E (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board

 

(ESRB).

 

E.164 (PN) -  A standard industry format for number normalization. The E.164 format consists of a country code (1-3 digits) and a National Significant Number (12-14 digits) for a total of 15 digits. The National Significant Number consists in turn of a National Destination Number and a Subscriber Number (extension). For example, (425) 555-1212 ext. 3011 is represented in E.164 format as 42555512123011.

 

E10+ (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

E9-1-1 (n) -  A service that provides information about the location of a caller who calls 9­1-1.

 

EA (PN) -  An extension of the internal activation feature that allows users to move the logic for receiving and processing Service Broker messages from the database engine service to an application executable outside the database engine service.

 

EAC (n) -  The expected total cost of a task or project, based on performance as of the status date. EAC is calculated as follows: EAC = ACWP + (BAC-BCWP)/CPI. eager loading (n) -  A pattern of loading where a specific set of related objects are loaded along with the objects that were explicitly requested in the query.

 

EAI (oth) -  The 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.

 

EAI (PN) -  One of the integration services in Microsoft Azure that enables connections between different systems using multiple and varied message formats.

 

EAN (PN) -  A 13-digit international barcode standard maintained by GS1.

 

EAP type (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to select the type of Extensible Authentication Protocol used.

 

eApproval (PN) -  A workflow that provides a hierarchical organizational chart from which you can select the approvers and allow the approvers to use a stamp control instead of a signature.

 

early binding (n) -  Binding (converting symbolic addresses in the program to storage- related addresses) that occurs during program compilation or linkage.

 

Early Childhood (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

early finish date (n) -  The earliest date that a task could possibly finish, based on early finish dates of predecessor and successor tasks, other constraints, and any leveling delay. Early Launch Antimalware driver (n) -  An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver.

 

Early learning (PN) -  The Education subcategory containing apps to help pre-school age children learn.

 

early media (n) -  Audio and video on a call that are exchanged before the recipient accepts the call. Examples include announcements, requests for input, and caller voice commands.

 

early upgrade (n) -  A service update that is released to a group of users before it is made available to all of the users at your organization. Unlike a pilot, early update cannot be rolled back or cancelled.

 

early-launch boot driver (n) -  An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver.

 

early-peak contour (n) -  A contour that peaks near the beginning of the curve and then slopes downward more gradually.

 

Earmuffs (PN) -  A mode where the user instructs Cortana not to pay attention to or remember anything the user does with Cortana for a specified period of time.? earned value (n) -  A measure of the cost of work performed up to the status date or current date. Earned value uses your original cost estimates saved with a baseline and your actual work to date to show whether the actual costs incurred are on budget. earned value analysis (n) -  A method for determining project performance which involves comparing the value of the work that was planned with the budgeted cost of the work performed to date, with what was actually spent. These comparisons provide invaluable information about actual conditions within the project and trends that may be developing in terms of schedule and cost performance.

 

earning code (n) -  A code that represents the type of earnings paid to an employee. earnings (n) -  The net income (revenue minus all expenses) of a business entity.

 

Earnings Per Share (PN) -  The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Earnings per share serves as an indicator of a company's profitability.

 

earpiece (n) -  The part of the phone used for listening.

 

Ease In (v) -  A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker.

 

ease in (v) -  To modify how the property value changes as time approaches the keyframe. A value of 100% would make the property change slow down as time approached the keyframe.

 

ease of access (PN) -  A set of features providing accessibility options and settings to help users interact more easily with the phone.

 

Ease of Access Center (PN) -  An area within the Control Panel that provides accessibility options and settings to help users interact more easily with the computer.

 

Ease Out (v) -  A filter effect in Windows Movie Maker.

 

ease out (v) -  To modify how the property value changes as time moves away from the keyframe. A value of 100% would make the property change start slowly as time left the keyframe.

 

ease-in interpolation (n) -  A kind of animation interpolation that modifies how the property value changes as time approaches the keyframe. A value of 100% would make the property change slow down as time approached the keyframe.

 

ease-out interpolation (n) -  A kind of animation interpolation that modifies how the property value changes as time moves away from the keyframe. A value of 100% would make the property change start slowly as time left the keyframe.

 

EASI ID (PN) -  A Windows Live ID created in a domain, and using the domain name, before the domain was enrolled in Outlook Live. After the Windows Live ID is imported into the Outlook Live domain, it is subject to the security and privacy policies of the organization.

 

easily ( Adverb )  -  Without difficulty.

 

easing behavior (n) -  A behavior that controls how quickly or slowly a property change is animated between keyframes.

 

easing function (n) -  A mathematical formula to produce more realistic animations. For example, an easing function can be used to create objects that bounce or spring realistically.

 

East-West (adj) -  A node placement style that specifies that the nodes are placed east-west in relation to the MOM Management Server.

 

Easy Listening (n) -  One 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 # 98.

 

easy-to-use (adj) -  Capable of being used with little or no difficulty.

 

eat+drink (PN) -  A list of restaurants and bars in a specific neighborhood.

 

eBay  -  eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is an American internet consumer-to-consumer (c2c) corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website.http://www.ebay.com/

 

eBook (n) -  An electronic book product offered by Microsoft.

 

E-book readers  -  a class of devices the primary purpose of which is to- enable the reading of ‘trade books' and other content not dependent on color, rich graphics or video. EC (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board

 

(ESRB).

 

ECC (n) -  An approach to public key cryptography based on properties of elliptic curves. The primary advantage of ECC is efficiency, which becomes important as devices get smaller and security requirements get more demanding. For example, ECC keys between 163 bits and 512 bits are one-sixth to one-thirtieth the size of equivalent security-level RSA keys. As key size increases the relative efficiency of ECC increases. eccentricity handle (n) -  A handle that allows you to adjust the angle and magnitude of an elliptical arc's eccentricity.

 

ECCN (PN) -  A five character alpha-numeric classification used in the Commerce Control List to identify items for export control purposes as defined in licensing information by the US government.

 

ECDH (adj) -  Pertaining to a key agreement protocol which enables two users to create a shared secret agreement over a nonsecure, public medium, using elliptic curve cryptography without having previously exchanged any private information using. It is based on the Diffie-€“Hellman protocol.

 

ECG (n) -  An exam that shows the electrical activity of the heart.

 

Echelon  -  an officially unacknowledged U.S.-led global spy network that operates an automated system for the interception and relay of electronic communications. Monitored transmissions are said to include up to 3 billion communications daily.

 

echo (n) -  The process of Access updating or repainting the screen while a macro is running.

 

echo request (n) -  Simple troubleshooting message used to check IP connectivity to a desired host.

 

Eclipse  -  Open-source application development tools,- www.eclipse.org

 

ECMA (PN) -  An organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, whose American counterpart is CBEMA (Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association). Its standard, ECMA-101, is used for transmitting formatted text and graphical images while retaining their original formatting.

 

Ecma International (PN) -  An organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, whose American counterpart is CBEMA (Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association). Its standard, ECMA-101, is used for transmitting formatted text and graphical images while retaining their original formatting.

 

ECN (n) -  A group of geographically dispersed cache servers that distributes and delivers contents faster by serving the contents from the cache servers that are closest to the users. An ECN routes the requests efficiently to reduce the network latency and to reduce the load on the origin servers.

 

ECN (n) -  A frame relay network technology for, monitoring and adapting to the network bandwidth available for delivery of data packets between source and destination nodes. Either the source or the destination node may set a bit in a packet header to request that the transmission or request rate be decreased.

 

e-commerce (n) -  Commercial activity that takes place by means of computers connected through a network. Electronic commerce can occur between a user and a vendor through the Internet, an online information service, or a bulletin board system (BBS), or between vendor and customer computers through electronic data interchange (EDI).

 

E-commerce  -  Conducting business over the internet, and particularly the World Wide Web.

 

economic event (n) -

 

economic resource (n) -  A resource that is consumed, produced, and used to add value to an organization's product delivery activities.

 

ecosphere (n) -  The general environment, which is usually specified as being the air, water, or ground.

 

ECP (n) -  The Network Control Protocol for negotiating the use of encryption over PPP links. ECP is defined in RFC 1968.

 

edge (n) -  A relationship between two functions where one (caller) is calling the other (callee).

 

edge (n) -  The boundary of a physical or rendered object, such as a display screen or window.

 

edge cache server (n) -  A disk-based cache/proxy server that is at the network edge. In a multi-tiered cache hierarchy, requests for cacheable content use intelligent DNS routing to route the first content received to the edge cache nodes.

 

edge caching network (n) -  A group of geographically dispersed cache servers that distributes and delivers contents faster by serving the contents from the cache servers that are closest to the users. An ECN routes the requests efficiently to reduce the network latency and to reduce the load on the origin servers.

 

edge display (n) -  An auxiliary display positioned on the edge of a laptop, where it can be seen while the laptop is both closed and open.

 

edge event (n) -  An event whose event payload is valid for a given interval; however, only the start time is known upon arrival to the CEP server. The valid end time of the event is provided later in a separate edge event.

 

edge handle (n) -  A handle indicating that a swipe gesture was detected, which allows the user to ignore and dismiss it or to invoke the relevant edge UI.

 

edge network (n) -  One or more computers that have a connection to the Internet through an external screening router and a connection to the internal network through an interior screening router. Computers that are linked to the perimeter network have limited access to both the Internet and the internal network. This architecture is convenient if multiple hosts require direct Internet access.

 

Edge pool (n) -  A single computer pool or a multiple computer pool that, by default, supports remote users in your organization who sign in to Lync Server from outside the firewall by using a virtual private network (VPN).

 

edge server (n) -  A server running Lync Server or Office Communications Server that resides in the perimeter network and routes traffic between the internal deployment and users who sign in from outside the firewall.

 

Edge Subscription (n) -  The record of an Edge Transport server that has been subscribed to an Exchange organization and to which the Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync service propagates recipient and configuration data. The Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync service relies on Edge Subscriptions. Also, Edge Subscription is the process that is required to establish an Edge Subscription for a given Edge Transport server.

 

Edge Subscription file (n) -  The XML file that is exported on the Edge Transport server and imported on the Hub Transport server to establish an Edge Subscription. edge time (n) -  The time contributed to the total time of a callee function when called from a specific caller function. The sum of the edge time of all the incoming edges to a function equals this function's total time.

 

edge total time (n) -  The time a particular function takes to run when called from a specific parent function.

 

Edge Transport server role (n) -  An Exchange Server 2007 and 2010 server role that provides anti-spam and antivirus protection and applies messaging security policies to messages in transport between organizations by using a series of agents that act on messages as they are processed by the message transport components. This server role is deployed in the perimeter network outside the Active Directory directory service forest. Computers that have the Edge Transport server role installed handle all Internet-facing mail flow and provide Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) relay and smart host services for the Exchange organization.

 

EdgeSync (n) -  A collection of processes that are run on the Exchange Server 2007 Hub Transport server role to establish one-way replication of recipient and configuration information from the Active Directory directory service to the Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) instance on a computer that has the Edge Transport server role installed. EdgeSync copies only the information that is required for the Edge Transport server to perform anti-spam and message security configuration tasks, and information about the Send connector configuration that is required to enable mail flow from the Exchange 2007 organization's Hub Transport servers to the Internet through one or more Edge Transport servers. EdgeSync performs scheduled updates so that the information in ADAM remains current.

