportunity records, as well as history items that can be attached to selected records.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actions <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The name of a menu from which the user can call someone, send an instant message or e-mail, schedule or join a conference, start a video conversation, set options, start a Live Meeting, or run the Audio and Video Tuning Wizard.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actions <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A menu item that enables users to initiate operations, such as sending an instant message or playing a game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actions group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of commands on the actions pane that are grouped together logically with a label that characterizes the type of command. For example, the commands with the label -CrNew-C? in the example below constitute an actions group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actions pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pane listing tasks or action that can be performed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activate <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To make a chart sheet or worksheet the active, or selected, sheet. The sheet that you activate determines which menu bar and toolbars are displayed. activate <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To verify that your software product is a legal copy and is installed in compliance with the Microsoft Software License Terms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activate <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To make a record, file, or other data available in the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activate-as-activator server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server or running object table object that is not a service or running under a specific user account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The chain of events that results in the creation of a COM object and returning a valid pointer to an interface on that object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of starting a service program in response to a Service Broker message.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of validating software with the manufacturer. Activation confirms the genuine status of a product and that the product key has not been compromised. It establishes a relationship between the software’s product key and a particular installation of that software on a device.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a sequence diagram, the time period during which an object or actor is<\/span><\/p>\n

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performing an action. Activation is represented by a thin rectangle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of assigning an identity on Microsoft Online Services to a<\/span><\/p>\n

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user account that has been migrated from a local Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The act when, an assigned user successfully receives the access rights of a<\/span><\/p>\n

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privileged role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activation Assistant <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft HTML application that enables users to retrieve a trial key to activate available Office 2007 release programs for a limited time period. Trial keys are retrieved by using the owner’s Internet connection to communicate with a dedicated service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activation Assistant <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A toolbar application that allows users to use a combination of a computer ID and an activation code to activate Windows, without using a product key. activation block <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A grouping of steps or actions within an activity model. activation clock <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of countdown timer that is initially set to 30 days during which you must activate an installation of Windows. If you do not activate Windows within the 30- day period and do not reset the activation clock, Windows will enter Reduced Functionality Mode.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation code <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unique 12-character code that is used in combination with a computer ID to activate Windows in licensing models where a product key is not used for activation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation confirmation message <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An e-mail message sent from Microsoft Online Services telling a user that the user’s account has been activated and supplying a user name and password for initial log-on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation exploit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An exploit that attempts to work around product activation. activation gate <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An authentication or authorization gate that the an assigned user has to complete in order to activate a role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activation Key <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unique, 25-character number that activates prepaid computing with Windows.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation object <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An object used by one or more client computers to activate a volume license for an application such as Windows or Office. The activation object contains the ID of the root domain and the end user license data from the activation and validation service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation password <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A password that is specific to the BlackBerry(R) device user account. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server activates a BlackBerry device over the wireless network using the wireless activation authentication protocol. Typical activation passwords are four to eight characters long.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Microsoft service responsible for placing a secure repository on an end user’s computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activation token <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unique identifier that activates a Microsoft Azure Connect endpoint and is linked to the customer’s Microsoft Azure subscription. active <\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to the device, program, file, record or portion of the screen that is currently operational or subject to command operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Accessibility <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A technology that improves the way programs and the<\/span><\/p>\n

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operating system work with accessibility aids, such as screen readers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active area <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A conversation area where active conversations and associated information are displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active attract application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The attract application that is configured to show when users start new user sessions on a Surface unit. You can add many attract applications to a Surface unit, but only one can be the active attract application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Cache <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A client-side cache and caching service that enables Project Pro to interact directly with the local cache on the machine rather than with the server, for opens and saves, and then handles moving any changes to the project plan between the client and Project Server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active cell <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The selected cell in which data is entered when you begin typing. Only one cell is active at a time. The active cell is bounded by a heavy border.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Channel <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web site that has been enabled for Webcasting to information\u252c\u00a1receiving applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active client <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The client-side set of technologies in Microsoft’s Active Platform for Web-oriented, cross-platform distributed computing. The chief features of the Active Client include support for HTML and dynamic HTML, language-independent scripting, Java applets, and ActiveX objects. Active Client is operating system independent, so it runs on multiple platforms, including Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Apple Macintosh. active cluster member <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A node that is running and participating in cluster operations. active color <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The color displayed in the central square of the color box that appears in most workpanes. The active color is used when you create a new object and when you add fills and patterns to a selected object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active color palette <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A subset of up to 256 of the colors in the True Color spectrum. active content <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Interactive or animated content used on the Internet. Active content includes ActiveX controls and web browser add-ons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active control <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In an environment capable of displaying multiple on-screen controls, the control that will be affected by current cursor movements, commands, and text entry. active conversation area <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A conversation area where active conversations and associated information are displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active date <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The date at which something goes into effect or becomes applicable. Active Desktop <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0One of the two components installed with Windows Desktop Update. Active Desktop allows users to add active content, such as a stock ticker, to their desktop, taskbar, or folders. Users can also single-click files to run and open them. Active Desktop can be disabled in the Internet Explorer Administration Kit, even if Windows Desktop Update is installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The identity of a user, which can be used to grant access to resources or authority to perform certain tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Administrative Center <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A role service and feature that provides users and network administrators with an enhanced Active Directory data management experience and a rich graphical user interface (GUI) to perform common Active Directory object management tasks. Built on top of Windows PowerShell technology, Active Directory Administrative Center makes it possible for users and network administrators to administer directory service objects through both data-driven and task-oriented navigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory B2C <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Azure service type of the Identity service, for single sign on to all cloud-based applications for transactions and related activity between a business and customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Certificate Services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software service that issues certificates for a particular certification authority (CA). It provides customizable services for issuing and managing certificates for the enterprise. Certificates can be used to provide authentication support, including secure e-mail, Web-based authentication, and smart-card authentication. Active Directory Connector <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Active Directory synchronization agent that provides an automated way of keeping directory information consistent between directories.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory contact <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Active Directory object that contains information about an individual such as name, address, and job title. It can include a foreign e-mail address. Active Directory container <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The identity that Active Directory gives to a collection of objects, such as a group of users or a domain of computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory credentials <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of sign-in credentials (username and password) for an Active Directory account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory data model <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A model derived from the LDAP data model. The directory holds objects that represent entities of various sorts, described by attributes. The objects and classes of objects that can be stored in the directory are defined in the schema. For each class of objects, the schema defines the attributes an instance of the class must have, the additional attributes it can have, and the class that can be its parent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Delta Discovery <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A discovery option that allows Configuration Manager to discover only new or changed resources in Active Directory independently of a full discovery cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Domain <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A collection of objects (a single user, a group, or a hardware component) within a Microsoft Active Directory network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Domain Services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Microsoft Windows based directory service. Active Directory Domain Services stores information about objects on a network and makes this information available to users and network administrators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The tool that is used to install and remove Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Federation Services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A component that provides Web single\u252c\u00a1sign-on (SSO) technologies. AD- FS provides SSO by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across security and enterprise boundaries. AD- FS supports the WS- Federation Passive Requestor Profile (WS-F PRP).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Forest Discovery method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager discovery method that searches for Active Directory sites and subnets in Active Directory forests. Active Directory Group Discovery method <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager discovery method that searches for the group memberships of- computers and users by polling Active Directory Domain Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory group validation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A procedure that ensures the uniqueness of the account name of a group within a domain stored in Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service that provides flexible support for directory-enabled applications, without the restrictions of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services instance <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single copy of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) directory service that includes its associated directory store and its application event log.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Lookup <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that enables Client for NFS and Server for NFS to obtain user identifier (UID) and group identifier (GID) information directly from Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Management Agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Identity Lifecycle Manager management agent provided by Microsoft to connect to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) or Active Directory directory service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Metadirectory Services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft technology that creates joined views of data contained in multiple directory services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory object <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entity that can hold an identity in a Windows environment, such as computers, printers, mobile devices, users, groups, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Premium <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The advanced offering of the Microsoft Azure Active Directory service that includes additional capabilities beyond the free offering of Microsoft Azure AD.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory provider <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mechanism for mapping objects to Windows Media Instrumentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Rights Management <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft technology that allows customers to protect their data by encrypting and managing access rights in document authoring, email, and publishing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Rights Management Services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft technology designed to help enterprise customers control and protect critical digital information by offering easy- to-use, flexible, and persistent policy expression and enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory schema <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The set of definitions of every object class that can be created in Active Directory, as well as the definitions of every attribute that can be assigned to that object class.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Security Group Discovery method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager discovery method that searches for security group resources by polling Active Directory Domain Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Service Interfaces <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A directory service model and a set of Component Object Model (COM) interfaces. ADSI enables Windows applications and Active Directory clients to access several network directory services, including Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory site <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of Internet Protocol subnets, usually used to connect a group of computers that are physically close to each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory synchronization <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of matching user accounts and mail- enabled contacts and groups from the local Active- Directory directory service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory System Discovery method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager discovery method that searches for system resources by polling Active Directory Domain Services. Active Directory System Group Discovery method <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager discovery method that searches for system group resources by polling Active Directory Domain Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory User Discovery method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager discovery method that searches for computer user resources by polling Active Directory Domain Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory Users and Computers <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An administrative tool used by an administrator to perform day-to-day Active Directory administration tasks. The tasks that can be performed with this tool include creating, deleting, modifying, moving, and setting permissions on objects stored in the directory. Examples of objects in Active Directory are organizational units, users, contacts, groups, computers, printers, and shared file objects. Active Directory-based activation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The activation of systems in an enterprise environment by using an established Active Directory implementation and the same key types.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Directory-integrated primary zone <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A DNS zone for which the zone<\/span><\/p>\n

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information is stored in the Active Directory object structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active document <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The document in which you are working.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active document <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A document that contains ActiveX controls, Java applets, HTML<\/span><\/p>\n

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pages, or document objects for display in Internet Explorer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active document window <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In an environment capable of displaying multiple on\u252c\u00a1screen windows, the window containing the document that will be affected by current cursor movements, commands, and text entry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active element <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The layout container element that is currently subject to special operations, such as adding child elements or defining columns and rows. The active element is identified by a yellow bounding box.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active end <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The ending point for a selected range of objects. It is usually established at the object logically nearest the hot spot of the pointer when a user releases the primary mouse button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active field <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The field on a form in which the cursor or pointer is positioned. active file <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The file affected by a current command\u0393\u00c7\u00f6typically a data file. active geo-replication <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of continuously copying changes from a primary database to one or more active secondary databases in the same or different geographic regions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active hyperlink <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A hyperlink that is currently selected in a Web browser. Some Web browsers indicate the active hyperlink by changing its color. active identity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The identity the user has logged on with.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active ingredient <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An ingredient in a formula that has a specified concentration and potency.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active mailbox <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mailbox that has been accessed at least once in the last 30 days. active mailbox migration <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The stage during the e-mail migration when the migration service is actively provisioning new cloud-based mailboxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Management Technology <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Intel networking management technology that is supported by Configuration Manager out of band management, which enables a Configuration Manager administrator to manage desktop computers independently from the Configuration Manager client or the computer operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Manager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Exchange 2010 component that manages switchovers and failover and runs on every server in a DAG. Active Manager provides functionality that replaces the resource model and failover management features previously provided by integration with the Cluster service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Messaging Protection <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process by which antivirus and anti-spam agents and filters are applied to e-mail messages for the purpose of stopping unsolicited or malicious e-mails from entering the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active monitoring <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Gives Lync system administrators the ability to monitor pools, servers, and networks across data centers through the public Internet. active object <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The object with which the user is currently interacting or that has the input focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active object <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a collaboration diagram, an object role that can initiate control. Typical active objects include processes and tasks. In contrast, a passive object holds data and may send messages, but it does not initiate control.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active On <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of improved availability capabilities introduced in Windows Server 8.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active page <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The page that is currently available for editing in a document. active partition <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A partition from which a computer starts up. The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk. If you use Windows exclusively, the active partition can be the same as the system volume.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active pattern <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pattern that enables you to define named partitions that subdivide input data, so that you can use these names in a pattern matching expression. active power plan <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The power plan that is currently selected in Power Options in Control Panel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active presenter <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The presenter whose name (and optional photo) is displayed in the Now Presenting pane during a meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The program currently in control of a microprocessor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active requisition <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A requisition for which a business process has been initiated, but not completed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active screening <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A screening method that prevents users from saving files that are members of blocked file groups, and generates notifications when users try to save blocked files.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active scripting <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft technology that uses COM to run third-party scripts in Microsoft Internet Explorer without regard to language and other elements of implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active secondary database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A continuously updated copy of the primary database created […] for the purposes of data redundancy. The active secondary database is readable but cannot be updated until the continuous copy relationship with its primary is terminated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active selection <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The current selection of cells, rows, or columns that includes the active cell in a datasheet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The server-based component of Microsoft’s Active Platform. Comprised of a set of technologies that includes DCOM (distributed component object model), Active Server Pages, Microsoft Transaction Server, and message queues, Active Server provides support for developing component-based, scalable, high-performance Web applications on Microsoft Windows NT servers. Active Server is designed to allow developers to concentrate on creating Internet and intranet software in a variety of languages without having to focus on the intricacy of the network itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Server component <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An OLE Automation component designed to run on the server side as part of a Web application. These components are activated through Active Server Pages (ASP) technology but don’t require a Windows interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Server Page Extension <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The standard file format used for ASP pages written with ASP.NET.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Server Pages <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web-oriented technology developed by Microsoft that is designed to enable server-side scripting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Server Pages buffering <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A functionality of Active Server Pages (ASP) that temporarily stores all output that is generated by a script until script execution is complete and then sends the output to a client.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Setup <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that collects information about the user’s computer before download of Internet Explorer begins, and then uses this information to manage the download intelligently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active sheet <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The sheet that you’re working on in a workbook. The name on the tab of the active sheet is bold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active software update point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The software update point for a site that interacts with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to configure software updates settings and manage software updates synchronization. The active software update point can accept connections from the intranet and the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active State Power Management <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A power-saving mode which reserves power by ensuring efficient execution of computing tasks and by reducing the number of components running unnecessarily when not actually in use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active statement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A SQL statement that has been run but whose result set has not yet been canceled or fully processed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Template Library <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of compact, template-based C++ classes that simplify the programming of Component Object Model objects. ATL provides the mechanism to use and create COM objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Active Template Library server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server that houses an Active Template Library. active time <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The entire duration of a timeline, including forward and backward iterations. For example, a timeline programmed to play forward and then backward, once, is active for twice the specified duration\u0393\u00c7\u00f6once for the forward iteration and once again for the backward iteration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active upgrade <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An upgrade that is performed on a sequenced application package without shutting down the server that streams it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active vendor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A vendor with whom business is being conducted on a regular basis. Active View <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature in Hotmail that’s designed to help people get more done on the web without having to leave their inbox. Active View displays directly in the body of the e-mail message, showing either previews to other web content or interactive elements created by the sender that let the recipient complete core tasks. A preview message example might include a reference to a file on a photo-sharing or video-sharing website that the recipient can view in the message, or package-tracking information that’s extracted from a shipping website. Interactive scenarios might include rating movies and updating wish lists on movie-rental websites or responding to invitations or comments on social networking websites.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active volume <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The volume from which the computer starts up. The active volume must be a simple volume on a dynamic disk. You cannot mark an existing dynamic volume as the active volume, but you can upgrade a basic disk containing the active partition to a dynamic disk. After the disk is upgraded to dynamic, the partition becomes a simple volume that is active.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active window <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The window in which a user is currently working or directing input. An active window is typically at the top of the Z order and is distinguished by the color of its title bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active\/active mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The mode in which Application Request Routing is deployed on two or more servers to achieve both high availability and scalability. active\/passive mode <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The mode in which Application Request Routing is deployed on two ARR servers that process requests and that together act as a failover server. This configuration can achieve high availability, but is still limited by the maximum capacity of one ARR server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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active-state power management <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A power-saving mode which reserves power by ensuring efficient execution of computing tasks and by reducing the number of components running unnecessarily when not actually in use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of technologies that allows software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language in which the components were created.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0A Windows technology which allows programmers to do various things on your computer. The early versions had security issues which hackers could exploit. ActiveX Animation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An animation that utilizes ActiveX technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX component <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A reusable software component that can be used to incorporate ActiveX technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX control <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software control that incorporates ActiveX technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX Data Objects <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data access interface that communicates with OLE DB- compliant data sources to connect to, retrieve, manipulate, and update data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX Data Objects (Multidimensional) <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A high-level, language-independent set of object-based data access interfaces optimized for multidimensional data applications. ActiveX Data Objects MultiDimensional.NET <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A .NET managed data provider that provides access to multidimensional data sources, such as Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX kill bit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A registry value that contains the CLSID of all controls that are vunerable to security flaws.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ActiveX object <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An object supplied by a component that supports Automation. activity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pattern of work performed together for a single purpose. An activity may use or produce work products and may be tracked by a work item.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a statechart diagram, the response an object in a particular state makes to an event without changing its state. Unlike actions, activities have non-negligible execution times and can be interrupted. The keyword do indicates an activity. activity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collaborative action, such as sharing, calendar sharing, or using a whiteboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of program behavior in Windows Workflow Foundation. Single activities can be composed together into more complex activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user action, such as a change to status, social tags, or profiles. Notification of these changes can be sent to other users through an activity feed. activity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Windows Live (primarily through profile), online actions, such as updating a status message, publishing photos, or updating profile info. These actions can take place on Windows Live or on other services someone has connected to their profile, such as Facebook or Twitter. These actions can show up as updates in feeds within Windows Live or on connected services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A functional work structure in which one or more persons and pieces of equipment participate and in which resources are consumed, produced, and used. An activity can be decomposed into subactivities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single task in a runbook that performs a specific function.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The posts and comments that are occurring on a social network page, for example a Facebook Page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity assembly <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A .DLL or an .EXE file containing a .NET assembly that implements the logic for a workflow activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity button <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A button at the bottom of the navigation pane used for grouping list places in which are common to a task or a work process relevant to the users role. When the activity button is activated, the navigation pane displays the links to the list places which have been assigned to that activity button and the content area displays one of the list places assigned to the activity button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity company <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any company from which transaction data is included on a centralized customer statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity data <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Data generated as part of a business transaction by executing an activity within an application. It is characterized by an exclusive write access pattern. activity diagram <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A special case of a statechart diagram in which all of the states are action states and the transitions are triggered by the completion of actions in the source state.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity feed <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feed that provides information, notifications and updates based on people, documents, and tags you are following.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activity Feeds <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A solution in Microsoft Dynamics CRM that displays posts about records.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity implementer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user who has been assigned the Activity Implementer role<\/span><\/p>\n

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and who implements an assigned manual activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity log <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A historic record of the state of a source document.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activity Map <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Real-time visualization of a steady stream of posts on a map. Fresh posts show up as they come in and older posts fade out of the map after a user-defined amount of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity model <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A predefined sequence of actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity model step <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A synonym for an action from the viewpoint of an activity model. When an action is contained within an activity model, it is referred to as an activity model step.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity occurrence <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An instance of an activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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activity plan <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A schedule for planning the activities that often follow the completion of a project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activity Propagation <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A system job that distributes activities to records. activity report <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A report that an administrator, parent, or guardian can view showing children’s or family members’ online activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activity Reporting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An option on Windows Parental Control that, if selected, creates logs of all the actions performed by a user on the computer. activity status <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The condition, at a particular time, of an activity. activity stream <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The set of automatic Yammer posts in a record.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Activity Tracker <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that allows a user to track physical activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A person or process that either starts or participates in an activity. Actors can be<\/span><\/p>\n

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either initiators or targets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A representation of a role played by an outside object. One physical object,<\/span><\/p>\n

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therefore, may be represented by several actors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entity in a graph edge that performs the action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actor class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The basic component of a ROOM structure diagram. The space inside the actor can contain actor references, behavior end ports, reference ports, bindings, and layer connections. The border can contain class relay ports and class end ports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actor reference <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The actors that define components of your structure diagram. Actor references can appear only inside an actor class. An actor reference can have reference ports on its outside border.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actual <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to information that shows what has actually occurred. For example, the actual start date for a task is the day that the task actually started.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actual Capacity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of time a resource has available to work at any given point in time. Actual Capacity is equal to Capacity minus resource calendar exceptions (e.g. offsite training, morale events, jury duty) and previously scheduled committed work (Project task assignments with type = committed). This is the most valuable measure for scheduling a resource.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actual cost <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The definite cost incurred in the performance of an activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actual cost <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The cost of an item as recorded on the purchase receipt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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actual cost of work performed <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The actual costs incurred for work already performed by a resource on a task, up to the project status date or today’s date. actual demand <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The total quantity of an item requested on all orders. actual demand <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The demand for products driven by customer orders. actual duration <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of time a task has been in progress. actual quantity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The measured quantity that is input into or output from an activity. actual value <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A value for a KPI that is compared to a predefined target value. actual work <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of work that has been performed on a task or assignment. actuals <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of work that has been performed on a task or assignment. acute accent <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The character.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACWP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The actual costs incurred for work already performed by a resource on a task, up to the project status date or today’s date.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A piece of content to be delivered by Commerce Server based on a specific formula for delivery referred to as Need of Delivery (NOD).<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the Distributed System Designers that comprise Team Architect. The Application Designer is used to design individual applications that comprise an application system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A boundary that the common language runtime establishes around objects created within the same application scope (that is, anywhere along the sequence of object activations beginning with the application entry point). Application domains help isolate objects created in one application from those created in other applications so that run-time behavior is predictable. Multiple application domains can exist in a single process. ad click <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A measurement of the user-initiated action of responding to an ad by clicking on an element, causing a redirect to another Web location, frame, or page within the advertisement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad click rate <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The ratio of ad clicks to ad requests, used to quantify audience response to an advertisement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD CS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software service that issues certificates for a particular certification authority (CA). It provides customizable services for issuing and managing certificates for the enterprise. Certificates can be used to provide authentication support, including secure e-mail, Web-based authentication, and smart-card authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD DS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Microsoft Windows based directory service. Active Directory Domain Services stores information about objects on a network and makes this information available to users and network administrators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD FS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component that provides Web single-sign-on (SSO) technologies. AD- FS provides SSO by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across security and enterprise boundaries. AD- FS supports the WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile (WS-F PRP).<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad hoc network <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A temporary network used for sharing files or an Internet connection. In an ad hoc network, computers and devices are connected directly to each other instead of to a hub or router.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad hoc report <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of report that requires users to select the data that they want to display on the report and to design the layout of the report.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad hoc reporting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A reporting system that enables end users to run queries and create custom reports without having to know the technicalities of the underlying database schema and query syntax.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad ID <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An identification number that is generated for an ad that you create.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD LDS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service that provides flexible support for directory-enabled applications, without the restrictions of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD LDS instance <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single copy of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) directory service that includes its associated directory store and its application event log.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad mediation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A technology that enables app publishers to send ad requests to multiple ad networks to ensure that publishers can match the right ad networks to the right inventory and maximize the ad revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD MS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft technology that creates joined views of data contained in multiple directory services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad network <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An aggregator or broker of advertising inventory for a group of Web sites. Ad networks act as sales representatives for member sites. ad request <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An opportunity to deliver an advertising element to a Web site visitor. Requests are generated by events on the site, such as a request for a particular page or the purchase of a specific item. The ad used to fulfill the request is determined by the Need of Delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD RMS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft technology designed to help enterprise customers control and protect critical digital information by offering easy-to-use, flexible, and persistent policy expression and enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad scheduler <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program of events or appointments to schedule large number of advertisements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD Sync <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A software tool for connecting to data sources, synchronizing data between data sources, as well as the provisioning and deprovisioning of identities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD- FS Web Agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An installable role service of AD- FS that is used to create an AD- FS-enabled Web server. An AD- FS Web Agent consumes incoming security tokens and authentication cookies that are signed by a valid federation server-\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5to either allow or deny a user access to the protected application-\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5while taking into consideration application-specific access control settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AD- FS-enabled Web server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web server that is configured with the appropriate AD- FS Web Agent software-\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5either the claims-aware agent or the Windows token- \u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a3based agent-\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5which is necessary for authenticating and authorizing federated access to locally hosted, Web-based applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adamsync <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A command-line tool that synchronizes data from an Active Directory forest to an Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) instance. adapted member <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An apparent member of an MshObject that is surfaced by an adapted view of the base object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adapter <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A printed circuit board that enables a personal computer to use a peripheral device, such as a CD-ROM drive, modem, or joystick, for which it does not already have the necessary connections, ports, or circuit boards. Commonly, a single adapter card can have more than one adapter on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adapter <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software component that enables message exchange through a specific transport.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adapter framework <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The specifications for building BizTalk adapters using open standards based on Web Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adapter host <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The root abstract class Adapter, which defines the handshake between the adapter and the StreamInsight server in the ENQUEUE interaction point. It provides all the required adapter services such as memory management, and exception handling. adapter object <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A kernel-mode object type that represents a direct memory access (DMA) channel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adaptive brightness <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Automatic display adjustment that changes the brightness of your PC screen (laptop and desktop) using light environment information provided by the ambient light sensor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adaptive compression <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Data compression software that continually analyzes and compensates its algorithm, depending on the type and content of the data and the storage medium.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adaptive format <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of format that uses Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML’) to optimize the layout of a page. By declaring a document adaptive adaptive layout <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A layout system that enables the visual elements in an application to adapt to changes in the size of the overall application window.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adaptive layout <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A layout that has been pre-defined for different orientation or size thresholds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adaptive SQM <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An extension to SQM that allows Microsoft to cause clients sending reports matching a pattern to perform some predefined action. adaptive streaming <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of streaming video that enables audio and video, played back from the Web, to dynamically adjust its playback quality according to the bandwidth capabilities of the user who is playing back the video. adaptive update <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An update process that uses an analysis of historical information accumulated over all previous updates to determine which documents are likely to have changed. Only this content is accessed during the crawl.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADC <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Active Directory synchronization agent that provides an automated way of keeping directory information consistent between directories.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adCenter Desktop <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Bing Ads Editor is a desktop application that enables users to manage their Bing Ads paid search campaigns offline.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A button on the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffAdd a Person to the Call’ dialog box. Once a call is connected, clicking Add adds the call to the current conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To join or combine thereby increasing the quantity or size of something.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add a Contact… <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An item on the Contacts menu that opens a wizard to guide the user through the steps to add one or more persons from the corporate address book to the user’s personal contact list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add a Person to the Call <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A button in a conversation window that opens the Add a Person to the Call’ dialog box. The user can call a number for the selected participant to add them to the current call.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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add call <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A button that appears during an active phone call, allowing a user to add another person to his\/her conference call.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add content <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The button in Sway that allows for the addition of Headers, Text and Media from the Web or local device, and Layout options at the indicated location.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add Domains area <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The area of the Organizations page where hosted customers can set up additional domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add Service Reference <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0Dialog box enables the user to add references to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services and WCF Data Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add SourceSafe Database Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A wizard that locates and configures a Visual SourceSafe database. If you cannot find an existing database to use, the wizard allows you to create a new one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add Time Stamp <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A button in the Comments section that the user can click to add a date or time stamp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add to Contacts List <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An item on the shortcut menu that adds a selected person to the user’s Contacts list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add to dictionary <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A menu item that enables the user to add a word marked as a misspelling to the dictionary used by the spelling checker.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Add to OneNote <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A UI option that enables the user to add content from an application to OneNote.<\/span><\/p>\n

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addendum <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The part of an agreement that defines the business process that is used, your role, your partner’s role, and the policies or parameters that are used in that relationship along with documentation, such as a list of business and legal terms. add-in <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A supplemental program that can extend the capabilities of an application program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add-in function <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A worksheet function that is provided by an add-in, instead of being built-in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add-in view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In the .NET Framework add-in programming model, an assembly that contains interfaces or abstract base classes, and represents the add-in’s view of the methods and types used to communicate with a host.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add-in-side adapter <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In the .NET Framework add-in programming model, an assembly that contains one or more classes, and converts data to and from the add-in view and the contract. Depending on the direction of the call, the adapter is either converting from a view to a contract or from a contract to a view.<\/span><\/p>\n

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addition operator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The + character, used to indicate addition or a positive number. Additional Actions <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A context-menu command that can launch an operation with a selected item as a parameter or retrieve information about the selected item. Actions are enabled by cube administrators and are defined in SQL Server Analysis Services. additional display <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer monitor that supplements the main monitor. additional requirement <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of requirements and peripherals in the Windows Store that help the app have optimal functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add-on <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A device that is added to the base computer system to increase functionality, such as audio, networking, graphics, or SCSI controller.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add-on device <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A device that is added to the base computer system to increase<\/span><\/p>\n

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functionality, such as audio, networking, graphics, or SCSI controller.<\/span><\/p>\n

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add-on package <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML file in the addons folder of the Datastore. Add-on<\/span><\/p>\n

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packages are used to deploy files or an application to a device or emulator.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A string that identifies a user so that the user can receive Internet email. An<\/span><\/p>\n

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email address on the Internet typically consists of an account name, followed by the @ (at)<\/span><\/p>\n

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symbol, a host name, and a domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unique identifier that identifies a network node to other nodes on the network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A number specifying a location in memory where data is stored.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To reference a particular storage location.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The path to an object, document, file, page, or other destination. An address can be a URL (Web address) or a UNC path (network address), and can include a specific location within a file, such as a bookmark within a document or a cell range within a spreadsheet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Bar Top Result <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The feature that allows users to navigate directly to the webpage of the top-ranked search result when a search is performed in the address bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address book <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of contact information for particular individuals, groups or organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Book <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A directory that you can use to store names, e-mail addresses, fax<\/span><\/p>\n

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numbers, and distribution lists.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address book <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of party records.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Book Service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service that runs on an Office Communications Server Front End Server and daily synchronizes SIP user data on the client with refreshes from Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A predefined grouping of Internet addresses with each class defining networks of a certain size. The range of numbers that can be assigned for the first octet in the IP address is based on the address class. Class A networks (values 1 to 127) are the largest, with more than 16 million hosts per network. Class B networks (128 to 191) have up to 65,534 hosts per network, and Class C (192 to 223) can have up to 254 hosts per network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address list <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts, groups, public folders, conferencing, and other resources).<\/span><\/p>\n

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address mask <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A number that, when compared by the computer with a network address number, will block out all but the necessary information. For example, in a network that uses XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY and where all computers within the network use the same first address numbers, the mask will block out XXX.XXX.XXX and use only the significant numbers in the address, YYY.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Name <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An attribute of the Address entity used to identify an address. It is a required field on the Address form.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address pool <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The addresses within a DHCP scope range of addresses that are<\/span><\/p>\n

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available for leased distribution to clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address range <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A contiguous range of IP addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address record <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of resource record in the Domain Name System that associates a specific IP address with a domain name. This is the record that contains the information that connects your domain name to your actual Web site content when people type your domain name into a browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address reservation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Process of configuring DHCP so that a certain client always receives the same IP address lease at startup.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address resolution <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The identification of a computer’s IP address by finding the corresponding match in an address mapping table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Resolution Protocol <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In TCP\/IP, a protocol that uses broadcast traffic on the local network to resolve a logically assigned Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address to its physical hardware or media access control (MAC layer address. In asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), ARP is used two different ways. For classical IPv4 over ATM (CLIP), ARP is used to resolve addresses to ATM hardware addreses. For ATM LAN emulation (LANE), ARP is used to resolve Ethernet\/802.3 or Token Ring addresses to ATM hardware addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address rewriting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Functionality available on Receive connectors and Send connectors on the Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server that lets e-mail administrators modify the SMTP addresses of senders and recipients on messages that enter and leave an Exchange organization. Address rewriting lets an organization present a consistent appearance to external recipients of messages from the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Rewriting agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An agent on the Receive connector and Send connector on a computer that has the Edge Transport server role installed, which lets e-mail administrators modify the addresses of senders and recipients on messages that enter and leave an Exchange Server 2007 organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Rewriting Inbound agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Address Rewriting agent for messages that enter an Exchange Server 2007 organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Address Rewriting Outbound agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Address Rewriting agent for messages that leave an Exchange Server 2007 organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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address verification service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The service that is provided by a credit card processor that validates that the billing address provided by a card holder matches the information on file with the issuing bank.<\/span><\/p>\n

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addressing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of assigning or referring to an address. In programming, the address is typically a value specifying a memory location.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADE file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft Access project (.adp) file with all modules compiled and all editable source code removed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adequate stack <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A critical check for services and other system processes which run after the operating system has booted – examples include winlogon, csrss, smss, and services in general. It ensures that an application has sufficient stack space, as this test disables stack growth after the test starts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADF <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An attachment available on some scanners that allows automatic scanning of multiple pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADF <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML file that fully describes a single Notification Services application. The ADF file contains the schemas for the events, subscriptions, and notifications; the rules for matching events with subscriptions; and may provide the name of the XSLT file used to format generated notifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AdHoc License Administrator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The role entitled to allow access and manage licenses granted for specific problems or tasks, not intended to be apt to other purposes. adhoc network <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A temporary network used for sharing files or an Internet connection. In an ad hoc network, computers and devices are connected directly to each other instead of to a hub or router.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ad-hoc network <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A temporary network used for sharing files or an Internet connection. In an ad hoc network, computers and devices are connected directly to each other instead of to a hub or router.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjacent cell <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A cell that is in the same row as and adjoins the current cell in a worksheet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adjust Time Stamp <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A control that allows users to adjust the time an image or a set of images was taken. Particularly useful when a camera was not set to the appropriate time zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjustable cell <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A cell that can be modified to meet the size specifications. adjusted cost <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The cost of goods that have been updated with changes in the original purchase prices of the goods.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjusted percentage <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount to be taken off the price of each unit of the product or service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjusted price <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unit or sale price of the product, multiplied by the adjusted percentage. This is displayed in the local currency (that is, the currency of your installed locale).<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjusted price value <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Similar to adjusted price, except it is not displayed in the local currency (that is, there is no currency associated with the price).<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjusted profit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A profit taken on the sold item, taking into consideration changes in the original purchase prices of the goods.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjusted unit price <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The calculated unit price based on the attribute-based pricing and the actual potency received.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjustment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A change to an account to correct or update the balance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adjustment handle <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A diamond-shaped handle used to adjust the appearance but not the size of most AutoShapes. For example, you can adjust a rounded rectangle to be more or less rounded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADM <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A service that allows sending push notifications from the cloud to Amazon devices to help engage with customers and create new opportunities for monetization with apps or games.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADMA <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Identity Lifecycle Manager management agent provided by Microsoft to connect to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) or Active Directory directory service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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admin <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A person who manages accounts and determines safety settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Admin Approval Mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security feature of Windows that allows administrators to perform normal day-to-day tasks while running with a standard user token. If administrator privileges are needed for an operation, the administrator will be notified and asked to provide either consent or credentials, depending on system policy settings. Administration <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of Microsoft Office Live Web sites and Shared Sites that allows users to restore their Web site or Shared Sites from backups maintained on Microsoft servers. This feature also allows users to switch to Microsoft FrontPage for creating their Web pages and to select a time zone for their Shared Sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administration Center mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode for uploading an address list file to Directory Services via the Administration Center user interface. This is one of the three upload modes in EHS. This mode does not permit specifying multiple domains per file. Administration Console <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A thin client that allows members of the global administrator role to make configurations to any computer that is running PerformancePoint Planning Server. Configurations include creating and editing applications, creating and editing model sites, adding users to PerformancePoint Planning Server applications, and adding users to or removing users from the global administrator role, the Modeler role, or the user administrator role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administration database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The SQL Server database that stores the configuration data for the resources for all computers being run as part of the same (logical) installation of Commerce Server. Commerce Server Setup creates this database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administration Pack for IIS 7 <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Administration Pack for IIS 7 contains additional management features for IIS 7, including: Administration UI support for<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET authorization, custom errors, FastCGI configuration, and Request Filtering. Administration page <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The main Administration Center page, from which all other monitoring and managing functions are accessible via columns, tabs, and pop-up windows.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administration port <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual server and port used for SharePoint Central Administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administration view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The view in the Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console in which the administrator manages Virtual Machine Manager agents deployed on virtual machine hosts and library servers, configures systemwide settings for Virtual Machine Manager, and manages Web servers used in virtual machine self-service. administrative closure <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of documenting and archiving a project in a timely manner, as well as formally accepting the project’s product and lessons learned. administrative credentials <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Logon information that is used to identify a member of an administrative group. Groups that use administrative credentials include<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrators, Domain Admins, and DNS Admins. Most system-wide or domain-wide tasks require administrative credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrative privilege <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The privilege of an administrator of a computer system to<\/span><\/p>\n

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control which users have the right to perform various administrative functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrative report <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A report run by a System Administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrative role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An access privilege in PerformancePoint Server that consists of<\/span><\/p>\n

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predefined roles for design and maintenance of system infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrative setup <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode of setup that allows network administrators to silently<\/span><\/p>\n

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deploy to client computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrative task <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An operation that can only be performed by an administrator, not a standard user.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrative Templates <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that gives access to a collection of files that provide policy setting information for the items that appear under the Administrative Templates folder in the console tree of the Local Group Policy Editor and when editing a Group Policy object using the Group Policy Management Console. The individual files are in the ADMX and ADML file format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrative Time <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0All of a resource’s time not devoted to a formal project’ (includes Working and Non-Working Time).’<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrative users <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The users and security groups that are granted administrative rights within Configuration Manager. These users and groups are associated with collections, security roles, and security scopes to grant administrative permissions. administrator <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The person in charge of managing a computer. The administrator is responsible for installing software, assigning passwords, and managing files. administrator <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The person responsible for setting up and managing local computers, stand-alone servers, member servers, or domain controllers. An administrator performs such duties as assigning user accounts and passwords, establishing security access levels, watching for unauthorized access, allocating storage space, and helping users with networking problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0On Windows-based computers, a user account that is a member of the computer’s local Administrators group or a member of a group that is a member of the local Administrators group, such as the Domain Admins group in a Windows domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the first account that is created when you install an operating system on a new workstation, stand-alone server, or member server. By default, this account has the highest level of administrative access to the local computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An option on a user account setup dialog that creates an administrator account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A person who manages accounts and determines safety settings. administrator <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows Live account that manages a subscription. administrator <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An employee of hosted customers who can access the Administration Center to administer their organization’s EHS service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Highest level of user role. Administrators can change<\/span><\/p>\n

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instance\/application settings and manage users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0On Windows-based computers, a user account that is a member of the computer’s local Administrators group or a member of a group that is a member of the local Administrators group, such as the Domain Admins group in a Windows domain. This is the first account that is created when you install an operating system on a new workstation, stand-alone server, or member server. By default, this account has the highest level of administrative access to the local computer. administrator account <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of user account that allows complete access to the computer. Administrators can make any desired changes. This account type is not recommended for daily use, and should only be used when necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator audit log <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An auditing record that records any action, based on a Windows PowerShell cmdlet, performed by an administrator. This can help the administrator troubleshoot configuration issues or identify the cause of security- or compliance-related problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrator Console <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The console that provides access to the administrative functions of Virtual Machine Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The mode of a Surface unit when the Windows operating system is available. In administrator mode, administrators can administer the Windows operating system and developers can develop and test applications while running the Surface Input application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrator Recovery report <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A DPS report that provides statistics on administrator-initiated recoveries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of rights that allows a user to modify all web site content and manage site settings and accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A predefined security group that provides specific permissions to allow role members to manage Exchange configuration data. Exchange 2007 provides the following four administrator roles: Exchange Recipient Administrators, Exchange Organization Administrators, Exchange Server Administrators, and Exchange View-Only Administrators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator role group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A universal security group with administrative rights assigned to it. These administrative rights are specified by built-in management roles, which are part of the role-based access control (RBAC) permissions model in Exchange Server 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator role separation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The ability to delegate local administrative permissions for a read-only domain controller (RODC) to any domain user without granting that user any user rights for the domain or other domain controllers. administrator setup <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode of setup that allows network administrators to silently deploy to client computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrator user role <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A role that is used to limit the host groups and library servers on which an administrator can perform Virtual Machine Manager administrative tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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administrator-approved form template <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A browser-compatible form template that has been uploaded by an administrator to a server running InfoPath Forms Services. An administrator-approved form template can include code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Administrators group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0On a local computer, a group whose members have the highest level of administrative access to the local computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Admins group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The system administrator’s group account that retains full permissions on all databases used by a workgroup. The Setup program automatically adds the default Admin user account to the Admins group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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admission control <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The service used to administratively control network resources on shared network segments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADMX files <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One .admx and .adml file, joined by a common name, that are used to describe Group Policy settings in Group Policy management tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADN <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A resource of the Content Delivery Network service as a suite of technologies deployed together to provide application availability, security, visibility, and acceleration. ADN Data Transfer (GB) <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unit of measure for ADN.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADO <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data access interface that communicates with OLE DB-compliant data sources to connect to, retrieve, manipulate, and update data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADO connection <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A connection that uses the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) data access interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADO data source <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Data and the information that is needed to access that data from applications and databases that support the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) data access interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADO MD <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A high-level, language-independent set of object-based data access interfaces optimized for multidimensional data applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADO.NET <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The suite of data access technologies included in the .NET Framework class libraries that provide access to relational data and XML. ADO.NET consists of classes that make up the DataSet (such as tables, rows, columns, relations, and so on), .NET Framework data providers, and custom type definitions (such as SqlTypes for SQL Server).<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADO.NET Entity Framework Tools <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The toolset available as part of Entity Framework.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADOMD.NET <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A .NET managed data provider that provides access to<\/span><\/p>\n

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multidimensional data sources, such as Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adorner <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A control that can add functional handles to a visual element that enable a user to manipulate the element in some way (resize, rotate, reposition, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n

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adorner <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A special glyph on the design surface. Adorners are usually attached to a target control, and they give the user a graphical means of adjusting the control’s properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adornment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A control or status area that is attached to the edge of a pane or window, such as a toolbar or ruler.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADSI <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A directory service model and a set of Component Object Model (COM) interfaces. ADSI enables Windows applications and Active Directory clients to access several network directory services, including Active Directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADSL <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A high-bandwidth digital transmission technology that uses existing phone lines and also allows voice transmissions over the same lines. Most of the traffic is transmitted downstream to the user, generally at rates of 512 Kbps to about 6 Mbps. ADSync <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A software tool for connecting to data sources, synchronizing data between data sources, as well as the provisioning and deprovisioning of identities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ADT <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A table of attribute names, numbers and descriptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adult content <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Content for mature audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adult content <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The preferred term for mature content. Don’t use explicit’ or – Cirsexually explicit.-C?’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adults Only <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).<\/span><\/p>\n

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advance ship notice <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A business document that documents the notification of the shipment of product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Author role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of rights that allows the user to view, add, and change pages, documents in libraries, discussion boards, themes, and borders, as well as manage tasks and recalculate links. A default role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Client <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An SMS 2003 client type, supported on Windows 2000 or later operating systems, that can be assigned to a Configuration Manager mixed mode site. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An open industry specification that defines power management on a wide range of mobile, desktop, and server computers and peripherals. ACPI is the foundation for the OnNow industry initiative that allows system manufacturers to deliver computers that start at the touch of a keyboard. ACPI design is essential to take full advantage of power management and Plug and Play. Advanced Connection Settings <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The name of the dialog box in Lync and Office Communicator where a user can configure their connection settings to a server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Encryption Standard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A cryptographic algorithm specified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to protect sensitive information. Advanced Filter tab <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tab, located on the Action menu in the Filter Report group, that enables the user to further refine the records for a report.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Find <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tool used to search for specific records and activities. With Advanced Find, users can specify fields, conditions, and values to search on, in order to receive a detailed result list of records and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Group Policy Management <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An extension to the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) that provides change control and enhanced management for Group Policy objects (GPOs).<\/span><\/p>\n

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advanced list <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of list task page where the primary action is selecting an entity from the list. Users access the advanced list through the Advanced link on the dropdown list. If the user cannot find the information they need on the simple drop-down list, they may choose to view the more complete advanced list where they can view all the fields for a particular entity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advanced mapping <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The link that is established when an administrator maps users with different Windows and UNIX names or multiple Windows user names to the same UNIX user name.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advanced membership <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The membership status that configures the anti-malware application to send information to Microsoft about malicious software, spyware, and potentially unwanted software. This status allows more information to be sent than the basic membership allows.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An upgrade to IBM Systems Network Architecture that supports distributed session control services and dynamic routing, avoiding dependencies on centralized mainframe network services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Power Management <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An older power management technology used in mobile PCs before the implementation of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). Advanced Power Management is a software interface that functions between the BIOS power-management software that is specific to the hardware and a power- management policy driver that is run by the operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advanced pricing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Logic used to calculate the purchase price of a potency item. advanced programmable interrupt controller <\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A programmable interrupt controller (PIC) that provides multiprocessor interrupt management. An APIC incorporates both static and dynamic symmetric interrupt distribution across all processors. It usually has more available interrupt lines than a typical PIC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Program-to-Program Communication <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An IBM Systems Network Architecture communications method that uses the LU 6.2 protocol to establish, manage, and terminate network communication between programs in a distributed computing environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Program-to-Program Communication File Transfer Protocol <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file transfer protocol used in IBM host systems, the IBM Advanced Program-to-Program Communications equivalent to the TCP\/IP File Transfer Protocol.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Query Syntax <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A search query syntax that helps produce more precise search results by using targeted queries that search specific properties in a message type. AQS defines certain keywords which can be used to refine the search query, such as specifying boolean operations on searched terms (AND, OR, NOT) as well as to specify further filters based on file metadata or file type. It can also be used to limit results from specific information stores like regular files, offline files cache, or e-mail stores. advanced search <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that enables users to build robust, targeted queries that include search operators. The least complex of which are the Boolean operators many users are familiar with. In addition, customers can use advanced operators such as contains:’ or \u0393\u00c7\u00ffinanchor:’ or \u0393\u00c7\u00ffsite:’ Customers can add operator upon operator and watch their query change in the search box.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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advanced search <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A search feature that allows users to build robust, targeted queries that include search operators.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Stream Redirector <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A format that is commonly used to deliver digital media to clients (Windows Media Player and Silverlight).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Sync settings <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Settings for managing bandwidth and storage parameters for directory synchronization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced Systems Format <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A low-overhead data format for multimedia streams. It encapsulates images, audio, AVI, and so forth, as well as URLs, and allows for the synchronization of these objects within the stream. Windows Media Technologies can stream ASF formatted content and can store ASF streams as .asf files.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advanced user <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of measure for users of the Visual Studio Online Advanced service offering.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adversary <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A disfavored persona or persona with the objective of gaining access to an asset. Examples of adversaries include hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adverse event <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any problematic medical occurrence that may happen during a medical treatment involving drugs. The adverse event may not necessarily be caused by the drug treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertise <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To make a program, software update deployment, or task sequence available to clients via a collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertised program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that has been advertised to a collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertisement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager object that the site server sends as a notification to the management points, specifying that a program, software update deployment, or task sequence is available for clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertisement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A message placed in a mass medium (and usually paid for by the advertiser) to persuade targeted customers or prospects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertiser <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The company placing, and often paying for, a promotional message, or advertisement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertising asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A piece of content provided by an advertiser that is used in one or more advertisements that run on your site, for example, text, a photograph, or a company logo. The content is owned and controlled by the originating advertiser.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advertising campaign goaling <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Determining the number of ads to deliver in a specified amount of time. You can goal by any event, such as clicks or amount sold. advertising ID <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An identifier used by app developers and advertising networks to provide more relevant advertising to users by understanding which apps they use and how they use them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advisory hour <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The currency used to access certain key services offered to Microsoft Partner Network members to help them build their skill set with training powered by Microsoft Services, and get customized guidance for competing, developing, and deploying solutions for customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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advisory mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An option for Active Directory replication that specifies that lingering objects should be displayed, but not deleted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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adware <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Advertising that is integrated into software. Adware is often combined with a host application that is provided at no charge as long as the user agrees to accept the adware.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AE <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of encryption that uses a pair of mathematically related keys: a public key and a corresponding private key. Either key can be used to encrypt data, but the corresponding key must be used to decrypt it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AEM <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A software product that can be used to perform centralized installation, reporting, and administration of Antigen on all servers in an environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AEM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature in Operations Manager that allows the collection of client application crash data to a single location on a management server, resulting in data that can then be analyzed by your company for patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aerial view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A map view created from aerial photos that shows buildings, roads, and geographical features.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aero <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The visual experience of the premium Windows Vista editions. Windows Aero builds on the Basic and Standard user experiences to offer customers our best-designed, highest-performing desktop environment. A noticeable element of the new Windows Aero experience is the professional-looking, transparent glass design, which creates an open, lightweight environment but more importantly enables users to focus on their content rather than the interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aero Glass <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A graphic mode that is available with Aero UI that supports 3D graphics, visual effects, and animation as well as the regular features of Aero UI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aero Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A wizard that allows third-party developers to achieve the same look in their dialog boxes as Aero.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AES <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A cryptographic algorithm specified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to protect sensitive information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AES Secure Delivery <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service type of the Media Service based on Advanced Encryption Standard.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AF <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A class for the delivery of video media streams.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affiliate <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An organization or person that promotes Skype on its website or (re)sells its regular products.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affiliate application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A logical entity in Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO), defined by the administrator, that represents a system or subsystem such as a host, back-end system, or line-of-business application to which you are connecting using SSO. An affiliate application can represent a non-Windows system such as a mainframe or UNIX computer. It can also represent an application such as SAP, or a subdivision of the system, such as the Benefits’ or \u0393\u00c7\u00ffPay stub’ sub-systems.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Affiliate Program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collaboration process for Skype affiliates that allows website owners to earn money by directing internet traffic to the Skype website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Affiliation Changed <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A reason for revocation of a certificate. affinity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0For Network Load Balancing, the method used to associate client requests to cluster hosts. When no affinity is specified, all network requests are load balanced across the cluster without respect to their source. Affinity is implemented by directing all client requests from the same IP address to the same cluster host.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affinity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The mechanism for associating threads of a process with a processor. affinity group <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A geographical grouping of a customer’s hosted service deployments and storage accounts within Microsoft Azure. An affinity group can improve service performance by locating computer workloads in the same datacenter or near the target user audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affinity group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of resources with the same level of affinity helping the underlying platform with the placement of related resources together and the allocation of instances across fault domains and upgrade domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affinity marketing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Selling products or services to customers with similar interests on the basis of their established buying patterns or preferences. Additionally, several noncompeting advertisers may join together to develop a single targeted campaign. affinity mask <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A value that contains bits for each processor on the system, defining which processors a process or thread can use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affinity set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of resources with the same level of affinity helping the underlying platform with the placement of related resources together and the allocation of instances across fault domains and upgrade domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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affordance <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A UI element or control that offers the user the opportunity to take or initiate an action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AFNOR <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The French subsidiary of the International Standards Organization (ISO). AFNOR certification <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A certification that accounting software is legally compliant with French legislation for electronic accounting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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after event <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An asynchronous event whose handler runs only after the action that raised the event is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AFTP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file transfer protocol used in IBM host systems, the IBM Advanced Program-to-Program Communications equivalent to the TCP\/IP File Transfer Protocol. age <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To become mature or past due, as in a mature account or a past due account. age <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0To calculate the number of days that customer and supplier accounts have been outstanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Age <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content descriptor developed by the Pan European Game Information (PEGI). age <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of time that has elapsed since an alert was triggered through MOM. age <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A time period of existence or a time period after the occurrence of an event. age of onset <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The age at which an individual first experiences an illness or symptoms of a sickness or disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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age rating <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The age appropriateness of an app or game published in the Windows Store.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agenda <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An ordered list of rule actions to be executed by the Rule Engine. agenda <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list or outline of things to be done or considered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agenda view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A calendar view that displays all scheduled items.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that runs on a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)<\/span><\/p>\n