 

EdgeSync synchronization (n) -  The task or process that the Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync service performs to propagate data from the Active Directory directory service to the subscribed Edge Transport server.

 

EDI (n) -  A standard for exchanging bundles of data between two companies via telephone lines or the Internet. EDI transmits much larger bundles of data than can be transmitted via e-mail. For EDI to be effective, users must agree on certain standards for formatting and exchanging information, such as the X.400 protocol.

 

EDIFACT (n) -  Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Trade. A worldwide electronic data interchange (EDI).

 

EDIFACT UNOA syntax (n) -  An EDIFACT syntax that allows the following characters only: uppercase letters, all digits, blank, exclamation mark (!), quotation mark () EDIFACT UNOB syntax (n) -  An EDIFACT syntax that allows the following characters only: lowercase and uppercase letters, all digits, blank, exclamation mark (!), quotation mark ()

 

eDiscovery (n) -  The process by which organizations find, retain, and preserve electronic documents related to a legal action.

 

edit (v) -  To make a change to an existing file or document.

 

edit (n) -  A change made to a file or a document.

 

Edit (n) -  The name of a menu in a conversation window from which the user can cut, copy, paste, or delete text; undo recent actions, select all text, and change font and text size settings.

 

edit box (n) -  A rectangular control in an application that allows the user to enter or edit text.

 

edit browse control (n) -  An edit box control that allows the user to browse and select files and directories.

 

edit command (n) -  A command such as Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, and so on that enables a user to modify a document, Web page, or application.

 

Edit Contacts (v) -  A button that opens the Address Book so that the user can edit, remove, or add contact information.

 

edit control (n) -  A rectangular window in which a user can enter and edit text from the keyboard.

 

Edit Field Value Lists (v) -  A list, accessed on the Business Contact Manager menu, in which the user can manage the format and content of user-defined field values.

 

Edit Labels (v) -  An option that allows a user to edit the labels for a certain image or set of images.

 

Edit menu (n) -  A common drop-down menu that includes general purpose commands for

 

editing objects displayed within a window, such as Cut, Copy, and Paste.

 

edit mode (n) -  A mode that provides full functionality for creating or editing a file.

 

Edit mode (PN) -  A mode that provides full functionality for creating or editing a file. Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard (PN) -  A wizard that is used by advanced users to perform specific operations on their existing virtual hard disks such as compacting their virtual hard disk, merging it, converting it to another type or expanding its size. editable region (n) -  A defined region in a template that is editable by the user. editing command (n) -  A command such as Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, and so on that enables a user to modify a document, Web page, or application.

 

editing flick (n) -  A gesture you can make with a tablet pen to quickly navigate and perform shortcuts. Editing pen flicks include copy, paste, delete, and undo. editing pen flick (n) -  A gesture you can make with a tablet pen to quickly navigate and perform shortcuts. Editing pen flicks include copy, paste, delete, and undo.

 

Editing View (PN) -  A view in Web Companions and Applications that is optimized for editing a document, and looks like the traditional document view in the client application (i.e. contains full Ribbon).

 

edition (n) -  Any of the various forms in which a product is offered or presented. edition detection (n) -  A feature that enables IT professionals to determine the edition of the Windows operating system that is installed on computers on their network. editor (n) -  A program that creates files or makes changes to existing files.

 

Editor Part (n) -  A control that can be used to set the properties for and to manipulate Web Parts on a Web Parts page.

 

EDITORIAL CORONIS (n) -  A UNICODE character; part of the UNICODE block for supplemental punctuation.

 

Editors' picks (PN) -  The collection title for items recommended by the store without attribution to any specific real-life staff member on the site.

 

Editor's Picks (PN) -  A category title for what the editor recommends for a user.

 

EDM (PN) -  A data model for defining application data as sets of entities and relationships to which CLR types and storage structures can be mapped.

 

EDM schema (n) -  An XML text file that describes entity and relationship types. The schema also defines a container within which instances of these types are logically organized.

 

EDO RAM (n) -  A type of dynamic RAM that keeps data available for the CPU while the next memory access is being initialized, resulting in increased speed. Pentium-class computers using Intel's Triton chip set are designed to take advantage of EDO RAM. education (PN) -  An app category that facilitates user education.

 

Education (PN) -  An app category that facilitates user education.

 

educational (PN) -  A game category that facilitates player education.

 

educator (n) -  A person who is responsible for teaching a class.

 

edutainment (n) -  Multimedia content in software, on CD-ROM, or on a Web site that purports to educate the user as well as entertain.

 

Edutainment (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

EEPROM (n) -  A type of EPROM that can be erased with an electrical signal. It is useful for stable storage for long periods without electricity while still allowing reprogramming. EEPROMs contain less memory than RAM, take longer to reprogram, and can be reprogrammed only a limited number of times before wearing out.

 

EF (n) -  A class for the delivery of audio media streams.

 

Effect Compiler (n) -  A compiler that assembles shader code from the central processing unit (CPU) and the graphics processing unit (GPU) and executes shader computations on the CPU before the shader runs.

 

effective date (n) -  The date at which something goes into effect or becomes applicable. effective hint (n) -  A hint that has been extracted from a hint file. effective policy (n) -  The set of enabled policies for a target.

 

Effective Stock-out Threshold (n) -  The value of Stock-Out Threshold if Floor Is Stock­Out Threshold is True.

 

efficiency bonus (n) -  In computer games, an additional score or points given for efficient play.

 

Efficient File Storage (PN) -  A storage method in which a file is split into pieces that are stored and updated separately, and streamed together when a user requests the file. Efficient File Transfer (PN) -  A feature that breaks a file up into granular chunks so that during re-open and re-save scenarios only the differences between client and server are sent over the network.

 

effort (n) -  A subjective unit of measure that captures the size of a bug or product backlog item. If you assign more effort to an item, you indicate that more work is required to implement it.

 

effort-driven scheduling (n) -  The default method of scheduling in Project; the duration of a task shortens or lengthens as resources are added or removed from a task, while the amount of effort necessary to complete a task remains unchanged.

 

EFI (n) -  A type of interface between a computer, firmware, hardware, and the operating system. EFI defines a new partition style called GUID partition table (GPT). EFI serves the same purpose as the basic input/output system (BIOS) found in most x86-based computers.

 

EFI system partition (n) -  A small portion on a GUID partition table (GPT) disk that is formatted with the file allocation table (FAT) file system and contains the files necessary to start the computer and pass execution to an operating system which resides on another partition.

 

EFS (n) -  A Microsoft file-based encryption technology that enables users to encrypt files and folders on NTFS volumes. EFS helps protect the confidentiality of data by ensuring that only authorized users can decrypt the encrypted files or folders.

 

EFT (n) -  The transfer of funds from one organization's bank account to another organization's bank account, using an electronic intermediary.

 

EFT (oth) -  A networked system for transferring funds from one bank account to another. EFTA (n) -  A group of European countries/regions (including Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) that have agreed to free trade among themselves. E-Gov-Project (n) -  A sample E-Government template for a state or local government agency. It uses an electronic payment system as an example of a Government to Citizen e- Gov project.- It is defined as a Program with three- projects (Technical Architecture, Security Extranet and e-Payment) to show how government projects can be organized as programs with more than one interrelated project.

 

EHS (PN) -  Hosted spam and virus filtering from an Exchange Hosted Services provider. Users' e-mail is filtered according to rules managed by the organization's administrators.

 

Users and administrators are given varying rights to adjust the filtering rules.

 

EIA (n) -  An association based in Washington, D.C., with members from various electronics manufacturers. It sets standards for electronic components. RS-232-C, for example, is the EIA standard for connecting serial components.

 

EIDE  -  (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics)- A popular- hard diskformat. As its name implies, an upgraded version of- IDE.

 

EIF (n) -  A compiled version of a document schema. The EIF is used to expedite translations for distribution among other users in a closed user group. The EIF is automatically compiled whenever an XML Schema Definition language (XSD) schema is generated or edited, using BizTalk Server.

 

EIN (n) -  In the United States, a 9-digit number that identifies a business entity to the government. A business must have an EIN if it has employees or meets other criteria specified by the federal government.

 

EIP (n) -  The environment in which enterprise application integration occurs. This scenario is actually a class of scenarios grouped together as a single scenario.

 

EISA  -  (Extended Industry Standard Architecture; pr. ‘ee-icer') An upgraded version of- ISA, now obsolete; usually used with reference to expansion cards. eject (v) -  To remove something or someone from their current location.

 

EKG (n) -  An exam that shows the electrical activity of the heart.

 

EKU (n) -  An extended property value that specifies the uses for which a certificate is valid.

 

ELAM driver (n) -  An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver.

 

Elapsed (adj) -  Completed or passed. The measured duration of an event.

 

elapsed duration (n) -  The amount of time that a task will take to finish, based on a 24- hour day and a 7-day week, including holidays and other nonworking days. For example: emin = elapsed minute, ehr = elapsed hour, eday = elapsed day, ewk = elapsed week. elapsed exclusive time (n) -  Time spent in function, excluding time spent in items it calls. elapsed inclusive time (n) -  Time spent in function and items it calls.

 

elapsed time (n) -  The total time after estimated profiling overhead has been subtracted from wall clock time.

 

Elastic Database (PN) -  A pool of database throughput units (DTUs), and storage (GBs) that are shared by multiple databases and that can be added to, and removed from the pool at any time, with the databases in the pool utilizing only the resources they require from the pool, freeing up available resources for only the active databases that need them. Elastic Database job (n) -  An Azure service enabling SaaS developers to run T-SQL scripts against all of the databases in an elastic database pool.

 

Elastic Database pool (n) -  A collection of available resources to leverage from shared among a group of databases within a budget.

 

elastic job (n) -  A collection of available resources to leverage from shared among a group of databases within a budget.

 

elastic job (n) -  An Azure service enabling SaaS developers to run T-SQL scripts against all of the databases in an elastic database pool.

 

elastic pool (n) -  An Azure service enabling SaaS developers to run T-SQL scripts against all of the databases in an elastic database pool.

 

elastic pool (n) -  A collection of available resources to leverage from shared among a group of databases within a budget.

 

electrical sensor (n) -  A category of sensor that can respond to an applied stimulus by generating an electrical signal.

 

electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (n) -  A type of EPROM that can be erased with an electrical signal. It is useful for stable storage for long periods without electricity while still allowing reprogramming. EEPROMs contain less memory than RAM, take longer to reprogram, and can be reprogrammed only a limited number of times before wearing out.

 

electrocardiogram (n) -  An exam that shows the electrical activity of the heart.

 

Electronic (n) -  One 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 # 52.

 

electronic banking (n) -  The use of electronic technologies, such as automated teller machines (ATMs), direct payroll deposits, automatic bill payments, and debit cards, to perform financial transactions. Electronic banking replaces paper transactions and visits to brick-and-mortar facilities.