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managed device. The agent application is the object of management activities. A computer<\/span><\/p>\n

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running SNMP agent software is also sometimes referred to as an agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In client\/server applications, a process that mediates between the client and the<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that performs a background task for a user and reports to the user when the task is done or some expected event has taken place. agent <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The part of the rig that is used to run tests and generate simulated load. agent <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A monitoring option in real-time spyware protection that monitors various types and areas of software activity on your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A managed software component that monitors events and performance pertaining to a specific application component, and transmits observations to a host application for display, action, or reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The feature that is installed on a Windows-based computer that performs management. The agent collects data, compares sampled data to predefined values, creates alerts, and runs responses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The MOM\/SCE component installed on computers to perform management tasks on those computers. The agent communicates with the SCE Management Server, sending data from the managed computers to the Management Server and downloading data from the Management Server to the managed computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A person who works for a call center and signs in to an ACD system or who responds to calls routed to him or her by an IVR system. Formal agents may be signed in into UC throughout the day, and they may sign in and out of the ACD system during the day. They are fully aware of their role as an agent and want to be able to see the numbers of calls in the queues they are serving, and so on. Informal agents may not consider themselves as agents, and they don’t sign in and out of the ACD system as agents. They do not monitor queue fill levels or other metrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A helper bot for Windows Live Messenger that was developed on the Windows Live Agents platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user who works for a company that is a valid partner tenant who has been assigned either limited or full administration agent role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent character <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An interactive animated character who guides users through Windows Welcome. The character interacts with the user in ways similar to the natural aspects of human social communication. Characters can respond by using synthesized speech, recorded audio, or text in a cartoon word balloon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent coordinator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The service that manages installation and uninstallation of the DPM protection agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agent Desktop <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The compiled version of the Unified Service Desk that represents the agent’s workspace from which they perform their job functions. agent heartbeat <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process when the MOM agent contacts the MOM server every 10 seconds to indicate that it is alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agent Manager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A MOM 2000 feature that was part of the MOM Server components, which tracked computer groups, installed and uninstalled agents, etc. agent participation policy <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The administrator-defined policy which defines whether an agent needs to sign-in and out of response group groups in order to receive calls from the response group service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent proxying <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process during which an agent forwards data on behalf of another computer or network device.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent state <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An attribute of a user that specifies whether the user is signed in as an agent or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agent tab <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A custom tab, displayed in Office Communicator, that formal agents can use to sign in to or out of the ACD. The Agent tab shows the groups that the user is a member of, the number of callers that are waiting, the wait times, and the number of agents who are signed in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent update <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The update of the Data Protection Server File Agent with a more recent version of the File Agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agentless Exception Monitoring <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature in Operations Manager that allows the collection of client application crash data to a single location on a management server, resulting in data that can then be analyzed by your company for patterns. agentless exception monitoring <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process by which managed computers send error reports to a specified location on the System Center Essentials Management Server when an application error such as a program crash occurs on the managed computer. agentless managed <\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a computer or device that is managed by MOM and does not have the MOM agent installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agentless managed computer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer without an agent that is monitored by a management server or a proxy agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent-managed <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a computer or device that is managed by MOM and has the MOM agent installed on it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agent-managed computer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer that has an agent installed on it and that reports to a management group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agents 2013 <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Short form for Agents for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, which contains agents and controllers that you can use to build and test applications across the desktop, the server, and the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agents for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Update to Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 developer tooling containing agents and controllers to build and test applications across the desktop, the server, and the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregate <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single value that is composed of multiple values.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregate <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To combine multiple values.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregate <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a combination of multiple values.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aggregate Diagnostic Provider <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of private, internal to Microsoft, APIs that provide a uniform interface to discover diagnostic content that is local to the customer’s computer as well as diagnostic content stored -Crin the cloud-C?.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregate event <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of event that is generated after a series of events of another type have occurred. An aggregate event is used to represent a series of events to avoid flooding the event consumer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregate function <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A function that performs a calculation on multiple values and returns a single value.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregate query <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A query (SQL statement) that summarizes information from multiple rows by including an aggregate function such as Sum or Avg. aggregated catalog <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A catalog assembled from different sources. aggregation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A table or structure containing pre-calculated data for an online analytical processing (OLAP) cube. Aggregations support the rapid and efficient querying of a multidimensional database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of objects that makes a whole. An aggregation can be a concrete or conceptual set of whole-part relationships among objects. aggregation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of shared objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregation prefix <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A string that is combined with a system-defined ID to create a unique name for a partition’s aggregation table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aggregation view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A view in the Health and Activity Tracking tool that displays the near real-time business processes defined as well as the health monitoring cubes that are shipped with BizTalk Server 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggregation wrapper <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A wrapper that encapsulates a COM object within another COM object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aggressive address acquisition retry <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A registry setting that allows the DHCP client to transmit more messages to the server to obtain an IP address when the PC is in connected standby mode. This setting can increase power consumption but can also help resolve IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) problems more quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agile method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any of a family of processes that software developers use to minimize risk by developing applications incrementally, over a series of short iterations. In this model, real-time communications, such as in person conversations and telephone calls, are preferred over written documentation; the primary measure of progress is working software, instead of hours spent, tasks completed, documents reviewed, or phases signed- off; stakeholders are expected to collaborate, instead of negotiating; and planning happens continuously in order to respond to change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agile software development <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A conceptual framework for undertaking software engineering projects in a lighter, faster, more people-centric way. Many of the characteristics for agile software development originate in the Agile Manifesto established by the Agile Alliance, group of software professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of categorizing, by time period, amounts that are due to a company after a given invoice date or bill date, or the number of days the account has been outstanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0The process of classifying time periods by age.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging bucket <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A time category to distinguish between items with different aging criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging period <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The number of days in a time period used to report an overdue customer payment balance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging period <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A period within which you analyze the payment balance of a customer’s account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging run <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The execution of a process that looks at old objects’<\/span><\/p>\n

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aging snapshot <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An aging snapshot contains the calculated aged balances for a customer at a point in time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AGP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A technology that provides a dedicated, high-speed port through which large blocks of 3-D texture data can be moved between the computer’s graphics controller and system memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AGP slot <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A slot that is designed for fast, high-quality display of 3-D and video images.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AGPM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An extension to the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) that provides change control and enhanced management for Group Policy objects (GPOs). AGPM Service <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Windows service that enables Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) clients to manage deployed and archived Group Policy objects (GPOs) and enforces delegation in AGPM.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AGPM Service Account <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The account under which the AGPM Service runs. agreement <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A commitment between two or more parties based on a mutual understanding about their respective rights and obligations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agreement <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A definitive and binding agreement between two trading partners for transacting messages over a specific business-to-business protocol. A trading partner agreement brings together common bi-directional message processing properties from specific business profiles of both partners. It is a comprehensive collection of all aspects governing the business transaction between the two trading partners. The trading partner agreement is typically derived from the profiles of each partner, with the ability to customize and override the required settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agreement Administrator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The first customer to sign the agreement, unless changed as provided in section- 1 of the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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agreement number pair <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pair of numbers that is obtained from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center when a customer purchases a Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement. Each agreement number pair contains an agreement or authorization number and a license or enrollment number.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AIA <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A certificate extension that contains information useful for verifying the trust status of a certificate, as defined by the 2008 Memo of the Network Working Group. This information potentially includes Uniform Resource Locations (URLs) where the issuing CA’s certificate can be retrieved, as well as a location of an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder configured to provide status for the certificate in question.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AIF <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The framework that provides a collection of features, tools, and infrastructure that uses a services programming model to support application integration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AIK <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The cryptographic representation of the hardware or software state and other integrity metrics, and which can be used to perform anonymous or pseudo-anonymous attestations to remote parties in multiparty transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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airplane mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A setting that allows a user to turn off cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth on the phone simultaneously. Often required during takeoff and landing in an aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AIS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system service that facilitates starting applications that require one or more elevated privileges to run, such as Administrative Tasks. When user requires elevated privileges to run an application and gives consent, AIS creates a new process for the application with the user’s full access token.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AIT <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A sub-feature of Application Telemetry whose goal is to gather information on how applications use features exposed by the operating system (COM objects, registry, DLLs, DLL exports, etc.). This data is used to better understand how a change to or removal of a Windows feature may impact applications and overall application compatibility goals. It also helps understand how features are used, and allows Microsoft to use that information in planning new features, allocating testing resources, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AIT Agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The scheduled task part of Application Impact Telemetry (AIT) that runs nightly to consume the events logged to Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) by the AIT Runtime system and send them back to Microsoft using SQM.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AJAX <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of technologies consisting of a client-side script framework, server controls, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AKI <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A certificate extension used by the certificate chaining engine to determine what certificate was used to sign a presented certificate. The AKI can contain the issuer name, serial number, public key information, or no information at all. By matching the information in a certificate’s AKI extension to a CA certificate’s Subject Key Identifier (SKI) extension, a certificate chain can be built.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alarm <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A visual or auditory signal from a computer alerting the user to an error or a hazardous situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alarm <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An alert that is set by the user to be activated at a particular time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alarms <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The app that enables users to set alarms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alarms & Clock <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An app that enables user to use clock, check world clocks, set alarms, set timers and run a stopwatch.<\/span><\/p>\n

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album <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of compositions or memorabilia of a specific type or for a particular purpose, such as audio recordings, photographs, or documents. album <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A predefined collection of audio files (for example, songs) from a CD or digital download.<\/span><\/p>\n

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album art <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The image that appears on the front of an album or custom collection. album list <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A page that has a comprehensive list of all the albums in a community. Alcohol <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content descriptor developed by Microsoft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alcohol and\/or Tobacco <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content descriptor developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alcohol Reference <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).<\/span><\/p>\n

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ALE <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An operation of Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which provides enforcement for security policies by, in each case, trapping the event, determine what application initiated it, and query the filter engine to determine whether the socket should be allowed to proceed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alef Hamza <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single Arabic character that represents the two-character combination Alef plus Hamza.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alef Lam <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Analogous to the English word the.’ Can be ignored when sorting text in tables in several Microsoft Office programs when enabled for right-to-left features.’ alef maqsoora <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A contextual variant of the Arabic letter alef.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An event that is shown to the administrator within a DPS application user interface as a result of DPS monitoring. Three types of alerts are possible: critical, information, and warning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An audible or visual warning signal, generated by a computer, indicating that a threshold has been or is about to be breached.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that notifies a user when there is a change to posted content, workflow status, or when other user-defined criteria are met.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To notify by means of an alert that a particular event has occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A notification that is displayed to a user when user-defined criteria are met. alert <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature available in Business Applications that notifies a user by e-mail when there is a change to an item, document, list, or library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A class of notification of significance to a user. An alert message is a notification that is generated by a user-defined rule designed to notify a user of an event, condition, or status.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A notification on the app bar that is displayed to the user to perform a system- based action. For example, password expiration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert box <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An on-screen box, in a graphical user interface, that is used to deliver a message or warning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert criteria <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The criteria that, if met, trigger an alert.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert forwarding <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process which forwards alerts from zone configuration group to master configuration group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert history <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of the alerts that a Windows Live Messenger customer has received.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert latency <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The delay between when an alert is raised and when an alert is<\/span><\/p>\n

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displayed on the MOM console.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name of a MOM alert.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert owner <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The person who is assigned the alert and who is working on it. alert rule <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A specification of the set of conditions that, when met, will trigger a notification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alert severity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The property of an alert indicating its seriousness. Examples include Service Unavailable, Security Issue, Critical Error, Error, Warning, Information, and Success.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alert Source <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The control that specifies the user-defined alert source name. If no name is defined, the default is the event source name.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alert view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A view in the Operations console that displays the alerts that the console user has the rights to see about a specific object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alerter service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service used by the server and other services to notify selected users and computers of administrative alerts that occur on a computer. alerting threshold <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A threshold, measured in milliseconds, that Application Performance Monitoring (APM) uses to determine if an event must be reported. APM measures the processing time of an entry point (a top-level function) and reports an event if the alerting threshold is exceeded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alerts manager <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows someone to manage their Windows Live alerts. algorithm <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A rule or procedure for solving a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alias <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The portion of the e-mail address that appears to the left of the @ symbol. alias <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An alternative label for some object, such as a file or data collection. alias <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An additional name that can be used to access a specific port. alias <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An attribute of the schema element in CSDL and SSDL schemas that can be substituted for the full namespace to shorten element references in the schema. alias <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A link to any item accessible on your computer or on a network, such as a program or application, file, folder, disk drive, printer, or another computer. You can put shortcuts in various areas, such as on the desktop, on the Start menu, or in specific folders. alias type <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user-defined data type based on one of the SQL Server system data types that can specify a certain data type, length, and nullability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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align <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To adjust some device to position it within specified tolerances, such as the read\/write head relative to a track on a disk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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align <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To position objects or text relative to some point, such as the page margin. align <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0In data handling, to store multiple-byte data units so that the respective bytes fall in corresponding locations of memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alignment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The consistent positioning of text, graphics, and other objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alignment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A condition whereby an index is built on the same partition scheme as that of its corresponding table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alignment box <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The rectangle that appears around shapes and objects from other applications as you move them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alignment guide <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A line that is used to help line up figures with common locations on the page, such as the top of paragraphs or page margins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alignment tab <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tab character that can be inserted in headers and footers for aligning data relative to the margin or indent. If you change the margin\/indent, the text is realigned automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alipay <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An online escrow payment service in China that allows customers to complete financial transactions after verifying goods purchased are delivered as promised. All Activity Associated View <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A view in CRM that displays all activities associated with an entity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All Contacts <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The default contact group that Communicator displays when the user has not created any contact groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All rights reserved. <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A statement indicating that the copyright holder reserves, or holds for their own use, all the rights provided by copyright law, such as distribution, performance, and creation of derivative works; that is, they have not waived any such right.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The link to the overview page of all Windows Live, MSN, and Microsoft products on offer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AllBits <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Windows delivery technology that provides an edition upgrade -\u0393\u00e9\u00bcrepath- \u0393\u00e9\u00bc? where customers and OEMs can move from a lower to a higher edition within an edition family on an active installed OS. An example would be a Retail edition family that includes Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate, and which allows for easier moves between editions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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all-in-one card reader <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A flash card reader with slots that support the majority of card formats without the need of either a camera adaptor or external power. allocate <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To assign a portion of a resource for a particular use or purpose. allocate <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To assign Skype features (such as Skype Credit, a Skype Number, or subscriptions) to the members of Skype Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allocation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In operating systems, the process of reserving memory for use by a program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allocation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of distributing amounts (monetary or statistical) to one or more accounts, fields, or records.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allocation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The percentage of a resource’s capacity that is designated for a specific assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allocation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An assignment of a portion of a resource for a particular use or purpose. allocation rule <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A rule for the source, destination, and calculation of allocation amounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allocation Type <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A drop-down list that lets you select whether the customer is entitled to service based on the number of cases that are generated for the customer, or the number of hours that are spent on the customer’s cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allocation unit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. allocation unit <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of pages that can be operated on as a whole. Pages belonging to an allocation unit are tracked by Index Allocation Map (IAM) pages. An allocation unit<\/span><\/p>\n

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consists of the IAM page chain and all pages marked allocated in that IAM page chain. An allocation unit can contain at most a single IAM chain, and an IAM chain must belong to one, and only one, allocation unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allotment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A portion or unit of something that has been reserved for a particular use. allotment remaining <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The number of units of allotted service that remain in the service contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allotment type <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of service, such as a case or a range of coverage dates, specified in a service contract that indicates how much access a customer has to customer service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allotment used <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The number of units of allotted service that have been used. Allotments Remaining <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A field in the contract line dialog where the user enters the number of allotments remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allotments Used <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A field in the contract line dialog where the user enters the number of allotments used.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allow <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A permission setting that permits a person or domain to add the user to contact lists, see the user’s status, or send instant messages to the user.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allow <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To permit someone else to perform an action. For example, to let someone else see your online status, send you messages, or see your public Messenger information. Allow list <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of users, accounts, Web sites, etc. that are permitted to perform certain actions on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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allow list <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of users, accounts, Web sites, etc. that are permitted to perform certain actions on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allow Partially Trusted Callers Attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An attribute that tells the CLR to remove the implicit LinkDemands. By default, strongly named, fully trusted assemblies are given an implicit LinkDemand for FullTrust on every public and protected method of every publicly visible class. Essentially, any code that someone outside of your assembly could use as an entry point into your code is protected with this demand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allow phrase <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A custom word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to enable the processing of e-mail messages to Exchange Server 2007 mailbox users that contain specific words or phrases.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allow Unknown Sender <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Boolean field for the Convert Rule entity that shows whether items from an unknown sender need to be converted to a case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allow User Opt-Out option <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The option on the Spam Filter page for turning off spam and virus filtering at the individual user level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allow Users to Log in to Spam Quarantine option <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The option on the Spam Quarantine page that controls access to the Spam Quarantine Web site for a specific user. allowed domains <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Domains or parts of domains that are added to an allow list by the user, allowing communication between an application and certain domains while blocking connections from other domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Allowed Values Collection Editor <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A custom collection editor dialog box in Visual Studio .NET that developers use to define the set of allowed values for a custom property of the type selection.’ This dialog box opens when you click the ellipsis [] button in the value field of the AllowedValues property in the Custom Property Definition Collection Editor dialog box.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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alpha <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A very early release of a product to get preliminary feedback about the feature set and usability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alpha <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a pixel’s opacity. A pixel with the maximum alpha value is opaque, one with a value of zero is transparent, and one with an intermediate value is translucent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alpha blending <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In computer graphics, a technique that causes a foreground image to appear partially transparent over a background image. The technique blends the background image with partially transparent pixels in the foreground image by performing a weighted average of the color components of the two images.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alpha channel <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The opacity of an image defined by an alpha value per pixel interleaved with the color components (for example ARGB) an alpha value per pixel stored in a separate alpha surface or a constant alpha value for the entire surface. alpha mask <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A path or shape that is applied to another object. The transparent portions of the path represent areas where the underlying image is hidden, whereas the opaque portions of the mask indicate where the masked object is allowed alpha premultiplied <\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to the technique of scaling the three color components of a sample by alpha before storing their values. This saves many mathematical steps when alpha blending two images. For the PMARGB32 pixel format, all color values are alpha premultiplied.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alpha test <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of post-pixel blending operation which allows applications to control when pixels are written to the render target.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alpha version <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A very early release of a product to get preliminary feedback about the feature set and usability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alphabetical <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Arranged in order according to the letters of the alphabet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alphanumeric <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Consisting of letters or digits, or both, and sometimes including control characters, space characters, and other special characters. alphanumeric mode <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A display mode in which the monitor can display letters, numbers, and other text characters but no graphical images or WYSIWYG (what-you-see- is-what-you-get’) character formatting (italics<\/span><\/p>\n

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ALT key <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A keyboard key that is used in conjunction with another key to produce<\/span><\/p>\n

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some special feature or function and is typically marked with the letters Alt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alt text <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The text string that appears in place of an image when a Web page is loading,<\/span><\/p>\n

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when graphics are not being displayed, or when users pause on the image itself with their<\/span><\/p>\n

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mouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alt. Rock <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 40.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternate <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A potential word match for a segment of ink.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternate access mapping <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An alternate URL mapping that Windows SharePoint Services preserves in the mapping table. It is the URL a user would see, but is not a URL that IIS would give to WSS.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternate account <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An additional user account that is in a different domain, but within the same forest as the primary account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternate currency <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The currency unit used on a site to convert and format a second currency for dual display.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternate e-mail address <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An e-mail address to which password reset information can be sent if a customer forgets the password portion of their Windows Live ID. alternate key <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A candidate key that is not designated as the primary key and is used to uniquely identify records in a database table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternate list <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of alternate words that you can use to correct recognition errors on the writing pad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alternate Question <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A key word or phrase that customers may use instead of the article question (title) when searching the Support Portal for the same or similar content. alternate recipient <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An e-mail account to which e-mail messages are forwarded. A user can bundle e-mail messages addressed to different accounts by using a single alternate recipient for all the accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternating current <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Electric current that reverses its direction of flow (polarity) periodically according to a frequency measured in hertz, or cycles per second. The rapid change from positive to negative electricity of 60 or more times each second.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alternating Flow <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A SmartArt graphic layout used to show groups of information or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow. Emphasizes the interaction or relationships among the groups of information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alternative <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternative text <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Text displayed by Web browsers during image downloads for users who have graphics turned off, and for users who rely on screen-reading software to convert graphics on the screen to spoken words.<\/span><\/p>\n

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alternative text <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The text string that appears in place of an image when a Web page is loading, when graphics are not being displayed, or when users pause on the image itself with their mouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Altstoff Recycling Austria AG notification <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A report of packaging materials used for manufactured products, as required by Austrian regulation. Altstoff Recycling Austria AG is an Austrian waste management organization that collects and recycles packaging material.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ALU <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component of a microprocessor chip used for arithmetic, comparative, and logical functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Always Move gallery <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A gallery that allows users to create a quick rule to move mail to a selected folder based on the sender, recipients, or conversation of the currently selected e-mail message without opening the full Create Rule dialog.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Always on Top <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A user interface element that causes the application window to always be displayed over other open windows on the computer, even when it does not have focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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always-on <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0An internet connection which remains on 24\/7 such as- ADSL- orcable, rather than only connecting on demand like a dialup.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AlwaysOn Availability Groups <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A high-availability and disaster-recovery solution that provides protection for a set of user databases across multiple machines and data centers using SQL Server to replicate the data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amazon Device Messaging <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A service that allows sending push notifications from the cloud to Amazon devices to help engage with customers and create new opportunities for monetization with apps or games.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amazon Web Services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A collection of remote computing services that make up a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ambient <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ambient context <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pattern that provides a place to store scope or context related information or functionality that automatically follows the flow of execution between execution scopes or domains.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ambient light <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of light that appears as if it is coming from all directions. Use this when you want to light all objects evenly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ambient Light Indicator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An administration application to help you find lighting issues that affect a smaller area of the Surface screen. This tool can help you adjust the lighting or the unit position. You should use this tool every time that the Surface unit is moved to a new location or lighting is modified significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ambient light sensor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of light sensor that tracks ambient light in the surroundings and therefore the amount of backlight needed for the LCD screen to be adjusted accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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American National Standards Institute <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A voluntary, nonprofit organization of U.S. business and industry groups formed in 1918 for the development of trade and communication standards. ANSI is the American representative of the International Standards Organization and has developed recommendations for the use of programming languages including FORTRAN, C, and COBOL.<\/span><\/p>\n

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A standard single-byte character encoding scheme used for text-based data. ASCII uses designated 7-bit or 8-bit number combinations to represent either 128 or 256 possible characters. Standard ASCII uses 7 bits to represent all uppercase and lowercase letters, the numbers 0 through 9, punctuation marks, and special control characters used in U.S. English. Most current x86- based systems support the use of extended (or high’) ASCII. Extended ASCII allows the eighth bit of each character to identify an additional 128 special symbol characters AMO <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of .NET namespaces included with Analysis Services, used to provide administrative functionality for client applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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amortize <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To gradually write off the regular portion of the cost of an asset over the projected life of the asset.<\/span><\/p>\n

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amount <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A definite magnitude of currency, a quantity of currency, or an indefinite magnitude of an uncountable substance or quality. ampersand <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The & character.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AMPERSAND <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The & character.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AMS <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure service that allows you to create workflows for the creation, management, and distribution of digital media.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AMT <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Intel networking management technology that is supported by Configuration Manager out of band management, which enables a Configuration Manager administrator to manage desktop computers independently from the Configuration Manager client or the computer operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analog <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to the traditional format in which audio and video are transmitted by using a wave or analog signal. An analog signal may not work with digital speakers; computers use digital signals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analogous colors <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Colors that are directly next to each other on the color wheel. Each color has two analogous colors (one on each side of it).<\/span><\/p>\n

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analogue copy protection <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A form of rights management based on technology developed by Macrovision, which prevents analogue output to be played back from VHS tape.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analysis <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In conceptual design, the breaking down and examination of business and user information into use cases and scenarios documenting work processes. In logical design, the identification of services, objects, attributes, and relationships from scenarios. In physical design, the examination of physical constraints of the infrastructure and the physical requirements of the application to select candidate implementation technologies and to draft a preliminary deployment model.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysis Management Objects <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of .NET namespaces included with Analysis Services, used to provide administrative functionality for client applications. Analysis Server <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The server component of Analysis Services that is specifically designed to create and maintain multidimensional data structures and provide multidimensional data in response to client queries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysis Services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of Microsoft SQL Server that supports online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining for business intelligence applications. Analysis Services organizes data from a data warehouse into cubes with precalculated aggregation data to provide rapid answers to complex analytical queries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysis Services Connector <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A client agent that enables Power BI to connect to on-premises SQL Server Analysis Services instances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analyst <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Lowest level of user roles. Analysts can see the solution content and review sentiments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analytic chart <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A report type that displays cube data in a visual, interactive chart format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analytic grid <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A report type that displays cube data in a visual, interactive tabular format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analytical data <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Data that provides the values that are associated with spatial data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For example, spatial data defines the locations of cities in an area whereas analytical data provides the population for each city.<\/span><\/p>\n

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analytics dashboard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A dashboard that monitors and tracks the trend of users’ Yammer participation and activities so that organizations can see how their Yammer network is being used.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analytics Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service that performs analytics processing for search in SharePoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analytics Unit Hours <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unit of measure for Business Analytics in Azure. ancestor <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ancestor category <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A category that is closer to the root category through one or more parent-child relationships. A parent category is an ancestor category, as is the parent of the parent, and so forth<\/span><\/p>\n

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ancestor element <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anchor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A location or selection of text in a file that you name for reference purposes. Bookmarks identify a location within your file that you can later refer or link to. anchor <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A format code in a desktop publishing or word processing document that keeps an element in the document, such as a figure or a caption or a label associated with the figure, in a certain position in the document. The anchored object is generally attached to another element in the document.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anchor <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To manipulate an interface element, such as a toolbar, so that it maintains the relative position to the anchored edges, when the display orientation or size changes. anchor cap <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A line cap where the width of the cap is bigger than the width of the line. anchor member <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The first invocation of a recursive CTE consists of one or more CTE_query_definition joined by UNION ALL, UNION, EXCEPT or INTERSECT operators. Because these query definitions form the base result set of the CTE structure, they are referred to as anchor members.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anchor plugin <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A gatherer plug-in that is responsible for indexing the anchor text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anchor text is an important feature in the ranking of the search results in v3.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anchor point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The starting point for a selected range of objects. An anchor point is<\/span><\/p>\n

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usually established at the object logically nearest the hot spot of a mouse pointer when a<\/span><\/p>\n

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user presses a mouse button or touches the tip of a pen to the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anchor point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A point in space that is used to align other objects, or used to determine<\/span><\/p>\n

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the fixed points or edges in other objects when they are resized.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anchor Volume Descriptor Pointer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A part of the UDF file system necessary to identify the required blocks in order to interpret the file system. anchor window <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A small window that can appear in the lower-right corner of the screen when Windows Media Player is in skin mode. You can use the window to return to full mode and access other commands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AND <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A logical operation combining the values of two bits (0, 1) or two Boolean values (false, true) that returns a value of 1 (true) if both input values are 1 (true) and returns a 0 (false) otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Android <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Android <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0A popular operating system for- smartphones- and- tablets, owned by Google. Android China <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An operating system for mobile devices based on Google’s Android as an independent development by Baidu, the dominant search engine operator in China.<\/span><\/p>\n

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angle brackets <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The <> characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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angle of rotation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The angle of the orientation of a shape’s local coordinate system with respect to its parent coordinate system. The angle of rotation is specified in the Angle cell of the Shape Transform section in a ShapeSheet spreadsheet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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angular unit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unit in which angles are expressed in ShapeSheet cells.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ANI <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that identifies the phone number where a call originates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animate <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To add a special visual or sound effect to text or an object. For example, you can have your text bullet points fly in from the left, one word at a time, or hear the sound of applause when a picture is uncovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animated background <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A background that changes appearance through the display of a sequential set of images contained in a single file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Animated Blood <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).<\/span><\/p>\n

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animated GIF <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A series of graphic images in GIF format, displayed sequentially in a single location to give the appearance of a moving picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record of synthetic, successive still images that produce an illusion of movement when played back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation effect <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A special visual or sound effect added to text or an object. For instance, a user can have the text bullet points fly in from the left, one word at a time, or hear the sounds of applause when a picture is uncovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation interpolation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A kind of interpolation that animates the property values between successive key times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Animation Library <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A library that developers can use in their applications throughout the new Windows user interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation manager <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A core component of an animation application and the central programmatic interface for managing (creating, scheduling, and controlling) animations.- Animation Painter <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0A feature that replicates the animation associated with a source object to one or more target objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation resource <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An animation storyboard that is encapsulated in such a way that it can be reused elsewhere in your application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation scheme <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Adds preset visual effects to text on slides. Ranging from subtle to exciting, each scheme usually includes an effect for the slide title and an effect that is applied to bullets or paragraphs on a slide.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation style <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An abstract grouping of similar animation effects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation timer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component to provide timing services used in conjunction with the animation manager. It dynamically throttles the frame rate based on application and system load or in low-power mode.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation trigger <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An animation option that can be set so that the animation plays when a specified item is clicked.<\/span><\/p>\n

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animation workspace <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user interface area where animations are composed. anniversary date <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The calendar date which signifies the date on which an event occurred in some previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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annotation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A note or comment attached to some part of a document to provide related information. Some applications support voice annotations or annotations accessible by icons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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annotation file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file that contains annotations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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annotational property <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A property that is maintained by Metadata Services as string data that can be attached to any repository object that exposes the IAnnotationalProps interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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announced transfer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The act of sending the current phone call to a third person and speaking to the third person first before disconnecting from the call.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Announcement <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft Dynamics CRM component that is used to communicate text information in a bulletin-board fashion to an organization. Announcements <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Settings sub-area where you can configure the publication settings for internal business news and notices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Annual Report Preparation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A template that addresses, from a Finance & Accounting view, the general activities that define a typical effort to prepare an Annual Financial Report.- Includes activities focused on obtaining the necessary information from multiple departments, to working with other departments (e.g., Legal and Public Relations) to ensure all required information is presented accurately, and up through the printing and distribution process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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annual revenue <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The income that an account generates in one year as the result of buying or selling goods and services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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annunciator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An effect that is applied to an existing element on the taskbar to indicate that a user notification is active.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A condition in which an individual’s true identity is unknown. anonymizer <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Software or web service that provides an anonymous proxy designed to make user identity untraceable.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0On the Internet, the standard login name used to obtain access to a public FTP file archive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a process or content that is not associated with an identifiable user or originator.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous allowed meeting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A meeting in which users without Active Directory credentials are allowed to attend so long as they have a valid conference key and pass Digest authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous binding <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A way of binding to a directory where users can access only a limited area of the directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous FTP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of internet file transfer that allows user to access a remote computer without having to establish an account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous FTP authentication <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A protocol that makes it possible for a user to retrieve documents, files, programs, and other archived data from anywhere on the Internet without having to establish a logon name and password.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous logon <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user who has connected to the computer without supplying a user name and password.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A practical language construct that allows programmers to create code blocks that can be encapsulated in a delegate and executed at a later time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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They are based on a language concept called a lambda function and are similar to those found in Lisp and Python.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous replica <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A special type of replica in which you don’t keep track of individual users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous subscription <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of pull subscription for which detailed information about the subscription and the Subscriber is not stored.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous type <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A class type whose name is generated by the compiler and that inherits directly from Object. Members of an anonymous type are properties that are inferred from the object initializer that creates instances of the type. anonymous user <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A non-validated user who is not recognized by the server, and who can only access published folders and address lists.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous user <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user who accesses content on a Web site without providing a user login name and password.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous user <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An external user who does not have credentials in the Active Directory Domain Services. Unlike a federated user, an anonymous user is not authenticated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anonymous user access <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The ability to gain access to a Web server on which one does not have an account.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ANSI character set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An 8-bit character set used by Microsoft Windows that allows you to represent up to 256 characters (0 through 255) by using your keyboard. The ASCII character set is a subset of the ANSI set.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ANSI SQL query mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of two types of SQL syntax: ANSI-89 SQL (also called Microsoft Jet SQL and ANSI SQL), which is the traditional Jet SQL syntax; and ANSI-92 SQL, which has new and different reserved words, syntax rules, and wildcard characters. ANSI X.12 <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A message format developed by the American National Standards Institute for electronic data interchange (EDI). X.12 is used primarily in the United States. answer <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A User Interface (UI) element that initiates the process of accepting an incoming telephone call.<\/span><\/p>\n

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answer <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To accept an incoming telephone call.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer Desk <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The primary one-to-one support offering for Microsoft consumer products and software.<\/span><\/p>\n

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answer file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file that automates Windows Setup. This file enables the configuration of Windows settings, the addition and removal of components, and many Windows Setup tasks, such as disk configuration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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answer file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A text file that stores the information that a user provides through the Setup wizard, along with the command-line arguments for the actions performed by Setup. This file- can be used later to run unattended installations with the same settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer Tech <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft technical expert who provides one-to-one support through Answer Desk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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answering router <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The router that answers the demand-dial connection attempt (the VPN server).<\/span><\/p>\n

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antialiasing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software technique for smoothing the jagged appearance of curved or diagonal lines caused by poor resolution on a display screen. Methods of anti-aliasing include surrounding pixels with intermediate shades and manipulating the size and horizontal alignment of the pixels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anti-aliasing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software technique for smoothing the jagged appearance of curved or diagonal lines caused by poor resolution on a display screen. Methods of anti-aliasing include surrounding pixels with intermediate shades and manipulating the size and horizontal alignment of the pixels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anti-bullying supervision policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0E-mail policy settings that administrators use to prevent a bully from sending e-mail messages to specific people by adding the bully’s e\u252c\u00a1mail address as an entry on the victim’s’ supervision list. This functionality supports anti\u252c\u00a1harassment policies in schools and other organizations.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Antigen Administrator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The program used by an administrator to configure and run Antigen, either locally or remotely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Antigen Service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The configuration and monitoring agent on the server to which the Antigen Administrator connects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Antigen Spam Manager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An add-on module for Antigen, used to minimize the number of spam e-mail messages that enter the Exchange environments. anti-hammering <\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0A type of software or hardware method that increases the difficulty and cost of a key search attack on a PIN or password.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antimalware policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of protection settings that are applied to collections of client computers to specify how Endpoint Protection protects them from malware and other threats, including information about the scan schedule, the types of files and folders to scan, and the actions to take when malware is detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antimalware program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer program designed to detect and respond to malicious software, such as viruses and worms. Responses may include blocking user access to infected files, cleaning infected files or systems, or informing the user that an infected program was detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antimalware software <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer program designed to detect and respond to malicious software, such as viruses and worms. Responses may include blocking user access to infected files, cleaning infected files or systems, or informing the user that an infected program was detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anti-phishing <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to methods employed to protect users from phishing. anti-shake <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An image stabilization technique that’s used to reduce the appearance of camera shake in a video image.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anti-shake feature <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An image stabilization technique that’s used to reduce the<\/span><\/p>\n

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appearance of camera shake in a video image.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antispam <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0An antispam program is used to filter out email- spam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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anti-spam stamping <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Functionality in Exchange Server 2007 that helps the<\/span><\/p>\n

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messaging administrator diagnose spam-related problems by applying diagnostic<\/span><\/p>\n

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antispyware <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A general class of software used to detect spyware and sometimes remove it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antispyware program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program used to detect spyware and sometimes remove it. antispyware software <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A general class of software used to detect spyware and sometimes remove it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antivirus <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0Software which protects computers from viruses and suchlike. Has to be updated frequently to keep up with the latest threats, so is usually sold with a subscription which enables you to download updates from the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antivirus engine <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer program that identifies viruses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antivirus program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer program designed to detect and respond to malicious software, such as viruses and worms. Responses may include blocking user access to infected files, cleaning infected files or systems, or informing the user that an infected program was detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antivirus software <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer program designed to detect and respond to malicious software, such as viruses and worms. Responses may include blocking user access to infected files, cleaning infected files or systems, or informing the user that an infected program was detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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antivirus stamping <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mechanism that helps reduce the volume of antivirus scanning that is required across an organization by stamping messages that have been scanned for viruses with metadata that indicates the version of the antivirus software that performed the scan and the result of that scan. This metadata, or stamp<\/span><\/p>\n

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antivirus update <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Periodic update from software manufacturers to their antivirus software.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Any Character <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A menu item that allows the user to search a string based on a wildcard for a character, when the number of letters is known. Example: The search for D*O** will return all five-letter words that begin with a D and where O is the third letter. Any Character, 0 or More Matches <\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A menu item that allows the user to search a string based on a wildcard for a character. Example: The search for D*O** will return all words that begin with a D and where O is the third letter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Any Digit <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A menu item that allows the user to search a string based on a wildcard that substitutes a digit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anywhere Access <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A collection of product and platform remote access technologies that enable users anywhere on the Internet to access information located behind the corporate firewall.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AO <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board<\/span><\/p>\n

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AOL exploit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of trojan that attacks users of the AOL Internet service, often by retrieving passwords or modifying settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AOT <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A navigable view of the element objects in an application model.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AP East <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Asia Pacific East region within the Azure region taxonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AP Southeast <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Asia Pacific Southeast region within the Azure region taxonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apache Cordova <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function for building native mobile applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apache Storm <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A distributed, fault-tolerant, open source computation system that allows you to process data in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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apartment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of one or more COM objects in a process. A COM object lives in exactly one apartment, in the sense that its methods can legally be directly called only by a thread that belongs to that apartment. Any other thread that wants to call the object must go through a proxy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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apartment threading <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A COM threading model where all calls to an object occur on one thread. In apartment threading, COM synchronizes and marshals calls. apartment threading model <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A COM threading model where all calls to an object occur on one thread. In apartment threading, COM synchronizes and marshals calls. apartment-threaded component <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A COM component that resides on a single thread of execution. Apartment-threaded components rely on COM to synchronize calls to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All COM objects created with Visual Basic are apartment threaded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APC <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A function call that executes separately from an executing program when a set of enabling conditions exist. After the conditions have been met, the operating system’s kernel issues a software interrupt and directs the executing program to execute the call. aperture <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A small, circular opening inside the lens that can change in diameter to control the amount of light reaching the camera’s sensor as a picture is taken. The aperture diameter is expressed in f-stops; the lower the number, the larger the aperture. aperture <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In photography, the diameter of the aperture expressed in terms of the focal length of the camera lens. The greater the f-number, the less light reaches the film and the more in focus the objects in the foreground and the background will be. For example, with an f-number = 16 the objects in the far background will be in focus. Whereas, with an f- number = 2 the background will be blurry (while foreground objects are in focus). aperture priority <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode in many digital cameras that allows users to adjust the aperture value to their own liking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aperture value <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In photography, the diameter of the aperture expressed in terms of the focal length of the camera lens. The greater the f-number, the less light reaches the film and the more in focus the objects in the foreground and the background will be. For example, with an f-number = 16 the objects in the far background will be in focus. Whereas, with an f-number = 2 the background will be blurry (while foreground objects are in focus).<\/span><\/p>\n

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API <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of routines that an application uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer’s or device’s operating system. These routines usually carry out maintenance tasks such as managing files and displaying information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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API call <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A transition from user to kernel mode.<\/span><\/p>\n

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API contract <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An atomic set of APIs (regardless of Windows app model) that provides a specific Windows platform capability.?<\/span><\/p>\n

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API function <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application programming interface (API) routine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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API Management <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service type of the App Services service that enables organizations to control access, control and reporting of public and private APIs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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API server cursor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server cursor that is built to support the cursor functions of an API, such as ODBC, OLE DB, ADO, and DB-Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APIC <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A programmable interrupt controller (PIC) that provides multiprocessor interrupt management. An APIC incorporates both static and dynamic symmetric interrupt distribution across all processors. It usually has more available interrupt lines than a typical PIC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APIPA <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A TCP\/IP feature in WindowsXP and Windows Server2003 that<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatically configures a unique IP address from the range 169.254.0.1 through 169.254.255.254 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 when the TCP\/IP protocol is configured for dynamic addressing and a DHCP server is not available. The APIPA range of IP addresses is reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use on a single subnet, and IP addresses within this range are not used on the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An older power management technology used in mobile PCs before the implementation of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). Advanced Power Management is a software interface that functions between the BIOS power- management software that is specific to the hardware and a power-management policy driver that is run by the operating system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of collecting information about software performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APM agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An agent that resides on a monitored system and gathers exception and performance information from a monitored application and reports it to the APM service. APN <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name of the access point used to establish wireless connectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APNs <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Apple service that lets you send push notifications to iOS apps. apostrophe <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The \u0393\u00c7\u00ff character (user-typed text).<\/span><\/p>\n

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apostrophe <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The \u0393\u00c7\u00ff character (publishing character).<\/span><\/p>\n

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APOSTROPHE <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The \u0393\u00c7\u00ff character (user-typed text).<\/span><\/p>\n

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app <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of instructions that a computer or device uses to perform a specific task, such as word processing, accounting, or data management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app bar <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A UI element that appears along the top or bottom edge of the screen and may include app commands or navigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app bundle <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of app packages and shared app package resources for a single app.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Catalog <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A SharePoint document library that administrators can use to distribute apps for Office and SharePoint to their end users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app command <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A function relevant to an app in use that is displayed on the app bar. app compat <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The concept of ensuring that older applications still run correctly under newer operating systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Connect <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that highlights relevant apps for the user, depending on what they are doing on the phone or looking for in search.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App connector <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A hidden utility or app that works in the background to connect Windows features to a 3rd party service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app container <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A runtime environment for Windows Store apps that’s designed to minimize app impact on the computer by placing runtime restrictions on what apps can do. app Context Menu <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The system user interface provided for cut, copy, and paste. app contract <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A contract between apps. App contracts include App to app picking, Play to, Print, Search, Send, Setting, Sharing (Share source and Share target).<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Controller Library <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single logical representation of all library objects from registered clouds from VMM and Microsoft Azure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app custom action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of custom action that is added to a host site by an app for SharePoint and that links to more functionality that is contained by the app. app data storage <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An isolated data store specific to a particular application and user. App Default Config resource <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Commerce Server resource with site-level properties, managed through Commerce Server Manager. Use App Default Config to set properties that determine site functionality in areas such as currency options, billing options, and BizTalk Server integration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app description <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Product Description Page that provides a composite view of all the details that a consumer needs to determine if they want to buy a particular app. This page typically includes the title, publisher name, language support, device support, price point, screen shots, ratings, and reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app for Windows 8 <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An app that targets Windows 8. It could be a Windows Store app or a desktop app.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app host <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The hosting environment for Windows Store apps that use<\/span><\/p>\n

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JavaScript\/HTML; it plays a role in activation, deactivation, event\/SQM logging,<\/span><\/p>\n

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configuration, security, and other functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app ID <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An identification number for a software application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app installer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A developer tool that installs Windows Store apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app launcher <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The icon on the upper-left corner of the Office 365 suite. The icon is<\/span><\/p>\n

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the entry point to all Office 365 services for which the user has a valid subscription, and to<\/span><\/p>\n

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the Admin center (only if the user is an admin).<\/span><\/p>\n

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App list <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An alphabetical list of apps on the phone, accessed from the Start menu; not labeled in the UI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app listing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The description data of a single app that is rendered for display in the consumer side of the store. It consists of several pages of info that provide a composite view of all the details a consumer needs to determine if they want to buy the app. An app listing typically includes the app’s name, the publisher’s name, language support, device support, price tier, screen shots, age rating and customer reviews. The web-based version of this is called an app listing page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app localizer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A developer tool that is used to create localizable resources for an app. app manifest <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML file that specifies the characteristics of an application. This includes metadata for the application, dependencies on other packages, and capabilities required by the app.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Model <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A model that defines characteristics of Windows Store apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Monitor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A dashboard where admins can track the overall health of the apps in a site collection or tenancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name of a product in the store that appears to customers. To the end user, this is the name of the product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app package <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file that contains the app manifest, executable files, text and image resource files, and other files that make up the app for a single platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Package Deployment Client DLL <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A DLL that deploys .appx packages. app package signing <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of adding a secure digital Authenticode signature to an app package before it is available in the Windows Store. The digital signature shows who signed the package, that the signer is recognized by the client as a trusted source, and that the content of the package was not changed after it was signed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Package Sysprep <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A utility that prepares the operating system for an installation of an app package.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app packager <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A developer tool to build appx packages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app part <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component of an app for SharePoint that can be embedded on a site page to expose the functionality of the app.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app preview <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A placeholder on the Start screen that represents an app not yet installed on the PC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app proceeds <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Receipts after the Windows Store fee has been subtracted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app proceeds since last payment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Receipts after the Windows Store fee has been subtracted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app proceeds to date <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Receipts after the Windows Store fee has been subtracted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Service Logic Apps <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of App Service that automates the access and use of data across clouds without writing code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Service Mobile Apps <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of App Service that allows developers to create mobile apps that engage employees, partners, and customers on any device at any time. App Service Web Apps <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of App Service that allows developers to create and deploy business-scalable mission-critical web apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The family of application services in Microsoft Azure to allow users to brand and distribute their applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app step <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow step whose actions can read from and write to all items in a site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Summary <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Collected data about an app, such as analytics of download, usage, in-application transaction, customer ratings provided by the Windows Store developer portal. This type of information helps developers clearly understand how their applications are doing in the Windows market.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app switch <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of Internet Explorer 10 that allows users to easily switch between websites and their corresponding apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Switcher <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that displays the recently used apps that can be accessed by pressing and holding the Back hardware button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app switching <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The functionality that allows users to switch back to recently used apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app tile <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tile on the Start screen, as defined in its manifest. An app can only have<\/span><\/p>\n

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one app tile, but it can have multiple secondary tiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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app title <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name a developer provides for their application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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App Update <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Windows Store service that enables end users to update apps one at a time or all at the same time for all apps purchased through the Windows Store. app web <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A subweb site to which the SharePoint components of an app are deployed when the app is installed on a host web.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APPC <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An IBM Systems Network Architecture communications method that uses the LU 6.2 protocol to establish, manage, and terminate network communication between programs in a distributed computing environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AppCompat database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A database that contains a list of applications that may have potential compatibility problems and remedies. When an application starts, Windows checks this database to configure system options to minimize compatibility problems. AppDomain <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A boundary that the common language runtime establishes around objects created within the same application scope (that is, anywhere along the sequence of object activations beginning with the application entry point). Application domains help isolate objects created in one application from those created in other applications so that run-time behavior is predictable. Multiple application domains can exist in a single process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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appealing <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Compelling and\/or attractive in appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Appear Away <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An item on the user’s My Status menu that can be selected while signed in to make it appear to other users that he or she is currently away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Appear Offline <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The item on the user’s My Status menu that the user can select while signed in to make it appear to other users that he or she is currently offline.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Appear offline <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The status menu item that makes it appear to the user’s contacts that he or she is currently offline.<\/span><\/p>\n