 

Electronic Business Card (n) -  A card-like layout on an Outlook Contact that provides the user with the look of a real world business card.

 

electronic data interchange (n) -  A standard for exchanging bundles of data between two companies via telephone lines or the Internet. EDI transmits much larger bundles of data than can be transmitted via e-mail. For EDI to be effective, users must agree on certain standards for formatting and exchanging information, such as the X.400 protocol. Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Trade (n) -  Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Trade. A worldwide electronic data interchange (EDI).

 

electronic discovery (n) -  The process by which organizations find, retain, and preserve electronic documents related to a legal action.

 

electronic filing (n) -  The process of submitting documents to an authority using an electronic communications medium.

 

electronic funds transfer (n) -  The transfer of funds from one organization's bank account to another organization's bank account, using an electronic intermediary. electronic funds transfer (n) -  A networked system for transferring funds from one bank account to another.

 

electronic mail (n) -  The exchange of text messages and computer files over a communications network, such as a local area network or the Internet. electronic mail system (n) -  A utility that allows the user to send and receive e-mail. Electronic paper  -  several reflective display technologies that do not require a backlight and can be viewed in conditions of moderate to good ambient illumination.

 

Electronic Product Code (n) -  A standard for electronically marking products so that they can be tracked by using radio frequency identification (RFID). An EPC is 96 bits divided into four partitions: header, manager number, object class, and serial number.

 

electronic signature (n) -  A symbol, or a series of symbols, compiled by a computer and authorized by an individual to be the legally binding equivalent of the individual's handwritten signature.

 

Electronics Industries Association (n) -  An association based in Washington, D.C., with members from various electronics manufacturers. It sets standards for electronic components. RS-232-C, for example, is the EIA standard for connecting serial components.

 

element (n) -  A unit of information within a markup language that is defined by a tag, or a pair of tags surrounding some content, and includes any attributes defined within the initial tag.

 

element (n) -  The most basic part of a control or object.

 

element (n) -  The representation of an object in a XAML file.

 

element binding (n) -  Data binding the property of one object to a property of another object.

 

element declaration (n) -  A statement defining a declared element. Declared elements include variables, constants, enumerations, classes, structures, modules, interfaces, procedures, procedure parameters, function returns, external procedure references, operators, properties, events, and delegates.

 

element initializer (n) -  A sequence of object initializers that are assigned to the collection elements in the same statement in which the collection is constructed. elementary data type (n) -  A simple data type, such as Boolean, Long, or Decimal. Elements Gallery (PN) -  The ribbon as used in Office for Mac. elevated command prompt (n) -  A command prompt that is run in a privileged administrator security context that allows actions that would normally be restricted. Without elevation, command prompts in Windows Client and Windows Server run in a restricted state.

 

elevated privilege (n) -  A privilege to access system resources and objects outside of the standard access control checks. A process running with an administrator's full access token is running with elevated privileges.

 

elevated program (n) -  A program that is run in a privileged administrator security context that allows actions that would normally be restricted. Without elevation, programs in Windows Client and Windows Server run in a restricted state.

 

elevated trust (n) -  In Silverlight, a security level that gives out-of-browser applications greater access to the local system.

 

elevation (n) -  The process by which a user obtains a higher level of privilege than that for which he has been authorized. A malicious user may use elevation of privilege as a means to compromise or destroy a system, or to access unauthorized information.

 

elevation of privilege (n) -  The process by which a user obtains a higher level of privilege than that for which he has been authorized. A malicious user may use elevation of privilege as a means to compromise or destroy a system, or to access unauthorized information.

 

elevation prompt (n) -  A dialog box that appears when a user is requested to confirm whether an administrative process should be permitted to start. An elevation prompt will

 

either be displayed as a consent prompt or a credential prompt, depending upon Group Policy settings and user account type.

 

eliminations entry (n) -  Removal of amounts relating to subsidiary investments and intercompany balances in a consolidation report. Some examples of eliminations entries include: intercompany or subsidiary profit, sales, purchases, receivables, and payables. ellipsis (n) -  The -€J character. Can also be represented by entering three dots with no spaces in between (...). Used to convey incompleteness.

 

ellipsoidal coordinate system (n) -  A coordinate system in reference to a flattened sphere. elliptic curve cryptography (n) -  An approach to public key cryptography based on properties of elliptic curves. The primary advantage of ECC is efficiency, which becomes important as devices get smaller and security requirements get more demanding. For example, ECC keys between 163 bits and 512 bits are one-sixth to one-thirtieth the size of equivalent security-level RSA keys. As key size increases the relative efficiency of ECC increases.

 

elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (adj) -  Pertaining to a key agreement protocol which enables two users to create a shared secret agreement over a nonsecure, public medium, using elliptic curve cryptography without having previously exchanged any private information using. It is based on the Diffie-€“Hellman protocol.

 

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (PN) -  A Digital Signature Algorithm which operates on elliptic curve groups. em (n) -  A measurement of font size

 

em space (n) -  A typographical unit of measure that is equal in width to the point size of a particular font. For many fonts, this is equal to the width of a capital M, from which the em space takes its name.

 

email (n) -  The exchange of text messages and computer files over a communications network, such as a local area network or the Internet.

 

email (v) -  To transmit a message or file through a communications channel.

 

email (n) -  A string that identifies a user so that the user can receive Internet email. An email address on the Internet typically consists of an account name, followed by the @ (at) symbol, a host name, and a domain name.

 

email (n) -  A message that is sent over a communications network such as a local area network or the Internet.

 

Email (or e-mail)  -  (Electronic mail- ; pr. ‘ee-mail') A way to send messages between computers, or more to the point their users, either over a network or the Internet. E-mail is usually just text, but can have pictures or other files attached. See- Attachment. e-mail account (n) -  The server name, user name, password, and e-mail address used to connect to an e-mail service. You create the e-mail account using information provided by your mail administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).

 

email address (n) -  A string that identifies a user so that the user can receive Internet email. An email address on the Internet typically consists of an account name, followed by the @ (at) symbol, a host name, and a domain name.

 

e-mail address (n) -  A string that identifies a user so that the user can receive Internet email. An email address on the Internet typically consists of an account name, followed by the @ (at) symbol, a host name, and a domain name.

 

e-mail address harvesting (n) -  The process of collecting new e-mail addresses, through legitimate or illegitimate means, for the purpose of adding them to a spam database. e-mail alias (n) -  The portion of the e-mail address that appears to the left of the @ symbol.

 

e-mail as sign in ID (PN) -  A Windows Live ID created in a domain, and using the domain name, before the domain was enrolled in Outlook Live. After the Windows Live ID is imported into the Outlook Live domain, it is subject to the security and privacy policies of the organization.

 

E-mail Auto-linking (n) -  A feature that enables the user to automatically store links to e­mails sent to or received from a selected e-mail address.

 

e-mail coexistence (n) -  A strategy of using of an existing local Exchange Server e-mail environment to host some mailboxes while using Exchange Online to host others, usually done during migration.

 

Email Connector (n) -  A feature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM that allows users to connect to the email service of their choice from CRM.

 

e-mail filter (n) -  A feature in e-mail-reading software that automatically sorts incoming mail into different folders or mailboxes based on information contained in the message. e-mail flooder (n) -  A type of trojan that overwhelms an e-mail inbox with messages. e-mail harvesting (n) -  The process of collecting new e-mail addresses, through legitimate or illegitimate means, for the purpose of adding them to a spam database.

 

e-mail header (n) -  Information at the top of an e-mail message, including the name and address of the sender and recipient, the date and time sent, the subject, and other information that is not part of the body text of the message. The mail header is used by an e-mail client or program.

 

e-mail marketing (n) -  An organized process of communicating with prospects and customers via e-mail.

 

E-Mail Marketing Service (n) -  An online service for your Marketing Campaign that allows you to acquire and manage e-mail lists, and to track the results.

 

E-mail Merge (n) -  A task pane with options that enable the user to send a Publisher file as personalized, individually addressed e-mail to the recipients in the specified list. e-mail message (n) -  A message that is sent over a communications network such as a local area network or the Internet.

 

Email Migration (PN) -  The name of an Outlook Live feature in the Web management interface that enables migration of the contents of user mailboxes from an on-premises IMAP messaging system to Outlook Live (or Exchange Online).

 

e-mail notification (n) -  A message automatically generated by the occurrence of an event.

 

Email opt in (PN) -  A tab on the contact maintain page to record the history of contacts opting in and opting out of marketing or promotional emails.

 

e-mail publishing (n) -  The process of publishing photos or blog entries by sending an e­mail message to a service.

 

e-mail quick key (n) -  A key that you use in some e-mail programs to enter text that is commonly used.

 

email reminder (n) -  An email sent at a specified time to a user to remind them of an upcoming event. Users can create reminder emails for themselves for any event in their calendars and for all attendees (when users are also the organizers). The email contains all details of the event and optional notes that users might add.

 

E-mail Router configuration profile (n) -  A profile that contains the information, such as the e-mail server name and type, that the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system needs to establish a functional E-mail Router.

 

E-mail Router Configuration Wizard (PN) -  A wizard that guides users in creating an incoming e-mail configuration, an outgoing e-mail configuration, and a link to an existing Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment. After they install and configure these components using this wizard, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM E-mail Router will transport incoming and outgoing Microsoft Dynamics CRM e-mail.

 

email server (n) -  A computer that stores email messages.

 

e-mail server (n) -  A computer that stores email messages.

 

e-mail settings (n) -  Options that allow members to change their e-mail address, message delivery, community report delivery, requested notifications, and e-mail format.

 

Email Settings page (n) -  A web page where you specify email addresses that can create pages in your OneNote notebooks. When messages from an enabled email address are sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., OneNote creates a new page in your OneNote notebook on OneDrive.

 

e-mail signature (n) -  Text that is automatically added to outgoing e-mail messages, typically used to identify the sender.

 

Email strategy (PN) -  A company-level setting that allows the user to set whether emails in an email campaign will be sent as one email per contact or one email per email inbox (email ID). The choices are Send one email per contact' and ‘Send one email per email

 

ID.”

 

Email Template (n) -  A pre-written message that can be sent in response to a Ticket Action or a Business Rule.

 

Email to OneNote (PN) -  A feature that enables users to send content via email to their OneNote notebooks. Users must first enable their email addresses in the Email Settings page in OneNote. Then, they can email content to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., which automatically copies the content to a new page in their notebook.

 

E-mail to Site (PN) -  A feature that integrates E-mail and SharePoint functionality by enabling these applications to share certain data and management tasks. embed (v) -  To insert information created in one program, such as a chart, an equation, an image, a video or a font, into another program or Web page.

 

Embed (v) -  The Sway card that allows users to embed content into their sway from the web.

 

embed  -  When adding an element from one document to another document. Example: A sound file is created in one document, then it is embedded in an HTML document for publication to the Web.

 

embed a video (v) -  To add a video to a blog entry by entering the embed code for the video.

 

embed code (n) -  HTML code that adds an object, such as a video, to a Web site, blog, or HTML page.

 

Embed videos (PN) -  A UI element that links to a text box where the user can enter the embed code to add a video to his or her blog.