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append <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To place or insert as an attachment by adding data to the end of a file or database or extending a character string.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Append <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An access right available in Microsoft Dynamics CRM that enables users to attach an entity instance to the selected entity instance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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append query <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An action query that adds the records in a query’s result set to the end of an existing table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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appender <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In the logging framework, the part of logger configuration files containing parameters that control the logging of each logger to trace logs sent automatically to Application Insights and explore and search on them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The 1.1 version of Windows Server AppFabric which contains: read-through and write-behind provider support, graceful shutdown, domain account support, new ASP.NET session state and output caching providers, compression, and multiple cache client application configuration sections. Apple <\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0The Apple Corporation makes the only successful mass-market personal computer which doesn’t use Microsoft Windows, theMac, and the phenomenally successful- iPhone- (smartphone),iPod- (music player) and- iPad- (tablet).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apple QuickTime <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Software components developed by Apple for creating, editing, publishing, and viewing multimedia content. QuickTime, which supports video, animation, graphics, 3-D, VR (virtual reality), MIDI, music, sound, and text, has been part of the Mac OS since version 7 of the operating system and is used in many Macintosh applications. Windows applications can also run QuickTime files but require the installation of special player software. QuickTime is often used on the Web to provide Web pages with video and animation. Most Web browsers support plug-ins for running these types of files. QuickTime is also part of the new MPEG-4 specification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AppleShare File Server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A remote filing system protocol that provides a standard means for a workstation on an AppleTalk network to access and manipulate files on an AFP-implemented server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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applet <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A small piece of code that can be transported over the Internet and executed on the recipient’s machine. The term is especially used to refer to such programs as they are embedded in line as objects in HTML documents on the World Wide Web.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Applet <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0A small program used to carry out a particular task, usually on a web page. AppleTalk <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Apple Computer network architecture and network protocols. A network that has Macintosh clients and a computer running Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT Server with Services for Macintosh functions as an AppleTalk network. AppleTalk Protocol suite <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The set of network protocols on which AppleTalk network architecture is based. The AppleTalk Protocol is installed with Services for Macintosh to help users access resources on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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applicability rule <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A rule used by an update agent to determine whether the update is needed by a given computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Applicable to <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A field on the cross-campaign rules page where a person can specify<\/span><\/p>\n

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what the rule applies to. The choices are Contacts’ and \u0393\u00c7\u00ffEmail address.\u0393\u00c7\u00a5<\/span><\/p>\n

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applicant <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A person who makes a formal written or electronic request to work for or fill an open position in an organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of instructions that a computer or device uses to perform a specific task, such as word processing, accounting, or data management. application <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Commerce Server application is a logical representation of an application in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS); it appears in both Commerce Server Manager and the IIS console trees. In the IIS console tree an application is either at the root directory level of the Web site or at a subdirectory level of the Web site. application <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The container for your company’s PerformancePoint Planning business model definitions, predefined and user-defined dimensions, the mappings that connect these business model definitions with your company’s data source, and other PerformancePoint Planning metadata like views, permissions, and process scheduling information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of Web-based lists, libraries, calendars, and other pages you use to share information and manage an area of your business, such as your projects, documents, and company information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web application that consists of a group of tightly related components such as ASP.NET Web pages, WCF Web services, and workflows that run in a .NET application domain. An application is a unit of deployment, configuration, and management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A document that records the profile of the applicant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application adapter <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An adapter created to work with a specific application or protocol.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Administrator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can perform both the Application Deployment Manager role and the Application Author role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Advisor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A web console that is used to provide environment-wide and application-specific reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An agent that monitors checkpoints for potential threats making changes to your installed applications, such as modifying Internet Explorer or downloading ActiveX applications from the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application approval <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An additional action that is required after an end user requests an application and before the application becomes available for deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Assemblies Gallery <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The site collection level gallery containing the binary assemblies that are used by code method business data actions, or External Data Parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Author <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can create, modify, and retire applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application base <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The directory where the .exe file that loads into the initial or default application domain is located. If you create your own application domain, the application base is the location you specify in the AppDomainSetup class.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application basket <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A list of applications reviewed by human resource personnel. application calendar <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A time period concept that matches the practices that are used in your company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Catalog web service point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager site system role that provides application information from the Software Library to the Application Catalog website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Catalog website point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager site system role that provides users with a list of available software from the Application Catalog Application Center <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft deployment and management tool for high availability Web applications built on the Microsoft Windows operating system. application compatibility <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The concept of ensuring that older applications still run correctly under newer operating systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application compatibility database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A database that contains a list of applications that may have potential compatibility problems and remedies. When an application starts, Windows checks this database to configure system options to minimize compatibility problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Compatibility Manager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The user interface that enables you to view reports based on the Update Compatibility Evaluator (UCE) and security information generated from the ACT database. This is also where you create the data collection packages used to deploy UCE.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Compatibility Toolkit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A suite of tools that enables software developers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and enterprise IT professionals to determine whether their applications are compatible with a new version of Windows before rolling it out to the company. ACT also enables such individuals to determine how Windows security updates may impact their applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Compatibility Toolkit Data Collector <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A component of the Application Compatibility Toolkit that installs the compatibility evaluators, maintains the compatibility evaluator scheduling, collects your data through the compatibility evaluators, and uploads the issue data to both the Microsoft Compatibility Exchange and your ACT database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Configuration Attach mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode that restores configuration data stored in the administration database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application configuration file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML-based file in a Microsoft .NET<\/span><\/p>\n

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application data <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The settings and data used by a particular application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The database that stores user and system data for one application. The application database contains the events, subscriptions, and notifications for the application. It also contains system metadata, including the schemas for the events, subscriptions, and notifications for the application; and the match rules for the application. application definition <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A design-time description of an \u0393\u00c7\u00ffatomic’ deployable application layer system that offers and\/or consumes services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application definition <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file that describes a database or Web service and includes connection settings, authentication mode, definitions of available entities, and other information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application definition file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML file that fully describes a single Notification Services application. The ADF file contains the schemas for the events, subscriptions, and notifications; the rules for matching events with subscriptions; and may provide the name of the XSLT file used to format generated notifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Delivery Network <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A resource of the Content Delivery Network service as a suite of technologies deployed together to provide application availability, security, visibility, and acceleration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Deployment Manager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can deploy and monitor applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Designer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the Distributed System Designers that comprise Team Architect. The Application Designer is used to design individual applications that comprise an application system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application development language <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer language designed for creating applications. The term is usually restricted to refer to languages with specific high-level constructs geared toward record design, form layout, database retrieval and update, and similar tasks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Diagnostics <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature for monitoring the performance of code and providing the monitoring information back to a user in a consumable format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Diagnostics navigation pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The resizable navigation pane on which you can access the filtering and reporting capabilities of Application Diagnostics. Application Diagnostics preview pane <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The pane that displays the Event Properties tab of the Event dialog box.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Diagnostics toolbar area <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The area where the toolbar options provide all of the tools that you require to control the quantity and type of information to display in Application Diagnostics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Diagnostics view pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The view pane that provides a list of selected events.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application diagram <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The diagram used to visualize, define, connect, and configure applications in the solution. The application diagram (.ad) file contains information based on the System Definition Model (SDM).<\/span><\/p>\n

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application directory <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The directory on an index server or a query server where all files are stored for the purpose of creating a full-text index catalog or performing queries on a full-text index catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application display <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The screen (the Surface screen or an attached external monitor) where user mode will appear when you are calibrating the unit. application domain <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A boundary that the common language runtime establishes around objects created within the same application scope (that is, anywhere along the sequence of object activations beginning with the application entry point). Application domains help isolate objects created in one application from those created in other applications so that run-time behavior is predictable. Multiple application domains can exist in a single process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application domain host <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A host on which the application domain is located. application endpoint <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An endpoint at which an application provides or uses a service and is of provider or consumer type, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Error Monitoring <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A System Center Essentials that provides agentless monitoring of application exceptions on clients. Managed computers can generate and send an error report upon detection of applications errors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Error Reporting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tool that compiles a detailed report in the event that an Office program crashes and either directs the user to a potential solution (for known problems) or transmits the report to Microsoft for investigation (with user permission). Application Event Log <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record of activities with an application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application exclusion <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that enables the license issuer to specify the application ID of those players on which to disallow the use of the packaged files. application exclusive time <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The time spent in function to kernel mode and Performance Tools probes, excluding time spent in items it calls and excluding time spent in transitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application extension services <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Silverlight, classes that extend the application model by providing services that can participate in the application life cycle. application file <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A disk file that contains the executable portions of a computer program. Depending on its size and program generator programming complexity, an application or other program, such as an operating system, can be stored in several different files, each containing the instructions necessary for some part of the program’s overall functioning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application flow <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A map or diagram that outlines the flow of an application from one screen or piece of UI to the next.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Flow panel <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A panel that displays the application flow of a prototype project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application framework <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of C++ classes in the Microsoft Foundation Class Library that provides the essential components of an application for Windows. The application framework defines the skeleton, or framework, of an application and supplies standard user-interface implementations that can be placed onto the skeleton.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Frameworks resources <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of programs, Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and scripts that enable users to install virtual applications and Web applications during the deployment of a service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Gateway Hours <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of measure for the time used of the Basic Application Gateway service type of the Networking service in Azure. application icon <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A small static image or graphic that represents an application. application identity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The account that is used to run the application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Impact Telemetry <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A sub-feature of Application Telemetry whose goal is to gather information on how applications use features exposed by the operating system (COM objects, registry, DLLs, DLL exports, etc.). This data is used to better understand how a change to or removal of a Windows feature may impact applications and overall application compatibility goals. It also helps understand how features are used, and allows Microsoft to use that information in planning new features, allocating testing resources, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Impact Telemetry Agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The scheduled task part of Application Impact Telemetry (AIT) that runs nightly to consume the events logged to Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) by the AIT Runtime system and send them back to Microsoft using<\/span><\/p>\n

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application inclusive time <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The time spent in function and items it calls, excluding time spent in transitions to kernel mode and Performance Tools probes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Information Service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system service that facilitates starting applications that require one or more elevated privileges to run, such as Administrative Tasks. When user requires elevated privileges to run an application and gives consent, AIS creates a new process for the application with the user’s full access token.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Initialization <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An IIS feature that enables web administrators to configure IIS to initialize web applications, so the application is ready for the first request. Application Insights <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Visual Studio Add-in and a Microsoft Azure service of telemetry collection for monitoring the availability, performance, and usage of deployed live applications, not necessarily Microsoft Azure applications, and diagnosing issues or exceptions in web services through log traces, without code redeploying.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Insights Status Monitor <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A runtime instrumentation agent to monitor a web application that is already installed and running without updating the code or redeploying it and get performance telemetry right away, or insert trace code, or usage analytics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Insights Telemetry <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A tool to get insights into the KPIs of on-premises and Windows Azure applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Visual Studio Add-in and a Microsoft Azure service of telemetry collection for monitoring the availability, performance, and usage of deployed live applications, not necessarily Microsoft Azure applications, and diagnosing issues or exceptions in web services through log traces, without code redeploying.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application installation package <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The package that includes the installer, Application Compatibility Toolkit Data Collector (ACT-DC), the compatibility evaluators, and the configuration files to be deployed to client computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Integration Framework <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The framework that provides a collection of features, tools, and infrastructure that uses a services programming model to support application integration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application isolation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The separation of applications by process boundaries that prevent the applications from affecting one another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application layer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Layer seven of the OSI model, the layer at which applications access network services. This layer represents the services that directly support applications, such as software for file transfer, database access, and e-mail. application layer <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of application models that take precedence over application models that are in lower application layers. The lowest layer is named SYS.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Layer Enforcement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An operation of Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which provides enforcement for security policies by, in each case, trapping the event, determine what application initiated it, and query the filter engine to determine whether the socket should be allowed to proceed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application library caching <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Silverlight, a feature that enables applications to use external library assemblies retrieved from the server or from the local browser cache. application license <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A license that authorizes protection of file and application resources on a single server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application log <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A record of events that are generated by the applications running on a system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application manifest <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML document that describes requirements for an application. The application manifest can be a separate file or embedded in the application’s .exe file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application map <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mapping between file name extensions and HTTP request handlers that enables Web hosting applications to determine which handler responds to requests for specific types of files.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application media pool <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A media pool created by applications. Application media pools determine which media can be accessed by which applications and set the policies for that media. There can be any number of application media pools in a Media Service system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application migration <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The movement of the structure and metadata of an application from one system to another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The mode of a Surface unit when an application is running. Only one application appears on a Surface screen at a time. The application displays on the entire screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application model <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Within a single application layer, a model that includes a specific set of developer elements such as classes, tables, and forms. application name <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unique and friendly name that refers to an application. application notification <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A notification that starts an application at a specified time or when a system event occurs. When an application starts as the result of a notification, the system specifies a command-line parameter that identifies the event that has occurred. Application Object Tree <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A navigable view of the element objects in an application model.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application offlining <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0The act of downloading BCS Solutions from a SharePoint site to Outlook.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application package <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A package file, containing the application files and the service model files, used to run the application as a cloud service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Page Request <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The option that specifies events triggered by the service application when locating a server- for loading a PowerPivot data source and communicating with other servers in the farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A discrete area of a split or single window in which an application user interface is rendered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Performance Monitoring agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An agent that resides on a monitored system and gathers exception and performance information from a monitored application and reports it to the APM service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Planning and Design Guide <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A supplemental document to the core application questionnaire that is intended to provide a broad overview of PerformancePoint Server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application pool <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A grouping of one or more URLs served by a worker process. application pool identity <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The user account that the worker processes servicing the application pool use as their process identity. Process identity is the term that is used to denote the account that a process runs under.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Preload <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An IIS extension that enables the process of automatically starting an application without a request so that initial warm-up time for the application is minimized.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application preview <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The image, video or slide show for an application that appears in Launcher when the application is selected and appears at the center of the Launcher menu. When the application is not selected in Launcher, the application icon is displayed. application profile <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Virtual Machine Manager library resource that contains instructions for installing Microsoft Server App-V, the Web Deploy tool, and Microsoft SQL Server data-tier applications and for running scripts when you deploy a virtual machine as part of a service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application programming interface <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of routines that an application uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer’s or device’s operating system. These routines usually carry out maintenance tasks such as managing files and displaying information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application prototype <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A template of an application definition that can be placed on the toolbox. May be pre-supplied or can be created from any application on the Application Connection Diagram and distributed for use by other users. application provider agreement <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An agreement that describes the terms and conditions of the relationship between the application provider and the organization offering a particular service with regards to the application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application provisioning <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of synchronizing a secondary server with Web Deploy providers that are installed on the primary server by using the Application Provisioning feature. The Application Provisioning feature uses the Microsoft Web Deploy agent service to perform synchronization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Registry Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A shared service in SharePoint Server that duplicates the Office SharePoint Server Business Data Catalog service. The Application Registry Service supports running solutions that are based on the SharePoint Server Business Data Catalog service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Request Routing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A proxy-based routing and load-balancing module for IIS 7. This module uses information gathered from HTTP headers and server variables and then leverages the URL Rewrite module to make routing decisions at the application layer. application revocation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process by which applications that are known to be damaged or corrupted are prevented from playing any packaged files.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A SQL Server role created to support the security needs of an application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application root <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The root directory for an application; all directories and files contained within the application root are considered part of the application. Also called an application starting point directory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application scope <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A way of making data available to all users of an application from all pages of a Web application. A variable or an object is given application scope by storing it in the Active Server Pages (ASP) application object. Application scope is useful for global data, such as a global counter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application server <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A component of Front End Server that provides a platform by which to deploy, host, and manage unified communications applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Server role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A role that consists of the services that provide users access to data and content. To run Microsoft Dynamics CRM, you must have at least one computer that is running the Application Server role.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In ASP.NET, built-in functionality for common application tasks. ASP.NET includes application services for authentication (ASP.NET membership), persistent per-user information (profile properties), and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application service provider <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An organization that delivers a contractual service to deploy, host, manage, and provide access to an application from a facility other than the customer’s site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application session <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The period of time when an application is running. When an application starts, the session starts. When an application quits, the session ends. application setting <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A simple key\/value pair that lets you create application-wide values in a central location that can be accessed from anywhere within the Web application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application sharing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows a user to share documents or applications with others. The user can also choose to give another person control of an application or the user’s computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application single-threaded apartment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single-threaded apartment the thread of which is the core UI thread for an application window.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application source data integration <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of taking data from a data warehouse or data mart into PerformancePoint Planning Server staging and application databases.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Source Root <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A registry key that allows an override of the OSD CODEBASE for the HREF element (for example, the source location) for an application to enable an administrator or ESD system to ensure application loading is performed according to their topology management scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application state <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In ASP.NET, a variable store that is created on the server for the current application and is shared by all users. Application state is typically used to store information that is used for all users, such as application-wide settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application suite <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of application programs sold as a package, usually at a lower price than that of the individual applications sold separately. A suite for office work, for example, might contain a word processing program, a spreadsheet, a database management program, and a communications program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Suite <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The set of applications from Microsoft that includes Concierge, Music, and Photos. You installed these applications by using the Application Suite Setup wizard.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application system <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system that defines a specific and reusable configuration of applications and other systems as members. You can configure these members and describe the communication pathways between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Telemetry <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A system that is used to gather a wide variety of information about applications. It includes, but is not limited to, what shims are applied, what compatibility switching context is used, if PCA applies a layer, and it includes Application Impact Telemetry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application time <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The total time after estimated kernel time has been subtracted from elapsed time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application time <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The clock time supplied by applications which must communicate their application time to the Streamlnsight server so that all temporal operators refer to the timestamp of the events and never to the system clock of the host machine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Verifier <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A graphical user interface (GUI) tool that aids IT managers and developers in testing applications on Microsoft-\u252c\u00ab Windows-\u252c\u00ab and the Windows Server family. It helps developers identify potential application compatibility, stability, and security issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application virtualization <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of creating a virtual application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Virtualization Client <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An application that resides on a Terminal Server and which communicates and authenticates with the Microsoft System Center Virtual Application Server to receive the application code and allow a sequenced application to be run locally.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Virtualization drive <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The default virtual application client drive (Q:\\) from which sequenced applications are run.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Virtualization Management Console <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Centralized snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console and which you use to administer the System Center Application Virtualization system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Virtualization Management Server <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0One of two Application Virtualization server types from which a sequenced application package can be streamed. In addition to streaming virtual application packages, the Application Virtualization Management Server offers other services such as publishing, management, reporting, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Virtualization Management Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A service that acts as an intermediary between the Management Console and the Data Store. First it authenticates its users, and then it allows authorized administrators to manipulate data in the data store. Application Virtualization reporting <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Virtual application information gathered for data analysis. Data is collected for assembly of custom views and interpretation. Application Virtualization Streaming Server <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0One of two Application Virtualization server types from which a sequenced application package can be streamed. The Streaming Server streams applications to the client machines only and does not offer other services such as publishing, management, reporting, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application window <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A window that serves as an interface between the user and the application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Wizard that helps you determine how the application is presented to users. This step lets you specify an icon, modify shortcut settings, create file type associations, and run the applications so the Sequencer can collect information about the applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Application XML <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An XML-based serialization format used by SharePoint-based servers to represent Access Services database applications. It includes database properties, queries, forms, reports, and macros.<\/span><\/p>\n

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application-level add-in <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A supplemental program that modifies or adds functionality to an existing program or application. The modifications are available to the application at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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applied decrease <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An inventory decrease that has been applied to a specific inventory increase, for the purpose of exact cost reversing. This might be the case, for example, with a purchase return that is applied to a specific purchase receipt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AppLocker <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Windows feature that allows IT professionals to create rules and policies governing which applications can be run by individual users on the PCs in an enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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apply <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To link one or more transactions to another transaction to either to reduce the outstanding balance of a transaction or to show a valid connection between the transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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apply <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To put into operation or to use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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apply branch <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The set of operations applied to an event group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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APPN <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An upgrade to IBM Systems Network Architecture that supports distributed session control services and dynamic routing, avoiding dependencies on centralized mainframe network services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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appointment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An activity represented by a time interval that has a start time, an end time, and a duration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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appointment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A calendar item in the Exchange store. Appointments do not include other people or resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Appointment Book <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A view of service activities and schedules. New activities can be created or existing activities can be viewed and updated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Appointment details <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The notes field in an appointment, where the user can add extra information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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appointment scheduling <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of reserving dates and times for the pickup and delivery of truckloads of goods at specific warehouse locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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apportionment engine <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An engine that determines and processes the apportionment of freight charges, either by weight or by volume.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apprentice Baker <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A skill level in the Comfy Cakes game. Once you have completed a Comfy Cakes game, a player gets a skill level rank assigned automatically by the game (based on the score you hit during the game).<\/span><\/p>\n

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appropriation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A distribution of net income to various accounts or entities. approval <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow decision point that can be used to obtain authorization from a person before continuing in the workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow decision point that can be used to obtain authorization from a person before continuing in the workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approval Assistant <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A report, accessible from the Web Author, that generates a list of all pages waiting for the approval of the user who is logged on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approval Center <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that provides a centralized location for managers of all types to approve work and control progress on all of their projects plans. It gives managers the ability to preview the impact of accepting updates from resources as well as view their past history of accepted updates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval e-mail <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An e-mail that is sent to identified approvers when a request requires an approval before being committed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval history <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The log of approved changes made to an object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval limit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any amount or other limits set for an approver.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval request <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A request that is sent to an approver in the ILM Service as part of the processing of an approval activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval response <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An e-mail message sent from the ILM 2′ Outlook add-in in reply to an approval request.’<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval status <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The approval status for an entry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approval template <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A table with a list of templates that the user can select to set up which documents he wants to be included in an approval process. approval threshold <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The number of positive approval response messages needed to permit a request to continue processing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approval Type <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The UI field that specifies the role of a document approver. approvals search folder <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The search folder that is created by the ILM Add-in for Outlook 2007 and that provides the user with a way to see pending and completed approvals, and approval request updates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approve <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To manually or automatically authorize the occurrence of future events in a system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approved vendor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A vendor that is authorized to supply products to one or more legal entities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approver <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user who has permission to approve or reject submitted documents or data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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approximate taxes <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The estimated taxes from production and supply chain that apply to an item or service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apps <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of measure of the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffPremium Apps’ and \u0393\u00c7\u00ffStandard Apps’ resources of the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffApplication Insights’ service type of the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffVisual Studio’ service for \u0393\u00c7\u00ffPay-As-You-Go’ billing based on the number of apps delivered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apps Corner <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that allows small business and consumers to lock down the phone or tablet running Windows Phone to only allow the use of specific apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apps for Office and SharePoint Developer Center <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A website that provides tools and resources to help developers create apps for Office and SharePoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Apps Marketplace <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service on the phone where you can purchase and download apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AppVerifier <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A graphical user interface (GUI) tool that aids IT managers and developers in testing applications on Microsoft-\u252c\u00ab Windows-\u252c\u00ab and the Windows Server family. It helps developers identify potential application compatibility, stability, and security issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AQS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A search query syntax that helps produce more precise search results by using targeted queries that search specific properties in a message type. AQS defines certain keywords which can be used to refine the search query, such as specifying boolean operations on searched terms (AND, OR, NOT) as well as to specify further filters based on file metadata or file type. It can also be used to limit results from specific information stores like regular files, offline files cache, or e-mail stores.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARA notification <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A report of packaging materials used for manufactured products, as required by Austrian regulation. Altstoff Recycling Austria AG is an Austrian waste management organization that collects and recycles packaging material.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arbitration port <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A TCP\/IP port used by the cache hosts to determine whether a cache host in the cluster has become unavailable. The port number that is used for arbitration can be different on each cache host.<\/span><\/p>\n

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architecture <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The design of application software incorporating protocols and the means for expansion and interfacing with other programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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architecture <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The physical construction or design of a computer system and its components.<\/span><\/p>\n

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architecture <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The data-handling capacity of a microprocessor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Architecture <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0The basic design of a computer’s hardware. Computers with different architecture, such as the PC and the Mac, cannot run each others’ programs. archive <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A compressed file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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archive <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Information that has been moved to another location for storage and occasional future access. archive <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To compress a file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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archive <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To move selected items to another location for long term storage. archive <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To create a copy of a live smooth stream in the Smooth Streaming presentation format for later on-demand viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Archive <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Outlook folder where archived items are stored.<\/span><\/p>\n

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archive mailbox <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An alternate storage location in which to store historical messaging data, accessible online through Outlook 2010 or Outlook Web App. archive mailbox <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An additional mailbox enabled for a mailbox user. archive member header <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In the portable executable (PE) (image) file format for executables and object file under the Windows family of operating systems, one or more lines printed at the beginning of the file that identify the file as a PE format image file. Archived <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Knowledgebase Article Status. Articles in this status cannot be viewed on the Support Portal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Archiving and CDR Server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server that provides the ability to archive instant messages for specified users for two-party IM sessions as well as IM conferences with more than two parties, and adds the ability to archive call detail records for specified users for peer-to-peer sessions, conferences and Enterprise Voice calls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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area <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of networks within an OSPF autonomous system. OSPF areas reduce the size of the link state database and provide the ability to summarize routes. area <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A part of the user interface dedicated to a particular purpose, such as instant message area.\u0393\u00c7\u00a5<\/span><\/p>\n

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area <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A node on the Common Structure Service hierarchy that represents a feature area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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area <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tile in a pane or on a page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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area border router <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A router that is attached to multiple areas. Area border routers maintain separate topological databases for each area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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area chart <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of chart that displays the trend of values over time or categories. By displaying the sum of the plotted values, an area chart also shows the relationship of parts to a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n

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area code <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A number that identifies each telephone service area in a country\/region and is used as a dialing prefix.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARGB32 <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0One of the two common pixel formats supported by DirectX. ARGB32 consists of uncompressed alpha, red, green, and blue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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argument <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A value that a function or a method uses to perform operations or calculations. The type of argument is specific to the function or method. Common arguments include numbers, text, cell references, and names.<\/span><\/p>\n

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argument mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode in the Monad parser in which everything is treated as an expandable string unless it starts with $,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -\u0393\u00e9\u00bc – , -\u0393\u00e9\u00bcir, or (.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARIMA <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method for determining dependencies in observations taken sequentially in time, that also supports multiplicative seasonality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arithmetic expression <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A series of elements, including data labels and constants as well as numbers, that are joined by arithmetic operators, such as + and -, and can be calculated to produce a value.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arithmetic logic unit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component of a microprocessor chip used for arithmetic, comparative, and logical functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arithmetic operator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An operator that performs an arithmetic operation: +, -, x, or \/. An arithmetic operator usually takes one or two arguments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arithmetic overflow <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A condition that results from calculating a column value that exceeds the column’s specified size.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARM <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A group of processors commonly used for low-powered hardware, such as tablets and other mobile devices. These small, high-performance 32-bit RISC-based microprocessors are licensed to various semiconductor manufacturers by designer ARM Limited.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARM architecture <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A family of instruction set architectures for computer processors based on a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture developed by British company ARM Holdings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARM Cross Tools <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of programs to develop applications that can be run or operated on ARM devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARM kits policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of rules that enables developers to use various Microsoft tools and kits on ARM devices, and at the same time, preserves the integrity of ARM devices that ship with a production policy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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armored <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a defense mechanism used in some malicious software code, intended to complicate or prevent analysis of the code with reverse engineering or code disassembly methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In TCP\/IP, a protocol that uses broadcast traffic on the local network to resolve a logically assigned Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address to its physical hardware or media access control (MAC layer address. In asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), ARP is used two different ways. For classical IPv4 over ATM (CLIP), ARP is used to resolve addresses to ATM hardware addreses. For ATM LAN emulation (LANE), ARP is used to resolve Ethernet\/802.3 or Token Ring addresses to ATM hardware addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARP cache <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A table of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses and their corresponding media access control (MAC) address. There is a separate ARP cache for each interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ARR <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A proxy-based routing and load-balancing module for IIS 7. This module uses information gathered from HTTP headers and server variables and then leverages the URL Rewrite module to make routing decisions at the application layer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arrangement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A predefined combination of grouped and sorted messages in table view.<\/span><\/p>\n

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arrangement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A custom-created layout of photos in an album.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arrangement view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows view that provides easy results organization by date, type, author, tag or folder (Arrange by Folder’<\/span><\/p>\n

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array <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In programming, a list of data values, all of the same type, any element of which can be referenced by an expression consisting of the array name followed by an indexing expression. Arrays are part of the fundamentals of data structures, which, in turn, are a major fundamental of computer programming.<\/span><\/p>\n

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array bounds <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Specifications of the maximum and minimum size of an array. array constant <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of constants that is a component of an array formula. array formula <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A formula that performs multiple calculations on one or more sets of values, and then returns either a single result or multiple results.<\/span><\/p>\n

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array initializer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A sequence of variable initializers that are assigned to the array<\/span><\/p>\n

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elements in the same statement in which the array is declared.<\/span><\/p>\n

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array network <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server network defined at the array level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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array server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server computer that’s a member of a server array.<\/span><\/p>\n

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array variable <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A variable that can contain a series of values.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arrived <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0A scheduled’ service activity status that denotes the customer has arrived at the location of the service activity<\/span><\/p>\n

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arrow key <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any of four keys labeled with arrows pointing up, down, left, and right, used to move the cursor vertically or horizontally on the display screen or, in some programs, to extend the highlight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Arrow Ribbon <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A SmartArt graphic layout used to show either related or contrasting concepts with some connection, such as opposing forces. The first two lines of Level 1 text are used for text in the arrows. Unused text does not appear, but remains available if you switch layouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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artboard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The design surface used to layout the visual elements of your document. Artemis TiP <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of subscription purchased by customers meant to be used as a production test offer by Microsoft’s partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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article <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A message that appears in a newsgroup, public folder, or other forum, such as Facebook or Twitter, accessible by a number of individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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article <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component in a publication. For example, a table, a column, or a row. article <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A text-based piece of content in the knowledge base.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Article <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single instance of content that is displayed in the Knowledgebase section of your Support Portal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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articulation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A series of adjustments applied by a synthesizer to the pitch, volume, and other parameters of an instrument sound to make it more realistic. artifact <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component of a BizTalk application or project. Examples are orchestrations, pipelines, message schemas, security certificates, business rule policies, and bindings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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artifact <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software construct that is available in common to Azure services and resources<\/span><\/p>\n

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artifact type <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of data that a tool exposes publicly so that other tools can refer to it. Each artifact must have an artifact type. Each artifact must be identified by a unique and immutable artifact identifier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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artist <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A performer of a song or other audio recording.<\/span><\/p>\n

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artistic effect <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An effect that a user can apply to an image to achieve a specific artistic look.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of routers or networks controlled by a single administrative authority using a common Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) for routing packets. Each autonomous system is assigned a globally unique number called an autonomous-system number (ASN).<\/span><\/p>\n

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AS boundary router <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A router that exchanges routing information with routers that belong to other autonomous systems. The ASBR then advertises external routes throughout the autonomous system. ASBRs can be internal or area border routers, and they might or might not be connected to the backbone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASBR <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A router that exchanges routing information with routers that belong to other autonomous systems. The ASBR then advertises external routes throughout the autonomous system. ASBRs can be internal or area border routers, and they might or might not be connected to the backbone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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as-built software <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A deliverable, consisting of software components, that is the result of compiling (building) the raw code files from a discrete set of source versions. ascending order <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The arrangement of a sequence of items from lowest to highest, such as from 1 to 10 or from A to Z. The rules for determining ascending order in a particular application can be very complicated: capital letters before lowercase letters, extended ASCII characters in ASCII order, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASCII <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A standard single-byte character encoding scheme used for text-based data. ASCII uses designated 7-bit or 8-bit number combinations to represent either 128 or 256 possible characters. Standard ASCII uses 7 bits to represent all uppercase and lowercase letters, the numbers 0 through 9, punctuation marks, and special control characters used in U.S. English. Most current x86-based systems support the use of extended (or high’) ASCII. Extended ASCII allows the eighth bit of each character to identify an additional 128 special symbol characters<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASCII apostrophe <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The \u0393\u00c7\u00ff character (user-typed text).<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASCII character set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A standard 7-bit code for representing ASCII characters using binary values; code values range from 0 to 127. Most PC-based systems use an 8-bit extended ASCII code, with an extra 128 characters used to represent special symbols, foreign-language characters, and graphic symbols.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASCII file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A document file in ASCII format, containing characters, spaces, punctuation, carriage returns, and sometimes tabs and an end-of-file marker, but no formatting information.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASF <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A low-overhead data format for multimedia streams. It encapsulates images, audio, AVI, and so forth, as well as URLs, and allows for the synchronization of these objects within the stream. Windows Media Technologies can stream ASF formatted content and can store ASF streams as .asf files.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asia Pacific <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Asia Pacific geo within the Azure region taxonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ask Cortana <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0?A feature that lets customers learn about unfamiliar terms on the web by asking Cortana.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ask for Remote Assistance… <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An item on the Actions menu that invites someone to help the user. Using an Internet connection, the user can give permission to anyone running Windows XP to chat, view the user’s screen, and work on the user’s computer. ASM <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An add-on module for Antigen, used to minimize the number of spam e-mail messages that enter the Exchange environments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASMX file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file that represents the addressable entry point for XML Web services created with managed code. Web service consumers utilize the functionality of a Web service by accessing its ASMX file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASN <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A business document that documents the notification of the shipment of product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An organization that delivers a contractual service to deploy, host, manage, and provide access to an application from a facility other than the customer’s site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web-oriented technology developed by Microsoft that is designed to enable server-side scripting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP buffering <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A functionality of Active Server Pages (ASP) that temporarily stores all output that is generated by a script until script execution is complete and then sends the output to a client.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of technologies in the Microsoft .NET Framework for building Web applications and XML Web services. ASP.NET pages execute on the server and generate markup (such as HTML, WML, or XML) that is sent to a desktop or mobile browser. ASP.NET pages use a compiled, event-driven programming model that improves performance and enables the separation of application logic and user interface. ASP.NET pages and XML Web services files created using ASP.NET contain server-side (rather than client-side) logic written in Visual Basic .NET, C# .NET, or any .NET-compatible language. Web applications and XML Web services take advantage of the features of the common language runtime, such as type safety, inheritance, language interoperability, versioning, and integrated security.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET application services database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In ASP.NET, a database that stores the data for several ASP.NET application services, including membership, Web Parts personalization, roles, and profiles. The database can be a local database in the Web site’s App_Data folder or a SQL Server or other database, depending on how the site is configured.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET controls <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Components that run on an ASP.NET-compatible server and encapsulate user-interface and other related functionality. They are used in ASP.NET pages and in ASP.NET code classes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET Development Server <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The web server that ships with Visual Studio. ASP.NET Master Page <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An ASP.NET-based templating feature available in ASP.NET 2.0 and later.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET mobile control <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of a set of ASP.NET controls designed for mobile Web applications. ASP.NET mobile controls extend their ASP.NET server control counterparts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET mobile Web Forms <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An extension to the ASP.NET Web Forms framework that targets mobile devices from cell phones to Pocket PCs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET page <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A component of an ASP.NET application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET server control <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server-side component that encapsulates user-interface and related functionality. An ASP.NET server control derives directly or indirectly from the System.Web.UI.Control class. The superset of ASP.NET server controls includes Web server controls, HTML server controls, and ASP.NET mobile controls. The page syntax for an ASP.NET server control includes a runat=server’ attribute on the control’s tag.’ ASP.NET Universal Providers <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A package of unified data-provider classes that support session, membership, roles, and profile properties in all versions of SQL Server 2005 and later, including SQL Server Compact Edition and SQL Azure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET Web API <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A framework that lets developers use the .NET Framework to build HTTP services (for example, RESTful applications) that reach a broad range of clients, including browsers and mobile devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET Web application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that processes HTTP requests (Web requests) and executes on top ASP.NET. An ASP.NET Web application can include ASP.NET pages, XML Web services, HTTP handlers, and HTTP modules.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASP.NET Web Pages <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A framework for developing dynamic Web pages that is based on Microsoft ASP.NET technology, in which code that runs on the server dynamically generates Web page output to the browser or client device. aspect <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A way to group events into incident groups. Aspects include: application failures, connectivity, performance, and security failures.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aspect <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The width-to-height ratio of a video or still image, or of the screen on which an image is displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aspect ratio <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The width-to-height ratio of a video or still image, or of the screen on which an image is displayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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aspect value <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The x-height of a font divided by the font size. The aspect value indicates the relative legibility of a font for a given font size. A higher aspect ratio indicates that a font is more legible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASPM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A power-saving mode which reserves power by ensuring efficient execution of computing tasks and by reducing the number of components running unnecessarily when not actually in use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASPX <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The standard file format used for ASP pages written with ASP.NET.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASR <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Technology that allows machines to recognize and respond to human voice commands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASR <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that helps you recover a system that will not start.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assemble <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To put together for sale or use an item composed of component parts. assembler <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A pipeline component that combines individual documents into a batch. Assembler pipeline components provided in BizTalk Server are Flat file assembler, BizTalk Framework Assembler, and XML Assembler pipeline components. assembler <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that converts assembly language programs, which are understandable by humans, into executable machine language.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of one or more files that are versioned and deployed as a unit. assembly <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The act of putting an item together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A managed application module containing class metadata and managed code as an object in SQL Server, against which CLR functions, stored procedures, triggers, user-defined aggregates, and user-defined types can be created in SQL Server. assembly cache <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A machine-wide code cache used for side-by-side storage of<\/span><\/p>\n

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assemblies. There are two parts to the cache: the global assembly cache contains assemblies that are explicitly installed to be shared among many applications on the computer; the download cache stores code downloaded from Internet or intranet sites, isolated to the application that triggered the download so that code downloaded on behalf of one application\/page does not impact other applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file that is part on an assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly item <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of inventoriable items to be sold as a new item.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly list <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A content of a kit item that may consist of one or more components (that are raw materials, regular sellable items, or kit items), resources, and text comments. assembly management <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature to manage the creation of sellable items from other sellable items using nonproduction resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly manifest <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An integral part of every assembly that renders the assembly self\u252c\u00a1describing. The assembly manifest contains the assembly’s metadata. The manifest establishes the assembly identity, specifies the files that make up the assembly implementation, specifies the types and resources that make up the assembly, itemizes the compile-time dependencies on other assemblies, and specifies the set of permissions required for the assembly to run properly. This information is used at run time to resolve references, enforce version binding policy, and validate the integrity of loaded assemblies. The self-describing nature of assemblies also helps makes zero-impact install and XCOPY deployment feasible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly metadata <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Metadata that is part of the assembly manifest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly order <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A supply order that represents a request to fulfill demand for an assembly item by picking items on the assembly BOM or modified on the order and assembling them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly-qualified name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name of a type that includes the name of the assembly from which the type was loaded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assembly-qualified type name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name of a type that includes the name of the assembly from which the type was loaded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assert statement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Boolean statement used in a program to test a condition that, if the program is operating correctly, should always evaluate as true; otherwise the program will typically terminate with an appropriate error message. Assertions are used for debugging programs and for documenting how a program should operate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assertion failure <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The inability of a condition to hold true at some particular point in a program. When a condition does not hold true, execution of the program is interrupted, and a dialog box or message may appear.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assertion statement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Boolean statement used in a program to test a condition that, if the program is operating correctly, should always evaluate as true; otherwise the program will typically terminate with an appropriate error message. Assertions are used for debugging programs and for documenting how a program should operate. assess <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To evaluate a Windows computer by using the Windows Assessment Toolkit that is included in the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). assessment <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Collection of binaries, scripts, configuration parameters, and manifest files used to perform measurements on a computer or Windows image and to report results.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assessment manifest <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The XML file that describes the content and function of an assessment for use with the Assessment Platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assessment Platform <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A platform that developers can use to write and manage system and component tests. Assessment Platform provides a unified testing experience and standardized infrastructure to discover, manage, configure, and execute targeted tests; view, analyze, and remediate results; and develop additional tests.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assessment setting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A setting that the user can edit in a job, but that the assessment manifest does not retain in its parameters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assessment Toolkit <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A toolkit that helps you determine the quality of a running operating system or a set of components with regard to performance, reliability and functionality. The toolkit includes several assessments and provides the tools needed to run assessments on a local computer or on multiple computers, and review the results of the assessments to diagnose problems and determine how to make improvements. asset <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Anything owned or controlled by a business, tangible or intangible, that has monetary value and was acquired at a measurable cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The abstract or concrete resources that a system must protect from misuse by an adversary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entity that can be added to your project, such as an image file, sound file, movie file, markup file, code file, font file, 3D object, control, style resource, template resource, brush resource, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An accounting classifier used to classify the value of economic resources that are owned by a party.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of media programming, such as a television program, a movie, or a digital music track, that are delivered to a subscriber in exchange for on-demand fees or subscription fees. Assets are usually files that are stored on a media server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A specific instance of a Product that is tracked by a unique identification number (Serial Number).<\/span><\/p>\n

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asset <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An entity contains digital files (including video, audio, images, thumbnail collections, text tracks and closed caption files) and the metadata about these files. asset book <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Accounting records (ledgers or journals) for a specific reporting purpose, such as financial or taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asset group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of assets that share one or more specific characteristics. Asset Intelligence <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager feature that allows administrators to inventory and manage software license usage throughout their enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset Intelligence catalog <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager catalog that contains categorization and identification information for software titles and versions, which is used to classify inventoried software.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset Intelligence Knowledge Base <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A part of the Asset Intelligence feature that is used to produce new reports that identify and categorize deployed hardware and software assets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset Intelligence synchronization point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Configuration Manager site system role that connects to System Center Online to download Asset Intelligence catalog information and upload uncategorized titles so that they can be considered for future inclusion in the catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset Inventory Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Web-based service that collects and displays information about an enterprise’s desktop software environment. AIS collects information about programs installed on computers in the enterprise that have the AIS client software installed. AIS is part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset Library <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A library that provide content types with common properties, and enhanced views to find and preview rich media, also called digital assets. asset library <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A library that provide content types with common properties, and enhanced views to find and preview rich media, also called digital assets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asset Manager <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that<\/span><\/p>\n

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they can manage the Asset Intelligence synchronization point, Asset Intelligence reporting<\/span><\/p>\n

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classes, software inventory, hardware inventory, and metering rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assign <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To fix or specify in correspondence or relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assign <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To specify the owner of a record, such as an account or case, or an activity,<\/span><\/p>\n

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such as an e-mail message or phone call. Users can assign cases and activities to either a<\/span><\/p>\n

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user or a queue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assign <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To tie a configuration object to a resource; for example, one would assign custom setting to a collection, assign a configuration baseline to a collection, or assign a client to a site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assign <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To designate an object for a particular use or purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assigned <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0An assignment type meaning that the user or group has been granted access at the node in the resource hierarchy that the user is looking at (such as at a particular website or resource group).<\/span><\/p>\n

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assigned access <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that allows a system administrator to manage the user’s experience by limiting application entry points exposed to the user of the device.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assigned At <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0The node in the resource hierarchy where access was granted. assigned configuration <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The resources contained in the device node that are allocated for the device. For Plug and Play cards, the assigned resources for a device can change dynamically or from one system start-up to the next.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assigned management point <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The default management point at the assigned primary site for the Configuration Manager client.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assigned program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that has been advertised to a collection and is mandatory to run.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assigned site <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A site to which a Configuration Manager client is currently assigned. assigned task <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A task that has been sent to someone as a task request in an e-mail message. When you assign a task, you give up ownership of it (unless the assignee declines it). The assigner can receive status reports for the task.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assigned To <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0The principal (user or group) to whom access has been assigned. assigned user <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user, who can inherit the access permissions of a certain role, after performing all necessarily authNZ activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process-related task that is delegated to a particular user.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of work that a student is expected to complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A designation that forms an association among objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment action <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An action that a user can perform on an assignment in the Add-in for Excel, such as Submit Draft, Submit Final, or Approve.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment delay <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of time between the scheduled start of a task and the time that the assigned resource is to start working on the task.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment owner <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An enterprise resource who is responsible for entering progress information in Project Web Access. This person can be different than the person initially assigned to the task.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In PerformancePoint Add-in for Excel, the pane that is used to open assignments, view assignment details, and access process scheduling actions such as save and submit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment statement <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A programming language statement used to assign a value to a variable. It usually consists of three elements: an expression to be assigned, an assignment operator (typically a symbol such as = or :=), and a destination variable. On execution of the assignment statement, the expression is evaluated and the resulting value is stored in the specified destination.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment units <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The percentage of a work resource’s time, or units, that the resource is assigned to a task.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assignment view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A view that shows the resources assigned to each task as well as the total and timephased work and cost information for each assignment. The two assignment views are the Task Usage and Resource Usage views.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assignments <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Web Part that displays a list of relevant assignments. For educators, the list includes active assignments for which grades have not yet been posted. For students, the list includes upcoming assignments and their due dates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assistant object <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Assistant is the shared Microsoft Office Assistant object. It is a fully programmable object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assistant shape <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In an organization chart, a shape that is placed below and connected to any other shape with an elbow connector. This shape is placed above any additional subordinate shapes for the particular superior shape it is attached to.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assisted service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service for which an employee requires assistance from another person, such as a call center.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assistive technology <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Technology that provides enhancements to other technology so that people with disabilities can use it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assistive Technology Program <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service that provides recommendations for<\/span><\/p>\n

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technology that can help people with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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associate <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To link a document, file, task, or link with a To Do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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associate <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To connect peer objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate a different document <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0An option that allows the user to replace the document currently attached to the To Do with another document that has already been saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate a different Web site link <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0An option that allows the user to replace the Web link attached to the To Do with a different web link.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate a different Works task <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0An option that allows the user to change the document associated with the active To Do by selecting a different Works template to serve as the basis for a new associated item.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate a document <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0An option that allows the user to associate an existing document with a Project To Do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate a Web link <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An option that allows the user to associate a Web site link with a Project To Do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate a Works task <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0An option that allows the user to associate a Works task with a Project To Do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate Child Cases <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An option on the command bar where you can select cases, and then specify which case will be the parent case to the other cases you selected. associate enterprise <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An enterprise that is directly or indirectly involved in the management or control of another enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Associate to Contact <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0In a conference, this command associates a participant or phone number with a contact on the user’s contact list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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associated item <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A document, file, task, or link that has been associated with a To Do. associated PivotTable report <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The PivotTable report that supplies the source data to the PivotChart report. It is created automatically when you create a new PivotChart report. When you change the layout of either report, the other also changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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associated view <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The view of an entity that is displayed in the forms of other entities. association <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The mapping of a file extension (for example, .mp3) or protocol (for example, http) to a programmatic identifier (ProgID). This mapping is stored in the registry as a per-user setting with a per-computer fallback. Applications that participate in the Default Programs system set the association mapping for the file extension or protocol to point to the ProgID keys that they own.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In PerformancePoint Planning Business Modeler, the relationship between a source model and a destination model for the purpose of manipulating the arrangement of interpretive data and aggregating the corresponding numerical measurements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The definition of a relationship between entity types.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The link between a collection and a deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A relationship between peer objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association array <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An ordered list of registry locations used to store information about an item type, including handlers, verbs, and other attributes like the icon and display name of the type.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A class that describes a relationship between two classes or between instances of two classes. The properties of an association class include pointers, or references, to the two classes or instances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association end <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The end of a binary or other association where it connects to a class. By associating properties with an association end, you can indicate the role or direction. Association FranA\u252c\u00baaise de Normalisation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The French subsidiary of the International Standards Organization (ISO).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Association FranA\u252c\u00baaise de Normalisation certification <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A certification that accounting software is legally compliant with French legislation for electronic accounting. association line <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A line leading from a field or property to a shape that represents that field or property’s type.<\/span><\/p>\n

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association set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A logical container for instances of associations of the same type. AssociationRole <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of collaboration role that describes the relationship between two ClassifierRoles. It is represented by a path between two class role elements and can include the underlined name of the corresponding association.<\/span><\/p>\n

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associative array <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data structure that carries out a mathematical calculation on a field identifier to determine where a data element in a large table or index is located. associative array <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An array composed of a collection of keys and a collection of values, where each key is associated with one value. The keys and values can be of any type.<\/span><\/p>\n

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assumption <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Baseline data that apply throughout a business or to a financial model. Assured Forwarding <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A class for the delivery of video media streams.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASTA <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single-threaded apartment the thread of which is the core UI thread for an application window.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asterisk <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The * character. Indicates multiplication in programming languages and also serves as a wildcard character representing one or more characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASTERISK <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The * character. Indicates multiplication in programming languages and also serves as a wildcard character representing one or more characters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ASX <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A format that is commonly used to deliver digital media to clients (Windows Media Player and Silverlight).<\/span><\/p>\n

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asymmetric algorithm <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An asymmetric cipher that uses two keys, one for encryption, the public key, and the other for decryption, the private key. As implied by the key names, the public key used to encode plaintext can be made available to anyone. However, the private key must remain secret. Only the private key can decrypt the ciphertext. The public key algorithm used in this process is slow (on the order of 1,000 times slower than symmetric algorithms), and is typically used to encrypt session keys or digitally sign a message.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asymmetric encryption <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of encryption that uses a pair of mathematically related keys: a public key and a corresponding private key. Either key can be used to encrypt data, but the corresponding key must be used to decrypt it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asymmetric key algorithm <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method of encryption that uses a pair of<\/span><\/p>\n