 

embedded audio clip (n) -  An audio clip that has been inserted into another file or Web page.

 

embedded chart (n) -  A chart that is placed on a worksheet rather than on a separate chart sheet. Embedded charts are beneficial when you want to view or print a chart or a PivotChart report with its source data or other information in a worksheet. embedded controller (n) -  The general class of microcontrollers used to support OEM- specific implementation, mainly in mobile environments. The embedded controller performs complex low-level functions through a simple interface to the host microprocessor(s).

 

embedded controller interface (n) -  A standard hardware and software communications interface between an operating system driver and an embedded controller, such as Smart Battery and AML code. This allows any operating system to provide a standard driver that can directly communicate with an embedded controller in the system, thus allowing other drivers to communicate with and use the resources of the system embedded controllers. embedded file (n) -  Graphics, sounds, and other types of multimedia file that have been inserted in a Web page.

 

embedded image (n) -  A picture that is stored within a document rather than being linked to a source file outside of the document.

 

embedded object (n) -  An object created with one program and embedded into a document created by another. Embedding the object, rather than simply inserting or pasting it, ensures that the object retains its original format. If you double-click the embedded object, you can edit it with the toolbars and menus from the program used to create it.

 

embedded picture (n) -  A picture that is stored within a document rather than being linked to a source file outside of the document.

 

embedded resource (n) -  The files used by an application that are stored in binary format in the compiled application.

 

Embedded Shell Launcher (PN) -  A feature that allows the replacement of the Windows shell (explorer.exe) with a custom shell for specialized device scenarios. embedded style sheet (n) -  A cascading style sheet that is embedded on a page. Styles in an embedded style sheet can be applied only to the page containing the style sheet and will extend or override styles in any external style sheet linked to the page. embedded system  -  A specialized computer system that is part of a larger system or machine. Typically, an embedded system is housed on a single microprocessor board with the programs stored in ROM.

 

embedded video clip (n) -  A video clip that has been inserted into another file or Web page.

 

emergency access code (n) -  An emergency access code is a set of letters and numbers that can be included on your emergency profile wallet card or sheet. emergency call (n) -  A call made to an emergency number.

 

Emergency Callback Mode (PN) -  A mode the phone goes into after a user calls an emergency number (ex: 911) and the call ends. When the phone is in this mode, only the emergency operator can call the person on their phone, so that the emergency operator can call back or determine where the user is at. The phone is in this mode for about 5 minutes or until the user cancels out of the mode.

 

emergency change request (n) -  A change request that is used for urgent changes which should be implemented in less than, for example, 24 hours and cannot follow normal change process.

 

Emergency Management Services (n) -  Services that enable the administrator to interact with a system that might not be available through the usual network mechanisms. emergency number (n) -  A telephone number that connects to a country or region's emergency system (for example, police and fire department).

 

emergency phone number (n) -  A telephone number that connects to a country or region's emergency system (for example, police and fire department). emergency profile (n) -  An emergency profile contains key medical information that others can view when providing emergency treatment to you or a family member. emergency room (n) -  The section of a health care facility staffed and equiped to provide rapid treatment for patients requiring immediate medical care.

 

emissive material (n) -  A type of material that causes the object to appear as if it is giving off light. The color of the light is determined by the color of the material.

 

Emoji  -  Similar to- emoticons, but instead of creating sideways ‘faces' out of standard keyboard symbols, emoji use a special font where all the letters and symbols have been replaced with small pictures. Originally from Japan. However, if the device you are sending to doesn't support emoji, which many older devices don't, it will usually just leave them out altogether.

 

emoticon (n) -  A string of text characters that, when viewed sideways, form a face expressing a particular emotion.

 

emoticon (n) -  A small graphical symbol the user can insert into instant messages. Emoticon  -  (EMOTion ICON)- A group of symbols used to indicate emotions in- email- or- newsgroups. The most popular is the- smiley- :-) or :) (look at it sideways), but there are lots of variations including the sad face - :-( , the wink ;-) , and the astonished face :-0 .

 

Emphasize (PN) -  The button in Sway that allows users to emphasize or deemphasize content in relationship to other content.

 

employee (n) -  A person who works for your company and receives payment for the work that he or she does.

 

employee (n) -  A role assumed by a person who participates in an employee-employer relationship with a legal entity.

 

employee compensation (n) -  Direct or indirect monetary and nonmonetary rewards offered to an employee by an organization.

 

employee ID (n) -  A unique alphanumeric identifier that is associated with an employee. employee type (n) -  A category of employees for which a specific compensation plan is designed, such as Executive, Salaried, or Hourly.

 

employer identification number (n) -  In the United States, a 9-digit number that identifies a business entity to the government. A business must have an EIN if it has employees or meets other criteria specified by the federal government.

 

Empower (PN) -  A 12-month program that provides members of the Microsoft Partner Program with software licenses for various Microsoft products, an MSDN subscription, support newsgroups, etc.

 

empty (adj) -  The state of an uninitialized Variant variable (which returns a VarType of 0). empty console start page (n) -  The start page that appears when no snap-ins have been added to a snap-in console (.msc file).

 

empty GUID (n) -  A 128-bit, 16-byte identification number that is represented by all zeros.

 

EMS (n) -  Services that enable the administrator to interact with a system that might not be available through the usual network mechanisms.

 

emulate (v) -  For a hardware or software system to behave in the same manner as another hardware or software system.

 

emulate / emulation  -  a program or device that has the ability to imitate another. emulate / emulation  -  A method by which an imitating system can accept the same data, execute the same computer programs and achieve the same results as the original system.- emulator (n) -  Hardware or software designed to make one type of computer or component act as if it were another. By means of an emulator, a computer can run software written for another machine. In a network, microcomputers might emulate terminals in order to communicate with mainframes.

 

en dash (n) -  The -€“ character, based on the width of an uppercase N and used primarily as a connecting element, especially with numbers.

 

EN DASH (n) -  The -€“ character, based on the width of an uppercase N and used primarily as a connecting element, especially with numbers. enable (v) -  To activate or turn on.

 

Enable device syncing in Digital Image Library (v) -  A checkbox that turns the Device Syncing feature on or off. If it is off, no UI is exposed to the user.

 

Enable for Yammer (PN) -  Control in the Post Rule Configurations area that allows records to have Yammer posts.

 

Enable opting in for marketing emails (PN) -  A company-level setting where the admin can allow new contacts to choose (opt in) to receive future promotions and offers from the company.

 

Enable Referential Integrity (PN) -  A property that enables referential integrity. encapsulated PostScript (n) -  A Post-Script file format that can be used as an independent entity. The EPS image must be incorporated into the Post-Script output of an application such as a desktop publisher. Many high-quality clip-art packages consist of such images.

 

encapsulating security payload (n) -  A standard for providing integrity and

 

confidentiality to IP (Internet Protocol) datagrams. In some circumstances, it can also provide authentication to IP datagrams.

 

encapsulation (n) -  The ability of an object to hide its internal data and methods, making only the intended parts of the object programmatically accessible. encapsulation (n) -  The method used to pass data from one protocol over a network within a different protocol. Data from one protocol is wrapped with the header of a different protocol. Encapsulation is described in RFC 1483.

 

encapsulation  -  A software design technique in which data and procedures related to the data are undled together within a single entity, called the object.

 

encipherment (n) -  The process of converting readable data (plaintext) into a coded form

 

(ciphertext) to prevent it from being read by an unauthorized party.

 

encode (v) -  To convert audio and video content to a specified digital format, usually

 

involving compression technology or encryption technology.

 

encoder (n) -  In general, any hardware or software that encodes information: that is,

 

converts the information to a particular form or format. For example, the Windows Media

 

Encoder converts audio and video to a form that can be streamed to clients over a network.

 

encoding (n) -  The process of turning data into a stream of bits. Encoding is part of the

 

serialization process that converts data into a stream of ones and zeros.

 

encoding agreement (n) -  An agreement between the business profiles of two trading

 

partners to use a specific encoding protocol (X12 or EDIFACT) while exchanging

 

messages.

 

encoding class (n) -  A class which represents a character encoding.

 

Encoding Data Processed (GB) (PN) -  The unit of measure for the amount of encoded Media Services data.

 

encoding protocol (n) -  A protocol that governs the structure and content of a business-to- business message. The encoding protocol settings for a business profile define the encoding protocol that a business division uses to send and receive business-to-business messages. Some examples of encoding protocols are X12, EDIFACT, HIPAA, and

 

EANCOM.

 

encoding reserved unit (n) -  A resource unit reserved for encoding tasks.

 

encounter (n) -  An one-on-one meeting between a patient and a health professional. encrpytion  -  The process of converting data into an unreadable format so that unauthorized views of the data can be blocked.

 

encrypt (v) -  To programmatically disguise content to hide its substance.

 

Encrypt (PN) -  An item in a drop-down list that a user sees when taking action to encrypt a message.

 

Encrypt rule option (n) -  An option reached from the Rule Management area of the Policy Filter page for outbound mail. With this rule, e-mail messages that are sent by users in the organization can be encrypted automatically based on rule matching by subject and message keywords, regular expressions, sending and receiving e-mail address, and domains.

 

Encrypt, encryption  -  Coding data so that it can't be read by- hackers- etc when transmitted over the internet. For example, any reputable website selling goods by credit card will encrypt your credit card number and personal details.

 

encrypted data (n) -  Data that has been converted from plaintext into ciphertext. Encrypted messages are used to disguise the content of a message when it is sent or stored. Encrypted E-mail service (PN) -  A feature that enables customers who subscribe to the Hosted Encryption service to send and receive encrypted e-mail messages by using the Zero Download Messenger Web site.

 

Encrypting File System (n) -  A Microsoft file-based encryption technology that enables users to encrypt files and folders on NTFS volumes. EFS helps protect the confidentiality of data by ensuring that only authorized users can decrypt the encrypted files or folders. encryption (n) -  The process of converting readable data (plaintext) into a coded form (ciphertext) to prevent it from being read by an unauthorized party.

 

Encryption Control Protocol (n) -  The Network Control Protocol for negotiating the use of encryption over PPP links. ECP is defined in RFC 1968.

 

encryption key (n) -  A bit string that is used in conjunction with an encryption algorithm to encrypt and decrypt data.

 

encryption provider (n) -  Software that provides encryption for sensitive data, such as passwords, in applications.

 

encryption setting (n) -  A configuration element that specifies a type of encryption, such as 128-, 56-, or 40-bit encryption.

 

encumbrance (n) -  A commitment made by legal entities to reserve budget funds for expenditure obligations.

 

end (v) -  To stop communications or a network connection.

 

End (PN) -  A menu item that initiates the process of terminating a phone call.

 

End (PN) -  A participating entity in an association.

 

end (v) -  To end a phone call.

 

end a call (v) -  To end a phone call.

 

end address (n) -  The last valid address within a range of IP addresses.

 

end call (PN) -  An infotip for the button on the phone and video controls that ends the conversation.

 

end cap (n) -  For paths that contain unconnected ends, such as lines, the end of a stroke. You can change the way the stroke looks at each end by applying one of four end cap styles: flat cap, round cap, square cap, and triangle cap.