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mathematically related keys: a public key and a corresponding private key. Either key can be used to encrypt data, but the corresponding key must be used to decrypt it. asynchronous <\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to, being, or characteristic of something that is not dependent on timing. Each application or command runs in the specified order, but the specified item does not wait for any previously started processes to finish before an application or command runs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous agent <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A task that follows the actor pattern and uses an asynchronous message queue to communicate with other similar tasks. Agents let you take advantage of coarse-grained task parallelism in your applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous call <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method call that returns to the caller immediately regardless of whether processing has completed. The results of processing are returned through another call on another thread. Asynchronous methods free the caller from having to wait until processing has finished.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous communication <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A form of data transmission in which information is sent and received at irregular intervals, one character at a time. Because data is received at irregular intervals, the receiving modem must be signaled to let it know when the data bits of a character begin and end. This is done by means of start and stop bits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous communication layer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The layer of AJAX functionality that takes care of communication between the browser and the server.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous data exchange <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A style of processing where an application posts a request for an event to occur and then continues without waiting for the event. A separate service will recognize the request and take responsibility for ensuring that the event occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous device <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A device whose internal operations are not synchronized with the timing of any other part of the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous event <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An event whose handler runs in a different processing thread from the action that raised the event. The event handler and the action are processed simultaneously.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asynchronous JavaScript And XML <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A set of technologies consisting of a client- side script framework, server controls, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous method call <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method call that returns to the caller immediately regardless of whether processing has completed. The results of processing are returned through another call on another thread. Asynchronous methods free the caller from having to wait until processing has finished.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous operation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process whose execution can proceed independently or in the background. Other processes may be started before the asynchronous process has finished.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous pattern <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A core technology in the .NET Framework which provides an efficient model to manage asynchronous operations and a consistent programming model. asynchronous postback <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In ASP.NET, the process of sending Web page data (plus viewstate and other necessary metadata) from the browser to the server without a complete postback and without blocking the user from continuing to work in the page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asynchronous postbacks are an important feature of AJAX technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous procedure call <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A function call that executes separately from an executing program when a set of enabling conditions exist. After the conditions have been met, the operating system’s kernel issues a software interrupt and directs the executing program to execute the call.<\/span><\/p>\n

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asynchronous transfer mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A high-speed, connection-oriented, virtual circuit- based packet switching protocol used to transport many different types of network traffic. ATM packages data in 53-byte, fixed-length cells that can be switched quickly between logical connections on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At Least N Matches <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A menu item that allows the user to search for any pattern A that is represent in pattern B at least n times. Patterns could be strings, characters, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At Most N Matches <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A menu item that allows the user to search for any pattern A that is represent in pattern B at most n times. Patterns could be strings, characters, etc. at sign <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The separator between account names and domain names in Internet e-mail addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Athlon <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0Family of x86-compatible processors introduced by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) in 1999. Athlon, which was code-named AMD-K7, is a successor to the AMD-K6 family. Comparable to upper-end Intel Pentium III processors in performance, Athlon is distinguished by over 22 million transistors; a fully pipelined, superscalar floating-point engine, which enhances performance of graphics and multimedia programs, Internet streaming applications, and games; a 200-MHz system bus; and a 128-KB L1 cache. Although the L2 cache is 512 KB in size, the Athlon can support L2 cache sizes up to 8 MB. The first Athlon releases featured clock speeds of 500 to 650 MHz; 800-MHz and faster versions are now available. Athlon, which runs 32-bit programs, is compatible with most PC operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, OS\/2 Warp, and NetWare.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATL <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of compact, template-based C++ classes that simplify the programming of Component Object Model objects. ATL provides the mechanism to use and create COM objects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATL Pipeline Component Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Visual C++ wizard that uses ATL and additional templates to facilitate the development of pipeline components.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATL server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server that houses an Active Template Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A high-speed, connection-oriented, virtual circuit-based packet switching protocol used to transport many different types of network traffic. ATM packages data in 53-byte, fixed-length cells that can be switched quickly between logical connections on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATM <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A special-purpose terminal that bank customers can use to make deposits, obtain cash, and perform other transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATM adaptation layer <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The layer of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) protocol stack that parses data into the payload portion of the ATM cell for transport across an ATM network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Atom <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Web content and metadata syndication format based on XML that describes feeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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atom <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A 16-bit integer that provides access to a string that has been placed in an atom table by an application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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atom feed <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An XML structure that contains metadata about content, such as the language version and the date when the content was last modified, and is sent to subscribers by using the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub).<\/span><\/p>\n

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atom name <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A string that has been placed in an atom table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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atom table <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system-defined table that stores strings and corresponding identifiers. atomic <\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to an operation where all the transaction data modifications must be performed; either all of the transaction data modifications are performed or none are performed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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atomic <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to a threading or multiprocessing operation that is performed in a single, uninterruptable step. Operations that are atomic do not require a threading synchronization device such as a critical section, mutex, or semaphore. atomic orchestration <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A short-lived transaction that enforces the commit and rollback semantics of an ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability) transaction similar to a COM+ application that uses the DTC service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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atomicity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of a transaction that indicates that either all actions of the transaction happen or none happens.<\/span><\/p>\n

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atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The four essential properties of an electronic transaction. Atomicity requires that a transaction be fully completed or else fully canceled. Consistency requires that resources used are transformed from one consistent state to another. Isolation requires all transactions to be independent of each other. Durability requires that the completed transaction be permanent, including survival through system failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATP <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0The portion of inventory that is not allocated and which can be used to fulfill new orders and requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ATR string <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A sequence of bytes returned from a smart card when it is turned on. These bytes are used to identify the card to the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attach <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To include an external document, a file, or an executable program with an e\u252c\u00a1mail message.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attach <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To expose a virtual disk to the user, backed by a file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attached <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to being physically connected to a system. A device can be installed without being attached.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attached document <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An ASCII text file or a binary file, such as a document created in a word processing system, that is included with an e-mail message as an attachment. attached event <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A routed event that can be attached to any ContentElement or UIElement type and that is not limited to the type which defines it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attached property <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A property that is defined by XAML. An attached property can be set on any object, not just on the type that defines the property or its accessors. The attached property provider must provide static Get(PropertyName) and Set(PropertyName) methods as accessors for these attached properties. attachment <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An external file included with an e-mail message.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attachment <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data type that will provide support for storing binary files within an Access database. More similar to the SharePoint concept of attachments than the current OLE object fields in Access. The data will be stored as a raw blob within the database. Attachment <\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0A file sent by- email- is \u0393\u00c7\u00ffattached’ to the email. An attachment can be a picture, a document, a program or any other type of file. You should never open an attachment if you are not sure what it is, because some- viruses- propagate as email attachments; but they can’t infect your machine if you don’t open the attachment. attachment link <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Team Foundation link between a work item and a file attachment. Attachment Previewer <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that is used to open an attachment for Attachment Previewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attachment Previewing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows users to see and interact with E-mail messages and their attachments side by side in the reading pane.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attachment Reminder <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that alerts the user before an email message is sent if it detects that an attachment may have been omitted from the message. attachment table <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Table object whose rows represent the Attachment objects that are attached to a Message object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attendant console <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A console for call handling.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attendee <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A meeting participant who cannot initiate desktop or application sharing or presenting. Attendee permissions are controlled by the organizer and presenters. attendee key <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A meeting key that is used by attendees to join a meeting. attendee permissions <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Permissions that control how attendees can participate in the meeting and that only presenters can change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attendee\/Recipient List <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A special control that shows pictures, names and titles of people who are attending a meeting, or who are the recipients of an e-mail message. Attendees pane <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A client element that displays the list of participants for a Live Meeting session.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attention <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Text that alerts a user to a note or a warning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attenuation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The weakening of a transmitted signal, such as the distortion of a digital signal or the reduction in amplitude of an electrical signal. Attenuation is usually measured in decibels and is sometimes desirable, as when signal strength is reduced electronically, for example, by a radio volume control, to prevent overloading. attenuation <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The weakening of a transmitted signal, such as the reduction in the brightness of light, as it travels farther from its source.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attestation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of verifying that a computer is really the computer it claims to be, and is running the software it claims to be running.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attestation identity key <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The cryptographic representation of the hardware or software state and other integrity metrics, and which can be used to perform anonymous or pseudo-anonymous attestations to remote parties in multiparty transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attorney-client privilege <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A legal doctrine that is intended to protect the<\/span><\/p>\n

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confidentiality of communications between an attorney and his or her client. The underlying rationale is that by assuring confidential communications, lawyers and their clients will feel free to discuss sensitive legal matters thoroughly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attract application <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that appears when a Surface unit enters Attract Mode. An attract application is similar to a screen saver that is touch-sensitive. By default, Surface units include the Water attract application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attract Mode <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The mode that a Surface unit enters when the unit is not being used. Attract Mode is designed to attract users to the unit, entice them to interact with the unit, and then access Launcher through the access points.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In screen displays, an element of additional information stored with each character in the video buffer of a video adapter running in character mode. Such attributes control the background and foreground colors of the character, underlining, and blinking. attribute <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A characteristic of an object.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The name or structure of a field in a database entity. For example, the LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, and PHONE are attributes of each record in a PhoneList entity. The size of a field and the type of information it contains are also attributes of a database record.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0For files, information that indicates whether a file is read-only, hidden, ready for archiving (backing up), compressed, or encrypted, and whether the file contents should be indexed for fast file searching.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A single characteristic or additional piece of information (financial or non\u252c\u00a1financial) that exists in a database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In markup languages such as SGML, HTML, and XML, a name-value pair within a tagged element that describes data or the formatting or properties of data associated with that element.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A descriptive declaration that can be applied to programming elements such as types, fields, methods, and properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a computing system, an inherent characteristic of the hardware and software of a Windows computer. Such characteristics can be enumerated, but do not need to be measured. Examples are memory (RAM) and storage size.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute category <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A classification of dimension values that is used to summarize transaction data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A container object that groups related attributes within an object type. attribute collection <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The sum of attributes gathered during the attribute discovery process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute definition table <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A table of attribute names, numbers and descriptions. attribute discovery <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process through which the attributes, such as the operating system, of a computer are gathered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attribute Dropper <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A tool that lets you copy the fill, stroke, and effect attributes from one object on the page to another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute field <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A field in the data source that can contain data and that is an attribute, instead of an element. Attribute fields cannot contain other fields. attribute filter <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In a column definition, the list of attributes that limit the data that is available for a report.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute flow <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An authoritative source for an attribute value that can flow its value to other destination directories and systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attribute flows <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mapping of an attribute in one directory to an attribute in another directory so that values of the attribute in the first directory can flow to values of the attribute in the other.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute hierarchy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A flat hierarchy (typically having an All level and a member level) containing a single attribute. It is created from one column in a dimension table, if supported by the cube.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute instance <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An occurrence of an attribute that is defined in the schema. attribute relationship <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The hierarchy associated with an attribute containing a single level based on the corresponding column in a dimension table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute type <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The type of information contained by an attribute, such as quarters or months in a time dimension, which may enable specific treatment by the server and client applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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attribute value <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The value of an object or text feature a user can manipulate by using drawing tools and menu commands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AU East <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Australia East region within the Azure region taxonomy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUD <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The official currency of Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audience <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A custom group used to target content to people based on membership within the group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audience <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Facebook users other than the Facebook page account. These are users that interact with a Facebook page by commenting on posts that are made by the Facebook page account, by commenting on another other user’s post on a Facebook page, and posting on a Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audience Activity <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The number of comments and posts made by Facebook users on Facebook pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audience compilation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of evaluating a set of user profile entities with an audience rule to determine which user profile entities are members of the audience. audience identifier <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A GUID or string that is used to uniquely identify an audience. audience rule <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of logical conditions that determine whether a user profile can be a member of an audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Relating to frequencies within the range of perception by the human ear – from about 15 to 20,000 hertz (cycles per second).<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Sound within the range of perception by the human ear \u0393\u00c7\u00f6 from about 15 to 20,000 hertz (cycles per second).<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file containing digitized audio, such as voice or music.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio and Video Tuning Wizard… <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An item on the Tools menu (in a Conversation window) or Actions menu (in the main Communicator window) that runs a wizard that helps the user verify that the camera, speakers, and microphone are working properly on the user’s computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio board <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of expansion board on PC-compatible computers that allows the playback and recording of sound, such as from a WAV or MIDI file or a music CD-ROM. Most PCs sold at retail include a sound card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio book <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A book that has been read and recorded on cassette tape, CD or digital format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio call <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A call for transmitting audio data, including but not limited to speech. audio call <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Skype call where only audio is used (without video). audio card <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of expansion board on PC-compatible computers that allows the playback and recording of sound, such as from a WAV or MIDI file or a music CD-ROM. Most PCs sold at retail include a sound card.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio CD <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A compact disc containing audio information (as opposed to a CD-ROM containing data and files).<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio challenge <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of Human Interaction Proof challenge, which plays an audio file decipherable only by a person. The audio file might seem faint or mixed with background voices and noise. This is intentional to ensure a person, not an automated program, completes the HIP challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio codec <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The digital encoding used to represent audio data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio conference <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The audio portion of a meeting. The audio can be provided through a telephone conferencing service or by using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio conference line <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The bridge line that participants call to hear the audio portion of a Live Meeting session.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio conferencing partner <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An audio conference service that is chosen by an organizations’s conference center to integrate client functions with its Live Meeting service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio conferencing profile <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Audio settings for a user that are associated with a telephone conferencing provider or with an audio-video conferencing server. audio conferencing provider <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A third-party organization that provides audio conferencing services over public switched telephone network (PSTN).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio Controls <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An item on the View menu that displays the toolbar of controls for audio calls. Audio Controls include a Call menu for the currently selected person, microphone and speaker controls, Mute, Hang Up, and Transfer buttons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio Controls <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A button in a conversation window that displays Audio Controls in the current conversation window. Audio Controls contain Call, Hang Up, Hold, Transfer, Dial Pad, Mute Microphone, Mute Speakers, and microphone and speaker volume control buttons.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio device <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A hardware device capable of reproducing sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio file <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file containing digitized audio, such as voice or music.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio frame <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the smaller parts (with their own headers and audio information) that make up an audio file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio input device <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An audio input device records music and voice input into your computer. Examples of audio input devices are CD-ROM players and microphones. audio mixing <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of combining multiple streams of audio data into a single stream.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio output <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any sound produced by a computer; specifically, spoken output produced by a computer in response to some specific type of input. Such output may be generated using a combination of words from a digitized vocabulary or through the synthesis of words from tables of phonemes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio prompt <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An audio cue to the user to begin recording audio data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio provider <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A third-party organization that provides audio conferencing services over public switched telephone network (PSTN).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio Repackager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A component responsible for breaking audio source samples into small buffer chunks ready to be consumed by the audio queue. audio response <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Any sound produced by a computer; specifically, spoken output produced by a computer in response to some specific type of input. Such output may be generated using a combination of words from a digitized vocabulary or through the synthesis of words from tables of phonemes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio stream <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Audio data that is delivered in a continuous flow across a network. audio style <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A combination of audio playback options that are identified by a style name. This allows you to configure playback with a single click.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio Test service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A built-in tool whereby a test call can be made before the actual call is. This ensures that there aren’t any severe network or other issues that could affect call quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio toolbar <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Live Meeting client toolbar for performing audio tasks during a Live Meeting session.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio track <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An individual song or other discrete piece of audio content.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audio type <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the encoding formats for audio files, for instance Advanced Audio Coding (MP4), AIFF and WAV.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio Video Interleaved <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft Windows multimedia file format for sound and videos that uses the Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification. audio waveform <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A visual representation of an audio signal over time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio\/Video Conferencing Server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server running Lync Server or Office Communications Server that mixes and manages audio and video inputs from multiple sources for multiparty audio and video conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In CMMI process-improvement work, an independent examination of a work product or set of work products to determine whether requirements are being met. audit <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0To track changes in entities and fields as required.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audit and Control Management Server <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft Office product that provides non-intrusive auditing of changes made to Excel spreadsheets and Access databases, and supports alerts, notifications and automatic workflows based on user activities such as macro or formula changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audit Collection Services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A service that collects and forwards all security events from monitored computers to a central database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audit Collection Services database <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The database in which Audit Collection Services stores all the security events that it collects from monitored computers. audit diagram <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of diagram used to document and analyze processes such as financial transactions and inventory management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audit history <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Information maintained about the history of an item, including all reading and editing sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audit log <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The SQL Server database in which Microsoft Provisioning Framework (MPF) stores data about successful and failed transactions for which auditing is enabled. audit logging <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of recording specific actions performed by targeted users. audit mode <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The stage of the preinstallation process used to test a manufactured computer before it is delivered to the end user.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audit policy <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A policy that determines the security events to be reported to the network administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n

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audit trail <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A time-stamped record of all the changes that users make to a record. An audit trail also contains the name and identification of the user who made the change, and typically includes the reason for the change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auditing <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process an operating system uses to detect and record security-related events, such as an attempt to create, to access, or to delete objects such as files and directories. The records of such events are stored in a file known as a security log, whose contents are available only to those with the proper clearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auditor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A third-party independent organization or individual who conducts formal examinations and verifies measurements through a process of reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auditorium Place <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Live Meeting session type that is designed for large, structured meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A statement issued by an online service that indicates what activities users may or may not engage in while logged into the service. For example, some providers prohibit users from engaging in commercial activity on the network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auth method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The authentication protocol (such as CHAP, PAP, EAP etc.) used when authenticating access to resources on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The visual experience of the premium Windows Vista editions. Windows Aero builds on the Basic and Standard user experiences to offer customers our best-designed, highest-performing desktop environment. A noticeable element of the new Windows Aero experience is the professional-looking, transparent glass design, which creates an open, lightweight environment but more importantly enables users to focus on their content rather than the interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authenticated access <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user access option that you specify at the default Web site level or Application level in IIS. Authenticated access requires a user to have a valid account and password to access the site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authenticated denial of existence <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The authentication of a DNS query for a record that does not exist.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authenticated Internet Protocol <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A protocol extension to Internet Key Exchange (IKE) that supports additional authentication mechanisms and the combination of user and computer authentication requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authenticated IP <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A protocol extension to Internet Key Exchange (IKE) that supports additional authentication mechanisms and the combination of user and computer authentication requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authenticated users only meeting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A meeting in which all participants have Active Directory credentials and connect from either inside or outside the corporate firewall. authentication <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of verifying the identity of a user, computer, device, process, or other entity by validating the credentials provided by the entity. Common forms of credentials are digital signatures, smart cards, biometric data, and a combination of user names and passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow that is used to perform additional user identity validation before continuing with the request.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication assurance <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows Server feature that provides the ability to determine which logon method was used by a user from his Kerberos token. authentication challenge <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A dialog that requires the user to provide a response in order to authenticate to ILM -Cir2-C?.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication challenge activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Windows Workflow Foundation activity that is used to configure a challenge that will be issued to a user in order to authenticate to ILM – \u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u252c\u00bd2-\u0393\u00e9\u00bc?.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication data <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A scheme-specific block of data that is exchanged between the server and client during authentication. To prove its identity, the client encrypts some or all of this data with a user name and password. The client sends the encrypted data to the server, which decrypts the data and compares it to the original. If the decrypted data matches the original data, the client is authenticated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A database on a server that matches user names to passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication delegation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method used to authenticate a session that has been opened with the published Web site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The authentication protocol (such as CHAP, PAP, EAP etc.) used when authenticating access to resources on a network.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication method <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0For BitLocker Drive Encryption, a combination of one or more of the following elements, identified by a globally unique identifier (GUID): personal identification number (PIN), recovery password, recovery key, startup key, and Trusted Platform Module (TPM).<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication option <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of multiple authentication mechanisms or settings that a user can set.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication package <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A DLL that encapsulates the authentication logic used to determine whether to permit a user to log on. LSA authenticates a user logon by sending the request to an authentication package. The authentication package then examines the logon information and either authenticates or rejects the user logon attempt. authentication page <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web page presented to unauthenticated users logging on to a site requiring authentication with a Web browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication provider <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The software component that provides services for authenticating security principals. For example, the implementation of RADIUS is an authentication provider.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service provided by an operating system or underlying subsystem (like Microsoft Internet Information Services) that provides a means to authenticate users, typically using a user name and password. Part of the general security system, authentication services can also be offered at the application layer. authentication set <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In IPsec, a collection of authentication methods that the client proposes during negotiation with the remote host.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authentication ticket <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A ticket that Commerce Server creates for registered users. Authentications <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A unit of measure of the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffBasic Authentications’ resource of the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffActive Directory B2C’ service type of the \u0393\u00c7\u00ffIdentity’ service for \u0393\u00c7\u00ffPay-As-You-Go’ billing based on the number of authentications submitted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authentications (10s) <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The unit of measure for authentications performed in blocks of 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authenticator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data structure used by one party to prove that another party knows a secret key. In the Kerberos authentication protocol, authenticators include timestamps, to prevent replay attacks, and are encrypted with the session key issued by the Key Distribution Center (KDC).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authenticator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The app that generates security codes that change frequently as part of two-step verification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authenticity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The validity or correctness of a document.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authenticode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A security feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Authenticode allows vendors of downloadable executable code (plug-ins or ActiveX controls, for example) to attach digital certificates to their products to assure end users that the code is from the original developer and has not been altered. Authenticode lets end users decide for themselves whether to accept or reject software components posted on the Internet before downloading begins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AuthIP <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A protocol extension to Internet Key Exchange (IKE) that supports additional authentication mechanisms and the combination of user and computer authentication requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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author <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The entity primarily responsible for creating the content resource (that is, the author).<\/span><\/p>\n

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author <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Individual, account, or website that published a post that was stored to the application’s database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Author Lists right <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A right that allows a user to add, modify, or remove items in a list, document library, discussion board, or survey.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Author Marks <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that identifies the author of unread new or changed content in a shared notebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Author role <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A collection of rights that enables a user to view, add, and modify pages, and items in a list, document library, discussion board or survey. authoring <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of creating and designing content by using specialized authoring tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authoring Connector <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) feature that enables users to author, edit, and submit content from a Microsoft Word document to an MCMS Web site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authoring pane <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In PerformancePoint Add-in for Excel, the pane that is used to author forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authoring tool <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tool that allows an author to create, edit, manage and\/or publish a content deliverable in a consistently organized fashion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authoritative name server <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A DNS server that is responsible for the DNS records that are associated with a domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authoritative page <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Web page that a site collection administrator has designated as more relevant than other Web pages. This is typically the URL of the home page for the intranet of an organization. The higher the authority level assigned to a page, the higher the page appears in search results. Also referred to as authoritative page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authoritative recovery <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Backup, a type of restore operation performed on an Active Directory domain controller in which the objects in the restored directory are treated as authoritative, replacing (through replication) all existing copies of those objects. authoritative restore <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In Backup, a type of restore operation performed on an Active Directory domain controller in which the objects in the restored directory are treated as authoritative, replacing (through replication) all existing copies of those objects. authoritative server <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a DNS server that hosts a primary or secondary copy of a DNS zone. When a DNS server is configured to host a zone, it is said to be authoritative for names within that zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authoritative source <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user that has thoroughly tested and certified the software. Typically, these sources include Microsoft Corporation and independent software vendors (ISVs).<\/span><\/p>\n