 

end date (n) -  The date on which a schedule or task ends.

 

end date parameter (n) -  A parameter to set an end date.

 

end date-based (adj) -  Pertaining to a computer running FlexGo technology that meters computer usage until a defined usage expiration date. The usage expiration date can be extended by days or months, on a recurring basis.

 

end mark (n) -  A symbol that designates the end of some entity, such as a file or word processing document.

 

end name (n) -  A name that appears as a text string near the end of a binary association. It indicates the role played by the class attached to the association end, so each end can have its own end name.

 

end of day procedure (n) -  A retail accounting procedure for a register at the end of the business day.

 

End of Line (n) -  A menu item that allows the user to choose a character with which to search for the end of a line.

 

end of shift procedure (n) -  A retail accounting procedure for the end of a cashier's shift. end of support (n) -  The date when Microsoft no longer provides automatic fixes, updates, or online technical assistance.

 

end panel (n) -  The panel that covers a short side of a central processing unit or Surface unit.

 

end tag (n) -  A tag that closes an element: </>. An end tag follows the syntax </Name>, where Name matches the element name declared in the start tag.

 

End the call (oth) -  An infotip for the Hang Up button. The Hang Up button is a button on Phone Controls and Audio Controls.

 

end user (n) -  The ultimate user of a computer or computer application in its finished, marketable form.

 

endnote (n) -  A reference that follows the body text. An endnote consists of two linked parts: the note reference mark and the corresponding note text. end-of-file (n) -  A value returned by an I/O routine when the end of a file (or, in some cases, an error) is encountered.

 

end-of-sector marker (n) -  A two-byte data structure written at the end of the boot sector after the bootstrap code. Used by the bootstrap loader to determine that the end of boot sector has been reached.

 

endorsement key (n) -  A key pair, consisting of a public key and a private key, which is used to verify that a TPM is genuine.

 

endpoint (n) -  Either of the handles that appear at the beginning or end of a selected line, arc, or other one-dimensional (1-D) shape.

 

endpoint (n) -  A company or entity that participates in a business-to-business (B2B) or application-to-application (A2A) data exchange.

 

endpoint (n) -  The logical representation of a location, typically expressed in URL form, providing a physical address for data received or sent. endpoint (n) -  A device connected to a computer network.

 

endpoint (n) -  A construct that consists of an address, a binding, and a contract used for communicating with a WCF service.

 

endpoint (n) -  A consumer in a Web Part connection that receives data from a provider, used in connections for PerformancePoint Web Parts.

 

endpoint action data policy (n) -  A policy that determines which XML elements in a document are valid for a particular action associated with an endpoint. endpoint action policy (n) -  A policy that determines which actions are valid for a particular endpoint.

 

endpoint address (n) -  A uniform resource identifier (URI) that specifies the location of an endpoint. Every endpoint has an address associated with it, which is used to locate and identify the endpoint.

 

endpoint mapper (n) -  A service on a remote procedure call (RPC) server that maintains a database of dynamic endpoints and allows clients to map an interface/object UUID pair to a local dynamic endpoint.

 

Endpoint Protection (PN) -  A security solution that helps enhance the security of client computers by providing real-time protection against potential threats; keeping malicious software, or malware, definitions up-to-date; and automatically running scans.

 

Endpoint Protection Manager (PN) -  A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can define and monitor security policies.

 

Endpoint Protection point (n) -  A site system role that Configuration Manager uses to accept the Endpoint Protection license terms and to configure the default membership for Microsoft Active Protection Service.

 

end-to-edge (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a QoS signaling path that traverses an underlying network from an end host to the edge node of a domain (or from an edge node to an end host).

 

end-to-end authentication (n) -  An authentication method in which credentials are validated at the endpoints instead of at a central server.

 

end-user license (n) -  The license that enables end users to consume protected content. end-user recovery (n) -  A feature that enables an end user to independently recover data by retrieving a shadow copy. This feature requires the shadow copy client software. End-User Spam Notification (PN) -  An email message that contains a spam report for individual users who don't have access to quarantine or the junk email folder. e-newsletter (n) -  A newsletter sent by e-mail to educate, alert, and persuade recipients, known as subscribers, about a company, its products, and other communications messages. This type of campaign is part of an integrated set of electronic marketing techniques. enforcement mode (n) -  A mode determined by the level of network access granted to noncompliant computers. There are three available enforcement modes: reporting mode, deferred enforcement, and full enforcement.

 

enforcement period (n) -  The length of time that a provisioning packet is valid. It determines the frequency with which the Provisioning Server will automatically generate a new provisioning packet. Used only with automated subscription renewal.

 

engagement (n) -  The users' reaction to a product or service that is perceived as valuable. When a product or service engages users, they want to interact with it and continue doing so.

 

engagement (n) -  A measure of how long a user watched a video delivered by the Web server.

 

engagement manager (n) -  An employee who is responsible for closing services sales opportunities and developing new customer engagement opportunities. engine (n) -  A system component that provides complex capability and performs operations on objects.

 

engine adapter (n) -  An adapter that performs various core biometric operations: cleanup of sensor data, feature extraction, template generation, matching, and indexing. These functions can either be implemented by software in the engine adapter, or by the engine adapter making use of some piece of processing hardware.

 

Engine Input File (n) -  A compiled version of a document schema. The EIF is used to expedite translations for distribution among other users in a closed user group. The EIF is automatically compiled whenever an XML Schema Definition language (XSD) schema is generated or edited, using BizTalk Server.

 

English Assistance (PN) -  A set of integrated linguistic references and resources that are designed to help Office users for whom English is not a first language to write better English text.

 

enhance (v) -  To automatically correct and improve the user's photos with adjustments to color, contrast, red eye, straightening, and more.

 

enhanced (adj) -  Possessing improved, advanced, or more sophisticated features. Enhanced 9-1-1 (n) -  A service that provides information about the location of a caller who calls 9-1-1.

 

enhanced audio CD (n) -  An audio CD that contains both audio and other multimedia content.

 

Enhanced Document Availability (n) -  A set of Microsoft Exchange features that offers increased access to documents even when the documents are located on an internal network or the software required to view the documents is not installed on the client computer.

 

enhanced DVD movie (n) -  A DVD from which the video section can be played on the DVD set top box. When inserted in the PC, the user can access additional features such as games, web links etc.

 

enhanced federation (n) -  An organization-to-organization federation using DNS-SRV resolution to identify the Access Proxy or Access Edge Server for each partner. enhanced folder (n) -  A folder in a backward-compatible document library that supports document management tasks such as check-in, check-out, versioning, approval, and publishing.

 

enhanced hunt group (n) -  A workflow which supports an announcement message and business hours support in addition to the basic hunt group workflow. enhanced key usage (n) -  An extended property value that specifies the uses for which a certificate is valid.

 

enhanced presence (n) -  The capability of publishing customized status information that depends on a presence subscriber's relationship to the source of the status information. enhanced presenter controls (n) -  A collection of Lync Meeting host and presenter controls that optimizes for the type of meeting, size of audience, content, and/or video sources available to participants.

 

Enhanced ScreenTip (n) -  A new type of ScreenTip that is larger and can contain more detailed information, including graphics.

 

enhanced security (n) -  The security type that is used to describe the encrypted protocol used by Application Virtualization to provide secure communications on the various virtual application streaming deliveries leveraging Real Time Streaming Protocol Secure

 

(RTSPS).

 

enhanced security (n) -  A security type that helps prevent unauthorized persons from discerning that a user is going to the Windows Live sign-in page. Otherwise, an unauthorized person might be able to intercept and manipulate the code on the sign-in page, which could result in user information being transmitted to an unauthorized website. Enhanced Single File (PN) -  A mechanism that enables IntelliSense, browsing and other features for standalone files that are not part of an existing project.

 

Enhanced Storage (PN) -  A Windows feature that provides an interface following the IEEE 1667 industry standard to lock devices with a password and allow companies to manage Enhanced Storage devices using Windows Group Policy.

 

Enhanced Storage device (n) -  A storage device that provides storage function and authentication. Such devices are usually small form-factor devices such as USB thumb drives.

 

Enhanced Windows Metafile (n) -  An enhanced 32-bit vector graphics format for Windows-compatible computers used mostly as a clip art format in word-processing documents.

 

enlightenment (n) -  An enhancement made to the operating system to help reduce the cost of certain operating system functions like memory management.

 

enlist (v) -  To associate an orchestration with the physical environment in which it will run.

 

enlistment (n) -  The process of associating an orchestration with the physical environment in which it will run.

 

enlistment object (n) -  An object that represents the relationship between a resource manager and a transaction object on which the resource manager has enlisted. enqueue (v) -  To place (an item) in a queue.

 

enrich (v) -  To add to or augment data that is in the system, usually from an outside data service provider.

 

enroll (v) -  To add an instance of SQL Server to the set of SQL Server instances managed by a utility control point.

 

enroll (v) -  To register for a class or academic program.

 

enrollment (n) -  The process of requesting, receiving, and installing a certificate. Enrollment Agent (n) -  A user account used to request smart card certificates on behalf of another user account. A specific certificate template is applied to an Enrollment Agent. Enrollment for Microsoft Azure (PN) -  An Enterprise Agreement licensing program that allows organizations to subscribe to, and manage, Microsoft Azure services under a single agreement.

 

enrollment point (n) -  A Configuration Manager site system role that uses PKI certificates to complete mobile device enrollment and provision Intel AMT-based computers. enrollment proxy point (n) -  A Configuration Manager site system role that manages enrollment requests from mobile devices so that they can be managed by Configuration Manager.

 

enter (v) -  To enter information by means of the keyboard or other input method. enter gesture (n) -  In Tablet PC Input Panel, an action gesture that performs the same action as pressing the ENTER key on the keyboard.

 

ENTER key (n) -  The key that is used at the end of a line or command to instruct the computer to process the command or text. In word processing programs, the Enter key is used at the end of a paragraph. Also called: Return key.

 

Enter phone URI (v) -  An option in the Manually Configure Phone Integration dialog box where the user enters his phone number in the required format. To access this dialog box, click the Configure button in the Options dialog box, on the Accounts tab.

 

Enter remote call control URI (v) -  An option in the Manually Configure Phone Integration dialog box where the user enters his phone number in the required format. To access this dialog box, click the Configure button in the Options dialog box, on the Accounts tab.

 

entered field (n) -  A field in which you may type or edit information.

 

enterprise (n) -  An organization with more than 1000 employees and more than 500 personal computers.

 

Enterprise 2015 (PN) -  The edition of Visual Studio 2015 including all of the features available with the development tools to build mission-critical enterprise solutions. enterprise application integration (n) -  The 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.

 

Enterprise Application Integration (PN) -  One of the integration services in Microsoft Azure that enables connections between different systems using multiple and varied message formats.

 

enterprise CA (n) -  A computer service that issues digital certificates that can only be used inside a business or organization.

 

enterprise certification authority (n) -  A computer service that issues digital certificates that can only be used inside a business or organization.

 

Enterprise Cloud Suite (PN) -  The offer for commercial companies that includes Office 365 Enterprise E3, the Enterprise Mobility Suite and Windows Enterprise SA.

 

Enterprise Collaboration (n) -  The capability of working together within an organization that may encompass the use of a collaboration platform, enterprise social networking tools, a corporate intranet and the public Internet.

 

Enterprise Edition pool (n) -  One or more computers running Office Communciations Server Enterprise Edition, that share user data through a common back-end SQL database. Enterprise Edition pool, consolidated configuration (n) -  A configuration where IIS and all internal conferencing, IM, and presence services, except the back-end database, are collocated on the Front End Servers. The back-end database is hosted on a separate server running SQL Server.

 

Enterprise Edition pool, expanded configuration (n) -  A configuration including separate servers for IIS, Front End, A/V Conferencing, Web Conferencing, and SQL Server. Note that in all configurations, IM Conferencing (group IM) and Telephony Conferencing Servcies are always collocated on the Front End server.

 

enterprise global template (n) -  A collection of default settings, such as views, tables, and fields, that are used by all projects across the organization. These settings exist within a special project in Project Server.

 

Enterprise Integration Platform (n) -  The environment in which enterprise application integration occurs. This scenario is actually a class of scenarios grouped together as a single scenario.

 

enterprise license (n) -  A license that authorizes protection of both file and application resources on a single computer.

 

enterprise metadata (n) -  Metadata pertaining to content across an enterprise.

 

Enterprise Mobility Suite (PN) -  The offer that includes Microsoft Azure Active Directory Premium, Microsoft Intune, and Microsoft Azure Rights Management. Enterprise Mode (PN) -  A compatibility mode that runs on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 Update and Windows 7 devices.

 

Enterprise Mode Site List Manager (PN) -  A GUI tool used to create and manage lists that tell Internet Explorer 11 which websites to run in Enterprise Mode. enterprise portal (n) -  A Web site that provides a single point of entry for internal and external users of an organization to access a wide variety of business information. enterprise project (n) -  A project that is stored in Project Server to ensure information integrity. To make changes to an enterprise project, users with access permissions are required to check it in and out from Project Server.

 

Enterprise Project Management (PN) -  A Partner Portal specialization that helps companies improve their ability to manage and align projects, allocate and balance resources, and track and report on projects and tasks. Solutions are based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Project Professional 2007. enterprise project management (n) -  The generic field of organizational development that supports organizations in managing in an integrated fashion and adapting to changes. enterprise resource (n) -  A resource that is part of an organization's entire list of resources. Enterprise resources can be shared across projects.

 

enterprise resource management (n) -  The business area related to managing the financial, human, and physical assets and resources of a company. Software solutions are designed and implemented specifically to manage these assets and resources.

 

Enterprise Search (PN) -  A search engine that enables users to search data from disparate sources across an organization. It is a shared service that provides extensive and extensible content gathering, indexing, and querying. This service supports full-text searching using a Structured Query Language (SQL)-based query syntax, and provides a keyword syntax to support keyword searches.

 

enterprise service-oriented architecture (n) -  The SAP blueprint for services-based, enterprise-scaled business solutions that offer increased levels of adaptability, flexibility and openness required to reduce total cost of ownership.

 

enterprise SOA (n) -  The SAP blueprint for services-based, enterprise-scaled business solutions that offer increased levels of adaptability, flexibility and openness required to reduce total cost of ownership.

 

enterprise social network (n) -  A social network used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups.

 

Enterprise Storage (n) -  Computer data storage designed to meet the requirements of modern enterprises and other medium and large-sized organizations. Enterprise storage can be used to describe a variety of technologies that provide storage at larger scales than consumer and small business solutions, and offer higher levels of resiliency, reliability, performance, and flexibility. Modern enterprise storage often includes some connection to cloud services.

 

enterprise user (n) -  A user who has an identity in Active Directory Domain Services. Enterprise Voice (PN) -  Implementation by Microsoft of VoIP telephony based on the industry-standard SIP protocol.

 

Enterprise Voice client (n) -  A voice client that is part of the Enterprise Voice solution from Microsoft; for example, Lync or Office Communicator. enterprise wiki (n) -  A wiki that allows people across a company or organization to capture and share knowledge using a solution that is integrated into and enhanced by their SharePoint environment.

 

enterprise-level project (n) -  A major project that is related to an organization, such as a team coordination project or a project created to establish consistency across the organization.

 

entertainment (n) -  Amusment, pleasure, or diversion.

 

entertainment (PN) -  An app category that seeks to amuse users or provide access to entertainment media.

 

Entertainment (PN) -  An MSN site allows the user to explore entertainment articles, galleries, news and reviews on top stars and celebrities.

 

Entertainment (PN) -  An app category that seeks to amuse users or provide access to entertainment media.

 

Entertainment Software Rating Board (n) -  A self-regulatory body which independently applies and enforces interactive game ratings adopted by the industry in the United States. entire failover set (n) -  Within a given availability group, the set of all availability replicas whose operational state is currently ONLINE, regardless of availability mode and of failover mode.

 

entitlement (n) -  In a service contract, defines the amount and type of support a customer should receive.

 

Entitlement Channel (PN) -  A drop-down list from which users can select the method of distribution (for a campaign activity), or the method of how a customer's case will be handled (for an entitlement).

 

entity (n) -  An object (such as a customer, item, or employee) that shares a set of defined

 

attributes or characteristics, and that is used to manage rules for data.

 

entity (n) -  In Reporting Services, a logical collection of model items, including source

 

fields, roles, folders, and expressions, presented in familiar business terms.

 

entity (n) -  A class or object that represents application data such as customers, products,

 

and orders.

 

entity (n) -  The representation of all the instances of a particular record. When changes are made to a record type, those changes will affect all individual records of that type. entity (n) -  An object that can be uniquely identified.

 

entity container (n) -  A container of specified entity sets and association sets that will be implemented in a specified namespace.

 

Entity Data Model (PN) -  A data model for defining application data as sets of entities and relationships to which CLR types and storage structures can be mapped.

 

Entity Data Model schema (n) -  An XML text file that describes entity and relationship types. The schema also defines a container within which instances of these types are logically organized.

 

Entity Designer (PN) -  A tool that enables point-and-click modification of an .edmx file, visually creating and modifying entities, associations, mappings, and inheritance relationships as well as validating an .edmx file.

 

entity extraction (n) -  The process of extracting information from unstructured text in an item and storing that information as additional managed properties for the item. entity extractor (n) -  A content processing feature that extracts information from unstructured text in an item and stores that information as additional managed properties for the item. The additional managed properties can be used to refine results.

 

Entity Framework (PN) -  A set of technologies that supports development of data- oriented software applications by enabling developers to work with conceptual models that are mapped to logical schemas in data sources.

 

Entity Framework Code First Migrations (PN) -  A feature that allows a database created by Code First to be incrementally changed as a developer's Code First model evolves.

 

Entity Framework Designer (PN) -  A tool that enables point-and-click modification of an .edmx file, visually creating and modifying entities, associations, mappings, and inheritance relationships as well as validating an .edmx file.

 

Entity Framework Tools (PN) -  The toolset available as part of Entity Framework.

 

Entity Hours (in 100s) (PN) -  The unit of measure of time that Service Bus entities are being used.

 

entity integrity (n) -  A state in which every row of every table can be uniquely identified. entity key (n) -  A reference to an entity of a specific entity type. entity object (n) -  An instance of an entity type that exists within an object context. entity relationship (n) -  A relationship between records of one record type and records of another record type. An entity relationship is represented in both the structure of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM database and the user interface. A custom entity relationship may be created. There are three types of custom entity relationship: N:1, 1:N, and N:N. entity set (n) -  A logical container for entities of a given type and its subtypes mapped to tables in a database.

 

Entity SQL (PN) -  A storage-independent dialect of SQL that works directly with conceptual entity schemas and that supports entity data model features such as inheritance and relationships.

 

entity type (n) -  The specification for a data type that includes a named set of properties and represents a top-level item in a data model.

 

EntityClient (PN) -  A storage-independent ADO.NET data provider that contains classes such as EntityConnection, EntityCommand, and EntityDataReader. entry (n) -  The lowest level element in the registry.

 

entry (n) -  The process of inputting information.

 

entry animation effect (n) -  An animation effect that is applied to text or pictures entering a PowerPoint presentation.

 

entry criteria (n) -  A set of circumstances that must be present before an effort can begin successfully

 

entry page (n) -  The page on which a visitor entered a web site (e.g. Home page, About Us page, or Contact Us page).

 

entry page count (n) -  The number of visitors who entered a web site on a particular page on that site.

 

entry point (n) -  An interface provided by the system that might also be used to gain access to the assets or resources of a system.

 

entry point (n) -  The top-level function that is the point from which Application Performance Monitoring (APM) begins measuring the processing time of a transaction. A separate performance event is generated for each entry point whose processing time exceeds the alerting threshold set for it.

 

entry pruning (n) -  The process of removing entries from the catalog.

 

entry type (n) -  The kind of tool used to store Account History, Business Contact History or Opportunity (for example, an e-mail message, note, task, or appointment). The type of utility used to store an entry.

 

enumerated data type (n) -  A data type consisting of a sequence of named values given in a particular order.

 

enumerated field (n) -  A type of field whose content is selected from a list of predefined choices. For example, in the Accrue At field you can select the way resource costs are accrued from a list that includes Start, Prorated, and End.

 

enumerated type (n) -  A user-defined type consisting of a set of named constants called enumerators.

 

enumeration (n) -  A list of named constants.

 

enumerator (n) -  A system component that discovers PnP devices based on a PnP hardware standard. For Microsoft Windows 2000 and later, these tasks are carried out by PnP Bus Drivers in partnership with the PnP manager. A device is typically enumerated by its parent bus driver, such as the PCI or PCMCIA bus driver. Some devices are enumerated by a bus filter driver, such as the ACPI Driver.

 

enumerator (n) -  An object or routine for traversing the items in a list, array, collection, or stream one at a time.

 

envelope (n) -  A structured set of information that wraps and accompanies an instance message, often describing delivery and processing information. Envelopes can be nested. envelope (n) -  Header and footer information, or header information only, which encapsulates or precedes document data for transport.

 

envelope journaling (n) -  A type of message journaling in which the original unaltered message is included as an attachment in the journal report.

 

envelope schema (n) -  A type of schema that specifies the structure of an envelope, using several extra properties that are specific to envelopes and which specify information such as identifying the envelope contents in an enveloped data stream.

 

envelopes formula (n) -  A financial formula that calculates envelopes' above and below a moving average using a specified percentage as the shift. The envelopes indicator is used to create signals for buying and selling. You can specify the percentage the formula uses to calculate the envelopes.'

 

environment (n) -  A global context in which to access data.

 

environment (n) -  A set of roles that are required to run a specific application and the machines to be used for each role.

 

environment (n) -  One of two deployment destinations within a Microsoft Azure cloud service: staging or production.