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authority information access <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A certificate extension that contains information useful for verifying the trust status of a certificate, as defined by the 2008 Memo of the Network Working Group. This information potentially includes Uniform Resource Locations (URLs) where the issuing CA’s certificate can be retrieved, as well as a location of an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder configured to provide status for the certificate in question.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authority Key Identifier <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A certificate extension used by the certificate chaining engine to determine what certificate was used to sign a presented certificate. The AKI can contain the issuer name, serial number, public key information, or no information at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By matching the information in a certificate’s AKI extension to a CA certificate’s Subject Key Identifier (SKI) extension, a certificate chain can be built.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorization <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of granting a person, computer process, or device access to certain information, services or functionality. Authorization is derived from the identity of the person, computer process, or device requesting access, which is verified through authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorization <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow with activities that must be completed before the approval or validation request is committed to the database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorization code <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A code that grants rights to an individual, for example to use a system or access stored data.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorization header <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In the context of an HTTP transaction, a string containing the credentials that the user agent sends to server containing the authentication information. Authorization Manager <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A role-based security architecture for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 4) that can be used in any application requiring role-based authorization, such as ASP.NET Web applications or Web services. It consists of a run-time environment and a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in tool that enables network administrators to define roles, assign users and groups to application roles, and create application groups based on an employees job role or an organizations structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authorization Policies Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A wizard that is available through Remote Desktop Gateway Manager that enables you to quickly configure a Remote Desktop connection authorization policy (RD CAP), a Remote Desktop resource authorization policy (RD RAP), and a computer group that is associated with an RD RAP. authorization rule <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A script, written in VBScript or JScript, that can be included in role definitions and task definitions. An authorization rule determines whether the role or task is allowed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorization store <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A file containing user and group information used by the Authorization Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorize <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To grant a person, computer process, or device access to certain information, services or functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorize <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To sanction the future occurrence of an event in a system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorized distributor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An independent company licensed by Microsoft Licensing, GP or Microsoft Ireland Operations, Ltd. to manage the production and distribution of multipacks of Windows OEM products to system builders.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorized replicator <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An independent company licensed by Microsoft Licensing, Inc., to manage the production and distribution of Microsoft OEM products for royalty OEMs. Microsoft Licensing, Inc., supplies the authorized replicator with the master components, manufacturing and assembly specifications, and other pertinent instructions. The authorized replicator manufactures and assembles genuine Microsoft products to exact specifications. The benefits of using an authorized replicator include protection against piracy, consistent high-quality software, and competitive prices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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authorized user <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A user who has been authenticated and who has access to objects and tasks in the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto Answer <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature of some Windows Mobile devices that uses the hands-free system to automatically answer incoming calls (without a person touching the device) after a user-specified period of time, such as 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, and so on. auto apply quota <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A quota that allows the user to assign a quota template on a folder and have quotas based on the template be automatically created for the existing subfolders and any subfolders created in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto Approval <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An update management configuration in which newly synchronized updates are automatically approved, and deployed to managed computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto Attendant <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The feature that supplies a caller with information and performs an action without the intervention of a human operator. It automatically routes calls based on selections made by the caller.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto Collage <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that assembles a composite photo collage from multiple source photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto correction <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that automatically corrects errors and makes other substitutions as soon as a user types text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto discover <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0To automatically find newly-added servers and newly-added shares or volumes, or to detect changes, such as deletion or remapping, to protected data. auto discovery <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The daily process by which DPM automatically detects new or removed servers on the network and discovers changes to protected servers, such as the addition, removal, or renaming of databases, shares, and volumes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto Fill <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that allows the user to fill cells with data that follows a pattern or that is based on data in other cells.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto Hide <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that minimizes tool windows along the edges of the IDE when these windows are not in use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto PC <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An information and entertainment system for use in automobiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto style application mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A mode in which the default style settings defined in Page Options > CSS tab will be used on a page level as well as on an inline style level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto thumbnail <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tool that creates a thumbnail (a miniature version) of a picture or photograph and a hyperlink to the original picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto top-up <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Skype feature that enables automatic payments so that the user doesn’t run out of Skype Credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoArchive <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature which automatically and periodically removes items to another folder, or deletes them, based on the amount of time they have been in the folder. AutoArchive <\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To automatically remove items to another folder periodically or delete them, based on the amount of time that they have been in the folder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autochanger <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A robotic device that automatically loads storage media into a computer drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autocommit mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The default transaction management mode for the Database Engine. The Database Engine automatically starts a transaction for each individual Transact-SQL statement. When the statement completes, the transaction is committed or rolled back based on the success or failure of the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoComplete <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The feature in Internet Explorer that remembers the information you have typed into the Address bar, web forms, or password fields, and which automatically fills in that information if you start to type the same thing again later. AutoConnect <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A technology that allows Outlook and mobile devices to automatically discover and connect to the correct Exchange server without requiring the user to know the Exchange server name or other details, even if the mailbox has been moved or a server has failed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoConnect <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that automatically connects, aligns, and evenly distributes flowchart shapes in a drawing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-consistency check <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that automatically runs a consistency check on protected data sources when it detects an inconsistent replica. auto-correct <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that automatically corrects errors and makes other substitutions as soon as a user types text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto-detect server <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The label for a check-box that when selected establishes automatic detection of the server upon signing in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autodiscover <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature available in Outlook 2007 and some mobile devices that automatically configures the clients for access to Exchange Server 2007. The client sends the user name and password information to the Exchange 2007 server. The Autodiscover Web service that is running on the Exchange Client Access server returns an XML file that contains configuration information, which is interpreted by the client. If the user is moved to a different server later, the client will automatically query the Autodiscover Web service again to update the client configuration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autodiscover service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service that returns server configuration information for a mobile device or other client using only the user’s SMTP e-mail address and password. auto-exit <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A text box in which the focus automatically moves to the next control as soon as a user types the last character.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto-Extend <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that facilitates the use of Presenter View by automatically applying the Extend setting for Windows projection and identifying the correct display for Slide Show versus Presenter view.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoFilter <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A software feature that allows users to filter records in a spreadsheet or database by selecting filter criteria right in the working window rather than going through complex views and features.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autoflow <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The automatic flowing of text from one frame to another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoHide <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that minimizes tool windows along the edges of the IDE when these windows are not in use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-hide button <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A button that appears on the edge of a frame when a window is in auto-hide mode. The hidden window pane appears when the mouse cursor hovers over the button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autohost <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To deploy the components of an app on appropriate hosts and establish app isolation automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-implemented property <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Visual Basic and C# property that can be declared in a single line of code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-insert delay <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Time elapsed after the last stroke and before the handwriting recognizer result is inserted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-joining <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The movement of text to fill a gap that remains after a user deletes other text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-labelling <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A procedure in which adding a shape to the drawing canvas automatically also adds the shape’s name as a text label.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoLayout <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that automatically adjusts the layout if you insert items that don’t fit the original layout. You can undo it using the Automatic Layout Options button. autoloader <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A robotic device that automatically loads storage media into a computer drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autologger <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A data-capturing tool used in remote usability studies to automatically record application information (active windows, titles and locations) and user actions such as mouse clicks and keystrokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autologon <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of automatically logging on to the computer when the computer restarts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automated activity <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An activity that is automatically completed by Service Manager. Automated Clearing House <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An electronic funds transfer system available in the United States that facilitates the transfer of funds between receiving party and originating party bank accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automated System Recovery <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that helps you recover a system that will not start.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automated System Recovery Preparation Wizard <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A wizard that backs up the partition used by the operating system, but it does not back up other partitions, such as program or data partitions. Those partitions must be backed up using Backup or other standard routines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automated task <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A workflow task that is completed by an automatic operation. automated test <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of steps that a computer may run programmatically to test the functionality of the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Pertaining to something that functions without external control. Automatic Answering <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature of some Windows Mobile devices that uses the hands-free system to automatically answer incoming calls (without a person touching the device) after a user-specified period of time, such as 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic approval <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An update management configuration in which newly synchronized updates are automatically approved, and deployed to managed computers. automatic approval rule <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of rule that allows updates to be automatically approved based on product and update classifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic call distributor <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A system that automatically routes and queues incoming phone calls and generates reports to an agent or a set of agents, e.g., in a call center such as for customer service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatic configuration <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An option in the Options dialog box, on the Accounts tab. When the phone is integrated with Communicator, this option uses the automatic configuration settings for the phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic document feeder <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An attachment available on some scanners that allows automatic scanning of multiple pages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic failover <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A failover that occurs automatically on the loss of the primary replica.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic failover set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Within a given availability group, a pair of availability replicas (including the current primary replica) that are configured for synchronous- commit mode with automatic failover, if any.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic file restore <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that replaces malware-infected system files with uninfected files from the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatic Layout <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that recognises some repetitive, highly-used steps and automatically helps in the layout of the text.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic learning <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A handwriting personalization feature that collects data about the words you use and how you write them. If you turn on automatic learning, it enables the handwriting recognizer to learn your handwriting style and vocabulary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatic Maintenance <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature of Windows that includes a set of maintenance tasks that run automatically when the user’s PC is idle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatic mapping <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Field in the Import Data Wizard that indicates that the wizard can determine which of the fields being imported match up with Microsoft Dynamics CRM fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic number identification <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program that identifies the phone number where a call originates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic outlining <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process that makes it possible to collapse a sequence of text lines into a single line. For example, in C++ all methods can be collapsed to a single line, showing only the method signature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic partnering <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A setting for APPC LUs and modes that enables LU-LU pairs (with assigned modes) to be generated automatically by Host Integration Server 2004. Each time a new APPC LU or mode is created with automatic partnering enabled, Host Integration Server 2004 searches for existing LUs and modes that also have automatic partnering enabled. Host Integration Server 2004 then uses all available automatic partners to create as many unique LU-LU pairs as possible, each pair containing a remote LU, local LU, and assigned mode. Disabling an automatic partner setting after an LU or mode has been created does not remove that LU or mode from LU-LU pairs already generated. Automatic Private IP Addressing <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A TCP\/IP feature in WindowsXP and Windows Server2003 that automatically configures a unique IP address from the range 169.254.0.1 through 169.254.255.254 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 when the TCP\/IP protocol is configured for dynamic addressing and a DHCP server is not available. The APIPA range of IP addresses is reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use on a single subnet, and IP addresses within this range are not used on the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatic Provisioning <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The automation of user provisioning<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic recovery <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Recovery that occurs every time SQL Server is restarted. Automatic Replies <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A tool that allows the user to configure auto-replies. automatic reply <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The auto-reply text specified using Outlook’s Automatic Replies or Out of Office Assistant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic scrolling <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A technique whereby a display area automatically scrolls without direct interaction with a scroll bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatic Speech Recognition <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Technology that allows machines to recognize and respond to human voice commands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic synchronization <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The automatic exchange and update of information between a device and a desktop computer or server according to a preset schedule or criteria, so that the information is the same in both places.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic transaction <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A transaction that is created by the COM+ run-time environment for an object based on the transaction attribute of a component. automatic update <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method that allows a computer to be scanned and recommends software updates that fix problems, add functionality, or provide the latest drivers. Automatic Updates <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that works with the Windows Update website to deliver updates (patches and fixes) for Windows as they become available according to settings that users can choose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic variable <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A shell variable that is always available as part of a Monad session ($?, $true, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatic virtual machine activation <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Activation of a guest operating system or application based on properties of a host system or parent partition, including but not limited to the license state of the host.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automatically retrieve Out Of Office settings from Outlook <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0An option in the Options dialog box, on the Rules tab. When this option is selected, Communicator obtains the user’s Out Of Office information from Outlook and displays it as part of the user’s status.<\/span><\/p>\n

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automatically save <\/span><\/strong>(v) – \u00a0To save the user’s work on a continuous basis, so that it is not necessary to save manually.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automation <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A technology that is based on the Component Object Model (COM) that enables interoperability among ActiveX components, including OLE components. Formerly referred to as OLE Automation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automation <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft Azure service that automates the manual, long-running, error-prone, and frequently repeated tasks that are commonly performed in a cloud environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automation client <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that uses Automation to manipulates the objects, methods, and properties of another application. Also called an Automation controller. Automation object <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An object supplied by a component that supports Automation. Automation server <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An application that enables its objects, methods, and properties to be controlled by other applications through Automation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Automotive <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Lifestyle subcategory containing apps for car enthusiasts. AutoMovie <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Movie Maker tool that helps users quickly create a movie by analyzing the video, pictures, and music that a user selects, and then combining those to create a movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autonomous system <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of routers or networks controlled by a single administrative authority using a common Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) for routing packets. Each autonomous system is assigned a globally unique number called an autonomous-system number (ASN).<\/span><\/p>\n

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autonomous system boundary router <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0A router that exchanges routing information with routers that belong to other autonomous systems. The ASBR then advertises external routes throughout the autonomous system. ASBRs can be internal or area border routers, and they might or might not be connected to the backbone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoNumber <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A field data type that automatically stores a unique number for each record as it’s added to a table.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoPlay <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows you to set up your computer so that when you insert a CD or DVD, it will play automatically and you won’t have to select your preferences every time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autopostback <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process in which the control submits the page when the user interacts with the control. (By default, only button controls cause a postback.) For example, if a DropDownList control is set to perform autopostback, the page is submitted as soon as a user selects an item from the list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-protection <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0In DPM, a feature that automatically identifies and adds new data sources for protection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-recharge <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Skype feature that enables automatic payments so that the user doesn’t run out of Skype Credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auto-recover <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that allows the user to rescue work if the computer crashes for any reason.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-redial <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature that repeatedly redials the desired number until the user gets through.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-reduce statement completion <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The IntelliSense feature that filters the list of values that IntelliSense displays to only the relevant ones based on what the user types. It also filters on title casing (e.g., if the user types dl’<\/span><\/p>\n

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autoregressive integrated moving average <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A method for determining dependencies in observations taken sequentially in time, that also supports multiplicative seasonality. auto-repeat <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An event or interaction that is automatically repeated. Auto-repeat events usually occur when a user holds down a keyboard key or presses and holds a special control (for example, scroll bar buttons).<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoReply <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature in Outlook Mobile that allows the user to set up an automatic response to incoming e-mail messages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-report <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A type of report that is automatically generated from the data that is displayed on a form.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autorestart <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A process or system feature that can automatically restart the system after the occurrence of certain type of errors or a power system failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autos <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An MSN site that provides information and expert advice on automobiles, including safety ratings, market values, and listings for new and used cars. autosave <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A program feature that automatically saves an open file to a disk or other medium at defined intervals or after a certain number of keystrokes to ensure that changes to a document are periodically saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autoscroll <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A technique whereby a display area automatically scrolls without direct interaction with a scroll bar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoShape <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A predefined or free-form figure -\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5 such as a line, oval, cube, flowchart symbol, banner, or free-form scribble -\u0393\u00e9\u00bc\u0393\u00c7\u00a5 that the user can insert into a document and then customize.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoShapes <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A menu for a group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autosnap <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature in which dropping a shape onto a connector automatically glues the shape to the connector.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auto-start <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of Windows Server AppFabric that allows a WCF or WF service to automatically start when it is created, or when IIS is started.<\/span><\/p>\n

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autostatic update <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The process of adding to the routing table automatically. When you configure an interface to use auto-static update mode, the router sends a request to other routers and inherits routes. The routes are saved in the routing table as and are kept even if the router is restarted or the interface goes down. Auto-static updates are supported in (RIP) for (IP) and in RIP for Internetwork Packet Exchange (), but they are not available for use with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autostretch <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0An option for setting all or part of a layout table to a fixed width. After setting part of a layout table to a fixed width, the other part of the layout table automatically stretches to adjust to the size of the Web browser window.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoSum <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An Excel feature that automatically creates a sum formula based on user selection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AutoText <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A gallery for text and graphics, such as a standard contract clause, that can be used multiple times in one or more documents. Each selection of text or graphics is recorded as an AutoText entry and assigned a unique name. It is visible in Quick Parts and the Building Blocks Organizer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autotext code <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A text-based variable in a column definition that is automatically updated each time that a report is generated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Autounattend.xml <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The unattended answer file that is automatically detected by Windows Setup during operating system installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auxiliary AppCompat database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An additional database that is associated with the AppCompat database. The Auxiliary AppCompat database can be modified on the system and is used primarily in large enterprises where the IT environment is heavily managed. The main AppCompat database is read-only.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auxiliary class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A class that extends the definition of a class that inherits from it but cannot form a class by itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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auxiliary display <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A feature of Windows Vista that gives the user quick access to useful information on their computer, such as calendar appointments and the latest e-mail message even when the computer is in standby mode or hibernating, media playback control when the computer is off, and other application notifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AV <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A computer program designed to detect and respond to malicious software, such as viruses and worms. Responses may include blocking user access to infected files, cleaning infected files or systems, or informing the user that an infected program was detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A level of service provided by applications, services, or systems. availability <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The periods of time when a resource can be scheduled to participate in a service activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The condition of a user that can be displayed to the user’s contacts to communicate whether the user is currently online and available, offline and unavailable, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability database <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A database that belongs to an availability group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability group <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of user databases that fail over together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability group listener <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A server to which clients can connect in order to access a database in a primary or secondary replica of an availability group. availability indicator <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Appears to the left of a meeting or appointment (or all the way around the item when selected), indicating time status as free, tentative, busy, out of office, or no information available. Visible only in Day and Work Week view. availability replica <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An instantiation of an availability group that is hosted by a specific instance of SQL Server and that maintains a local copy of the set of availability databases that belong to the availability group.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Availability service <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A service that improves information workers’ free\/busy data by providing secure, consistent, and up-to-date free\/busy information to computers that are running Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. By default, this service is installed with Exchange<\/span><\/p>\n

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2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability set <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A group of virtual machines that are set up so that its members are guaranteed to be highly available. An availability set combines the operations of fault domains and update domains to help guard against hardware failures and host operating system updates, both of which cause virtual machine outages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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availability warning <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An icon or a warning message that appears when an item quantity, lot number, or serial number is already reserved or otherwise specified for other documents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0Referring to anything that is ready for immediate use by a user or application.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A presence status the user can select, while signed in, to make it appear to<\/span><\/p>\n

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other users that he or she is currently willing to be contacted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available disk space <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Memory that is not allocated to any program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available disks <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A storage pool that exposes physical disks that are currently available<\/span><\/p>\n

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for inclusion in a storage pool on a particular storage subsystem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available hard disk space <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Memory that is not allocated to any program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available language <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A language pack that is present in the langpacks folder, but is not<\/span><\/p>\n

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yet installed to the Windows image. To install an available language, you must run<\/span><\/p>\n

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Windows Setup. Optionally, you can use the Lpksetup.exe tool to install a language pack<\/span><\/p>\n

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after Windows is installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available memory <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0Memory that is not allocated to any program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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available to promise <\/span><\/strong>(adj) – \u00a0The portion of inventory that is not allocated and which can be used to fulfill new orders and requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Avantgarde <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. Winamp genre ID # 90.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Avatar <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– \u00a0A picture or figure representing a person in an online environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AVDP <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A part of the UDF file system necessary to identify the required blocks in order to interpret the file system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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average cost period <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An interval of time that the program uses to calculate average costs of items that use the Average costing method. The program calculates an average cost for the ending date of each average cost period in which an inventory decrease takes place. This average cost is then applied to all inventory decreases with valuation dates in the average cost period.<\/span><\/p>\n

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average duration <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The average event- time for all performance events in the group. AVI <\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A Microsoft Windows multimedia file format for sound and videos that uses the Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AVIcode .NET Enterprise agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature that is installed on a Windows-based computer by the AVIcode .NET application monitoring product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AVS <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The service that is provided by a credit card processor that validates that the billing address provided by a card holder matches the information on file with the issuing bank.<\/span><\/p>\n

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award certificate <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A document presented to an individual or team in formal recognition of their effort or achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Away <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A tab on the Power Options Properties dialog box which allows the user to select away mode.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Away <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An item on the user’s My Status menu that can be selected while signed in to make it appear to other users that he or she is currently away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Away <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An item on the user’s Status menu. A user can select this status to indicate that they are not actively using their computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Away <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The status that appears when a user is elsewhere than at their computer. The Away status can be selected manually when the user plans to be away, or automatically when the user has been away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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away greeting <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A voice message that’s played to callers to let them know that the person they called is away for an extended period of time and unavailable to answer the phone. It can be customized by the user. It’s different from the voice mail greeting that’s played when the recipient is away for a short period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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away mode <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A power mode in which a Media Center PC appears off, but can still perform functions such as recording a TV program. In away mode, the monitor appears blank, the audio is muted, the input devices are locked, the power LED changes from green to amber, and the system fans turn down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AWS <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A collection of remote computing services that make up a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AWT <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A library of Java GUIs (graphical user interfaces) that provides the connections between a Java application and the native GUI of the computer on which the application runs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AxBC class <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A business component class that encapsulates business logic, including the provision of default values, validation of data, value mapping, and access to display fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Axd <\/span><\/strong>(oth) – \u00a0The prefix used for document classes for the application programmer interfaces (APIs).<\/span><\/p>\n

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axis <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A line bordering the chart plot area used as a frame of reference for<\/span><\/p>\n

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measurement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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axis <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A set of tuples. Each tuple is a vector of members. A set of axes defines the coordinates of a multidimensional data set.<\/span><\/p>\n

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axis <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A directional vector that can be used to specify a position in space. The horizontal axis x-axis, the vertical y-axis, and near-to-far z-axis are used for three\u252c\u00a1dimensional graphing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AXL <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An XML-based serialization format used by SharePoint-based servers to represent Access Services database applications. It includes database properties, queries, forms, reports, and macros.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AzMan <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0A role-based security architecture for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 4) that can be used in any application requiring role-based authorization, such as ASP.NET Web applications or Web services. It consists of a run-time environment and a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in tool that enables network administrators to define roles, assign users and groups to application roles, and create application groups based on an employees job role or an organizations structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Active Directory <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The identity service in Microsoft Azure that provides identity management and access control capabilities through a REST-based API.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Active Directory Connect Health <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Microsoft Azure preview portal extension with a server and client component to monitor service’s health, performance and usage of an on-premises identity infrastructure (ADFS), providing alerts, summaries and reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Active Directory Connect Health Agent <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A program installed and running as a background task on the targeted servers to accomplish Azure AD Connect Health functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Active Directory identity synchronization tools <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The services providing for automatical synchronization of user and group accounts on-premise and to the accounts stored in Azure Active Directory via pass-back through federation and password hash synchronization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure AD App <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Internet application that runs on smartphones and other portable devices and uses Microsoft Azure Mobile Services to provide authorized users with sign-on capability to access secured resources via the identity service in Microsoft Azure that provides identity management and access control capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure AD Connect Health <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Microsoft Azure preview portal extension with a server and client component to monitor service’s health, performance and usage of an on\u252c\u00a1premises identity infrastructure (ADFS), providing alerts, summaries and reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure AD Connect Health Alerts <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The section of the Azure AD Connect Health providing the list of active alerts. includes relevant information, resolution steps, and links to related documentation. By selecting an alert you will see additional information, as well as steps you can take to resolve the alert, and links to additional documentation. You can also view historical data on alerts that were resolved in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure AD Connect Health Usage Analytics <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A feature of Azure AD Connect Health that analyzes user actions and usage events on tne monitored service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure AD Sync <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A software tool for connecting to data sources, synchronizing data between data sources, as well as the provisioning and deprovisioning of identities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure App <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Internet application that runs on smartphones and other portable devices and uses Microsoft Azure Mobile Services to provide authorized users with sign- on capability to access secured resources via the identity service in Microsoft Azure that provides identity management and access control capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure App Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure hosting offer that is streamlined for fast and easy website deployments either running custom application code or popular open source web apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure App Service Environment <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Premium service plan option of Azure App Service that provides a fully isolated and dedicated environment for securely running all apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Application <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Internet application that runs on smartphones and other portable devices and uses Microsoft Azure Mobile Services to provide authorized users with sign-on capability to access secured resources via the identity service in Microsoft Azure that provides identity management and access control capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Authenticator <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A dual-component app that can be installed on a user’s mobile device for secure access to work and school accounts through account sign-in verification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Automation <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A Microsoft Azure service that automates the manual, long- running, error-prone, and frequently repeated tasks that are commonly performed in a cloud environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Automation Intelligence Pack <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An Azure Automation component transforming the newborn agent into a useful member of society, otherwise known as a Hybrid Runbook Worker.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Batch forum <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An MSDN forum to discuss the Azure Batch service. The topics include management, development, performance, roadmap, feature request, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Classic Portal <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service principal first-released web-based user interface to Azure services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure credit <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The amount of money that an Azure user is entitled to use for Azure services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Data Catalog <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A shared Azure service that provides a means for storing and administering definitions of models, content types, and data sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Data Lake <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A hyper scale repository for big data analytic workloads.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure for BizSpark Plus <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The offer of a monthly credit on Microsoft Azure for startups who are members of a local Accelerator or Incubator and who are BizSpark Plus partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Gaming Services <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure service for 3 limited-availability Xbox (gaming) service types, including Compute and two Data Transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure in Open <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A monetary commitment offer based on the open licensing program and targeted for small- to medium-sized businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure in Open <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A monetary commitment that makes Microsoft Azure available for partners to resell through Open licensing for 12 months, and that a customer can use against any consumption-based Azure service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Pass <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0An offer that provides a certain amount in monetary credit to anyone who would like to try out Microsoft Azure services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Portal <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The web-based user interface that hosts all Azure services.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure PowerShell <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A module that provides cmdlets to manage Azure through Windows PowerShell. You can use the cmdlets to create, test, deploy, and manage solutions and services delivered through the Azure platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Preview Portal <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The next-generation web-based user interface to which Azure services are migrating. It provides a customizable end-to-end DevOps experience along with Azure Resource Manager for composing and managing all resources in an application together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Redis Cache <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure Cache offering that provides access to a secure, dedicated Redis cache, managed by Microsoft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure region <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An area within a geo Azure region taxonomy. Does not imply any hierarchy or nesting within a geo. Regions can be assigned to other geos in the future if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Resource Manager <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service to grant access to a service principal and authenticate it so that it can perform the permitted management actions on resources that exist in the subscription or as a tenant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Rights Management (Government Pricing) <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The offer of the Azure Rights Management capability for government organizations where data is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Rights Management for Government <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The offer of the Azure Rights Management capability for government organizations where data is hosted in the government cloud environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Search <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The service that allows developers to incorporate search capabilities into their applications without having to worry about the complexities of full-text search and without having to deploy, maintain or manage any infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Site Recovery <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0The Microsoft Azure service that allows users to automate protection and replication and orchestrate recovery for virtual machines and applications that run on Hyper-V hosts located in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) clouds and also in Microsoft Azure for simplified disaster recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Stack <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A cloud infrastructure that brings Azure IaaS and PaaS capabilities to customers’ datacenters for blending enterprise applications such as SQL Server, SharePoint, and Exchange with modern distributed applications and services while maintaining centralized oversight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Sync Portal <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The web UI that you use to interact with the Azure Sync Service.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Sync Service <\/span><\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0The synchronization service running behind the Azure Sync Portal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Tenant <\/span><\/strong>(n) – \u00a0An instance of Azure Active Directory that is automatically created for use by an organization when signing up for any Microsoft cloud service to create and manage users and groups, add the organization’s registered Internet domains and set up integration with the on-premises directory service to process user authentications.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Azure Trust Center <\/strong>(PN) – \u00a0A website that describes the compliance, security, and privacy features of Microsoft Azure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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