 

environment snapshot (n) -  A file-based snapshot of the state, disk data, and

 

configuration of all virtual machines in an environment at a specific point in time. environment template (n) -  A resource, consisting of virtual machines, that is stored in a team project library share and can be used to create new virtual environments. environment variable (n) -  One of a set of dynamic values maintained by the operating system that provides configuration and status information.

 

environment viewer (n) -  An application that enables a user to start, pause, stop, or create a snapshot of the virtual machines in an environment.

 

environmental sensor (n) -  A category of sensor that tracks environmental changes such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed and wind direction.

 

EOF (n) -  A value returned by an I/O routine when the end of a file (or, in some cases, an error) is encountered.

 

EP (oth) -  A Web site that provides a single point of entry for internal and external users of an organization to access a wide variety of business information.

 

EPC (n) -  A standard for electronically marking products so that they can be tracked by using radio frequency identification (RFID). An EPC is 96 bits divided into four partitions: header, manager number, object class, and serial number.

 

EPC (PN) -  An international non-profit association that supports and promotes the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) banking industry initiative.

 

EPE (adj) -  A Lean- concept- that is used to establish- a regular repeating production cycle.

 

epilog (n) -  The machine code that follows the last executable statement of an assembly language routine, up to and including the return instruction. This code restores preserved register values, releases the allocated stack frame, and returns to the calling routine. episode (n) -  One in a series of broadcasts belonging to a TV show or podcast.

 

EPM (n) -  The generic field of organizational development that supports organizations in managing in an integrated fashion and adapting to changes.

 

epoch (n) -  The period in which a domain has a specific name.

 

EPS (n) -  A Post-Script file format that can be used as an independent entity. The EPS image must be incorporated into the Post-Script output of an application such as a desktop publisher. Many high-quality clip-art packages consist of such images.

 

eQoS (n) -  A group policy setting that alleviates network congestion issues by enabling central management of Windows Vista network traffic. Without requiring changes to applications, you can define flexible policies to prioritize the Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) marking and throttle rate.

 

equal sign (n) -  The = character.

 

Equation (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show sequential steps or tasks that depict a plan or result. The last Level 1 line of text appears after the equals sign (=).Works best with Level 1 text only.

 

Equation Builder (n) -  A feature that allows creation of mathematical formulas in documents, including the insertion of mathematical symbols inside designated math zones' which perform automatic formatting to convert fractions

 

Equation Editor (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to build complex equations by picking symbols from a toolbar and typing variables and numbers. equijoin (n) -  A join in which the values in the columns being joined are compared for equality, and all columns are included in the results.

 

equipment (n) -  The tools or assets used to perform a service activity.

 

equipment mailbox (n) -  A type of resource mailbox that is assigned to a non-location- specific resource such as a laptop projector, microphone, or company car. Equipment mailboxes can be included as resources in meeting requests, providing a simple and efficient way to utilize resources for an organization.

 

equirectangular projection (n) -  In a map report item, a very simple equidistant cylindrical projection in which the horizontal coordinate is the longitude and the vertical coordinate is the latitude.-

 

equity (n) -  The owners' rights or claims to the assets of a business.

 

equity (n) -  The net worth of an organization after deducting liabilities from assets. equivalence class (n) -  A regular expression of the form [= expr =] where expr is a collating symbol. The characters that expr matches are added to the surrounding bracket expression.

 

equivalent dial plan group (n) -  A container object in Active Directory that holds equivalent dial plans that are from separate Active Directory forests. equivalent objects (n) -  Different files (for example, .vhd files) on which a user has set the same family and release properties to indicate that the different files are related.

 

ER (n) -  The section of a health care facility staffed and equiped to provide rapid treatment for patients requiring immediate medical care.

 

erase (v) -  To remove data permanently from a storage medium. This is usually done by replacing existing data with zeros or meaningless text or, in magnetic media, by disturbing the magnetic particles' physical arrangement, either with the erase head or with a large magnet.

 

E-reader (PN) -  The Books & reference subcategory containing apps to help you to read electronic copies of books.

 

Erlang  -  In telecommunications, a unit of traffic intensity. One Erlang is the intensity at which one traffic path would be continuously occupied.

 

ERP (n) -  An approach to business information management that relies on integrated application software to provide data on all aspects of the enterprise, such as manufacturing, finance, inventory, human resources, sales, and so on. The objective of Enterprise Resource Planning software is to provide data, when and as needed, to enable a business to monitor and control its overall operation.

 

error (n) -  A value or condition that is not consistent with the true, specified, or expected value or condition.

 

error bar (n) -  Usually used in statistical or scientific data, an error bar shows the potential error or degree of uncertainty relative to each data marker in a series.

 

Error Checking (n) -  An Excel feature that identifies invalid worksheet data, formulas, or formatting and proposes corrections.

 

error code (n) -  One of four fields of an SCODE. It is a unique number that is assigned to represent the error or warning.

 

error code (n) -  A return code that begins with E_ or DB_E_ and indicates that the method failed completely and was unable to do any useful work. Usually indicates a programming error.

 

error correction (n) -  In Windows Media Player, a process to ensure that digital audio data is read from the CD-ROM drive accurately during playback or copying. Using error correction can prevent undesirable noises that are not part of the original material. error correction (n) -  A process for correcting invalid values in a spreadsheet formula or function.

 

error detection (n) -  A technique for detecting when data is lost during transmission. This allows the software to recover lost data by notifying the transmitting computer that it needs to retransmit the data.

 

error handling (n) -  The process of dealing with errors (or exceptions) as they arise during the running of a program. Some programming languages, such as C++, Ada, and Eiffel, have features that aid in error handling.

 

Error List (n) -  A window that helps you speed application development by displaying errors, warnings and messages produced as you edit and compile code.

 

Error List (PN) -  The name of a pane that shows T-SQL syntax or dependency errors. error log (n) -  A file that lists errors that were encountered during an operation. error message (n) -  A message from the system or a program advising the user of a problem that requires human intervention in order to be solved.

 

error notification (n) -  A notification that temporarily appears to users to indicate that an application that is running in the background failed or stopped responding. An error notification does not cause the computer, device, or Surface unit to stop working or to display the full-screen out-of-order screen.

 

error number (n) -  A whole number in the range 0 - 65,535 that corresponds to the Number property setting of the Err object. When combined with the Description property setting of the Err object, this number represents a particular error message.

 

error reporting (n) -  A feature that automatically captures key information at the time of a program or system crash and allows users to report the collected information. error screen (n) -  A screen that indicates that the current application failed or stopped responding so the computer, device, or Surface unit will stop working. The error screen appears temporarily and then transitions to the out-of-order screen. error state number (n) -  A number associated with SQL Server messages that helps Microsoft support engineers find the specific code location that issued the message. error string (n) -  A string from the system or a program advising the user of a problem that may require human intervention in order to be solved.

 

Error tab (n) -  In Setup wizards for Virtual Machine Manager, a tab that provides details about the error condition that caused an installation to fail.

 

error trapping (n) -  The process of writing a function, program, or procedure such that it is capable of continuing execution despite an error condition.

 

error value (n) -  A value shown in Excel when there is an error in a formula, for example

 

#VALUE! or #REF!.

 

ESC key (n) -  A keyboard key that sends the escape (ESC) character to the computer. Often this key moves the user back one level in the menu structure or exits the program. escalated approver (n) -  A configuration element of an approval activity: the e-mail address of a user who will receive approval request messages if the approvers fail to respond.

 

escalation (n) -  The process of delegating a task if the user has not acted on the task in the alloted time frame.

 

escalation path (n) -  A series of workflow escalation actions that can be taken to complete a workflow work item when it cannot be complete by the current assignee. escape character (n) -  A single character that suppresses any special meaning of the character that follows it.

 

escape sequence (n) -  A character combination consisting of an escape character, usually a backslash, followed by a letter or by a combination of digits.

 

ESE (PN) -  A method that defines a low-level API to the underlying database structures in Exchange Server. Extensible Storage Engine is also used by other databases, such as the Active Directory directory service database.

 

ESP (n) -  A standard for providing integrity and confidentiality to IP (Internet Protocol) datagrams. In some circumstances, it can also provide authentication to IP datagrams.

 

Espresso Database file (n) -  A LocStudio file of software strings and other resources (e.g., product information, binary data, graphics, sizing information) created to localize a particular product.

 

ESR (n) -  A payment order with reference number in Swiss banking.

 

ESRB (n) -  A self-regulatory body which independently applies and enforces interactive game ratings adopted by the industry in the United States.

 

Essentials management server (n) -  The computer on which the server components of System Center Essentials are deployed.

 

estimate (n) -  A formal offer for products or services, proposed at specific prices and related payment terms.

 

estimate at completion (n) -  The expected total cost of a task or project, based on performance as of the status date. EAC is calculated as follows: EAC = ACWP + (BAC-

 

BCWP)/CPI.

 

estimated cost (n) -  The approximate cost incurred in the performance of an activity. estimated duration (n) -  A duration for which you have only enough information to determine a tentative value. So that its status is clearly visible, an estimated duration is clearly marked by a question mark immediately following the duration unit.

 

ETF Movers (PN) -  Exchange-traded funds that have shown high trading activity. Ethernet (PN) -  A networking standard that uses cables to provide network access. Ethernet is the most widely installed technology for connecting computers.

 

Ethernet  -  The system used to connect computers to a- network- or the internet with a physical cable, including most- broadband- internet connections. Usually much faster than a wireless connection.

 

ethernet  -  Baseband LAN specification invented by Xerox Corporation and developed jointly by Xerox, Intel, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Ethernet networks use CSMA/CD and run over a variety of cable types at 10- Mbps.- more...

 

Ethernet address (n) -  A 12-digit hexadecimal address that is preprogrammed into a computer's network adapter, and that uniquely identifies that computer on the network. Ethical Hacker  -  The dream job for a generation of hackers: A company paying you to break into its network. By simulating attacks from the net or from an internal source, ethical hackers locate weak spots in a company's network.

 

ethical wall (n) -  A zone of non-communication between distinct departments of a business or organization to prevent conflicts of interest that might result in the inappropriate release of sensitive information.

 

Ethnic (n) -  One 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 # 48.

 

ETL (n) -  The act of extracting data from various sources, transforming data to consistent types, and loading the transformed data for use by applications.

 

ETW (n) -  A general-purpose, high-speed tracing feature of Windows.

 

ETW-based log sink (n) -  A means of capturing trace events on the cache client or cache host with the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) framework inside Windows.

 

EU North (PN) -  The Northern European region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

EU sales list (n) -  A value-added tax (VAT) report required in EU member countries. The

 

EU sales list reports the value of goods that were sold to VAT-registered customers in other EU member countries.

 

EU West (PN) -  The Western European region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

EUR (n) -  The internationally accepted currency code that represents the Euro currency. euro (n) -  A currency used in a number of European Union countries.

 

EURO SIGN (n) -  The character.

 

euro symbol (n) -  The character.

 

Eurodance (n) -  One 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 # 54.

 

Euro-house (n) -  One 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 # 124.

 

Europe (PN) -  The European geo within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

European Article Number (PN) -  A 13-digit international barcode standard maintained by GS1.

 

European Free Trade Association (n) -  A group of European countries/regions (including Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) that have agreed to free trade among themselves.

 

European Payment Council (PN) -  An international non-profit association that supports and promotes the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) banking industry initiative. European Union (n) -  The union of European countries into one single market established under the Treaty of Rome in 1957. (Formerly known as the European Community or EC.) Directives have been developed to standardize member states in Europe into a common market by removing frontier fiscal barriers.

 

Euro-Techno (n) -  One 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 # 25.

 

Evaluate Formula (PN) -  An option that enables the user to see the different parts of a nested formula evaluated in the order the formula is calculated.

 

Evaluating Offshoring Strategy for HR Functions (n) -  A template that addresses, from a Human Resources perspective, the general activities that define an evaluation of an off­shoring strategy for Human Resource functions.

 

evaluation (n) -  The determination, by a program, of the value of an expression or the action that a program statement specifies. Evaluation can take place at compile time or at run time.

 

evaluation criteria (n) -  The categories of assignments for a given class, along with a percentage value that indicates how much each category weighs into the overall grade. Other factors, such as class participation, may also be considered.

 

evaluation software (n) -  Typically a demo version of the software that will expire in 120 days after it is installed.

 

even parity (n) -  Parity bit set so that there is an even number of 1 bits.

 

event (n) -  An action or occurrence to which a program might respond. Examples include state changes, data transfers, key presses, and mouse movements.

 

event (n) -  Any significant occurrence in the system or an application that requires a user to be notified or an entry to be added to a log.

 

event (n) -  An occurrence, activity or happening of significance that occurs.

 

event (n) -  The occurrence of an action in a system.

 

event (n) -  The basic unit of data processed by the Streamlnsight server. Each event contains a header that defines the event kind and the temporal properties of the event. An event (except the CTI event) typically contains an event payload, which is a .NET data structure that contains the data associated with the event.

 

Event (n) -  A milestone for CSRs that serves as a reminder for a specific time period on the calendar.

 

event address (n) -  An address similar to a URL that provides network access to an event, such as a live broadcast. Attendees go to this address to view the event from their computers.

 

event bubbling (n) -  In Windows Presentation Foundation, an event routing strategy where the event instance moves up the element tree (starting with the source and ending at the root of the visual tree).

 

event category (n) -  In SQL Trace, a grouping of similar and logically related event classes.

 

event chronicle (n) -  A table that stores event state information.

 

event chronicle rule (n) -  One or more Transact-SQL statements that manage the data in the event chronicle.

 

event class (n) -  In SQL Trace, a collection of properties that define an event.

 

Event class (n) -  The class that indicates whether an event is a ‘.NET

 

Performance- Event', ‘.NET Exception- Event', ‘Client-Side Exception Event', or a ‘Client-Side Performance Event'.

 

event classification (n) -  A means of differentiating types of events that occur on the cache client and cache host. The Windows Server AppFabric log sinks follow the classification established with the System.Diagnostics.TraceLevel enumeration. event collection stored procedures (n) -  System-generated stored procedures that an application can call to submit events to the event table in the application database. event consolidation (n) -  A feature that combines multiple events into one event. The single event identifies the number of consolidated events and when the first and last consolidated events occurred.

 

event consumer (n) -  A recipient of notifications that report an occurrence of an event. An event consumer is either temporary or permanent.

 

event consumer provider (n) -  A provider that determines which permanent event consumer handles a given event.

 

Event Data Recorder (PN) -  A tool that captures error report data, such as information about what the software was doing when it experienced a problem and about the machine's configuration, and sends it to Microsoft via the Internet.

 

event filter (n) -  A filter that registers to receive notification of a specific type of event. event framework (n) -  The combination of runtime event processing, support programs, code libraries, a scripting language, or other software to help develop and glue together the different components of a software project. In Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the plug-ins and workflows are included in a single event model.

 

event handler (n) -  A software routine that executes in response to an event.

 

event header (n) -  The portion of an event that defines the temporal properties of the event and the event kind. Temporal properties include a valid start time and end time associated with the event.

 

Event Hub throughput unit (n) -  The amount of messages processed/ingested per seconds (ingress/egress) by Event Hub.

 

Event Hubs (PN) -  A managed platform service that acts as the -Crfront door-C? for an event pipeline to provide a foundation for large-scale data ingestion in a broad variety of scenarios such as behavior tracking in mobile apps, traffic information from web farms, in-game event capture in console games, or telemetry data collected from industrial machines or connected vehicles.

 

event kind (n) -  Event metadata that defines the event type.

 

event listener (n) -  A function or object that invokes an event handler when a specific condition occurs in an application.

 

event log (n) -  A record of activities on a computer system. Events can include attempts to establish communication, successful establishment of sessions, failures of system components, attempts to use files that are damaged or missing, configuration problems, and responses from remote systems.

 

Event Log service (n) -  A service that records events in the system, security, and application logs.

 

event logging (n) -  The process of recording an audit entry in the audit trail whenever certain events occur, such as services starting and stopping or users logging on and off and accessing resources.

 

event model (n) -  The event metadata that defines the temporal characteristics (shape) of the event.

 

event notification (n) -  A special kind of trigger that sends information about database events to a service broker.

 

event notification (n) -  A call from a UI Automation provider to a client, in which the provider notifies the client of an event that might affect the state or appearance of a UI item.

 

event payload (n) -  The data portion of an event in which the data fields are defined as

 

CLR (common language runtime) types. An event payload is a typed structure.

 

event procedure (n) -  A procedure that is automatically executed in response to an event

 

initiated by the user or program code, or that is triggered by the system.

 

event property (n) -  A named attribute of a control, form, report, data access page, or

 

section you use to respond to an associated event. You can run a procedure or macro when

 

an event occurs by setting the related event property.

 

event provider (n) -  A provider that monitors a source of events and notifies the event table when events occur.

 

event publisher (n) -  An application, service, or driver that creates an event and delivers it to an event log.

 

event query (n) -  A WMI Query Language statement that event consumers use to register to receive notification of specific events. An event provider uses an event query to register to generate notifications of specific events.

 

event registration (n) -  An item that resides in a folder that uses an event sink. The item provides the store with information that includes what events will trigger the sink, the name of the sink, and options such as restrictions for when the event will fire. event registration item (n) -  A hidden item that contains information about an event sink, information about what events will trigger the event sink, and options that tell when or under what conditions the event sink will be triggered. The event registration item is created in the same folder that is being monitored for events.

 

event routing (n) -  In Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, the movement of an event in a tree of elements. There are three types of event routing: direct, bubbling, and tunneling. With direct routing, the event does not move in the tree. With bubbling, the event moves up to the top of the tree. With tunneling, the event starts at the top of the tree and moves down to the source of the event. In Silverlight, event routing and routed events are used, but tunneling is not implemented.

 

event source (n) -  The point of origin of an event.

 

event table (n) -  A table in the application database that stores event data.

 

event throttling (n) -  Constraining the rate at which events are sent to the APM service to keep CPU utilization low. Events are constrained by the number of events collected in an event group over time.

 

Event Trace for Windows (n) -  A general-purpose, high-speed tracing feature of Windows.

 

Event Tracing for Windows (PN) -  A general-purpose, high-speed tracing feature of Windows.

 

Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)-based log sink (n) -  A means of capturing trace events on the cache client or cache host with the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) framework inside Windows.

 

event trigger (n) -  The mechanism by which a system or application event triggers either an instant or an animated change in one or more properties.

 

event type (n) -  The event- type for a performance- event is ‘information', and the event type for an exception- event is ‘error'.

 

Event view (PN) -  The Operations console pane that displays specified events in the management group that the console user has the rights to see.

 

Event Viewer (PN) -  A component you can use to view and manage event logs, gather information about hardware and software problems, and monitor security events. Event Viewer maintains logs about program, security, and system events.

 

event-based asynchronous pattern (n) -  A design pattern that uses events to expose asynchronous features of a class.

 

Events (PN) -  The link to the online shared event organiser on Windows Live Events. events and attractions (PN) -  A sub-heading in Local Scout. Events are activities in the area that are taking place over the next few days, and attractions are places or ongoing activities taking place in that area.

 

Every Product Every (adj) -  A Lean- concept- that is used to establish- a regular repeating production cycle.

 

Everyone (n) -  A type of user account.

 

Everyone (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

Everyone (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by Unterhaltungssoftware

 

Selbstkontrolle (USK).

 

EVERY ONE (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO).

 

Everyone (public) (PN) -  The UI label for a permissions setting that indicates an item is being shared with (made available to) anyone on the Internet.

 

Everyone 10 and older (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

Everyone 10+ (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

 

evict (v) -  To place a windows Live ID in a forced rename state, while the Windows Live ID and all of its existing settings, including the password, Xbox Live points, or Zune points are preserved. The user can sign in using the Windows Live ID and its password, but they're immediately asked to rename the Windows Live ID. They must specify an e­mail address that's outside the Outlook Live domain.

 

eviction (n) -  The physical removal of a cached object from the memory of the cache host or hosts that it is stored on. This is typically done to keep the memory usage of the cache host service in check.

 

evidence (n) -  The properties of code, such as a digital signature or the zone or site of its origin, that are used by security policy to grant permissions to code.

 

EWM (n) -  An enhanced 32-bit vector graphics format for Windows-compatible computers used mostly as a clip art format in word-processing documents. exabyte (n) -  Approximately one quintillion bytes, or one billion billion bytes. exact cost reversing (n) -  The reversal of an inventory transaction, using the same cost for the reversing transaction, for example a return order or a credit memo, as was used in the original transaction.

 

exact word extraction dictionary (n) -  A custom extraction dictionary that lists words or phrases that are matched to exact words in the content in a case-sensitive way. For example, the system matches anchor' to ‘anchor

 

exact word part extraction dictionary (n) -  A custom extraction dictionary that lists words or phrases that are matched anywhere in the content in a case-sensitive way. For example, the system matches anchor' and ‘anchorage

 

Exactly N Matches (PN) -  A menu item that allows the user to search for any pattern A that is represent in pattern B exactly n times. Patterns could be strings, characters, etc. Excel  -  The most popular- spreadsheet- program for PCs, part of the Microsoft Office suite.

 

Excel 2016 (PN) -  The year 2016 edition of Excel.

 

Excel 2016 for Mac (PN) -  The year 2016 edition of Excel for Mac.

 

Excel add-in (n) -  Components that can be installed on your computer to add commands and functions to Excel. These add-in programs are specific to Excel. Other add-in programs that are available for Excel or Office are Component Object Model (COM) add­ins.

 

Excel Calculation Server (n) -  The core component of the Excel Server that includes the full Excel calculation functionality. It loads and saves Excel workbooks, queries and refreshes external data, calculates workbooks, and provides the calculated results to the caller.

 

Excel Calculation Services (n) -  The main Excel Services component, which loads the spreadsheet and workbook, calculates the spreadsheets, updates external data, and maintains session state for interactivity.

 

Excel Cube Functions (n) -  Functions used to extract and display OLAP data (sets and values).

 

Excel for Android (PN) -  The version of Excel that runs on the Android operating system. Excel for iPad (PN) -  The version of Excel that runs on iPad.

 

Excel for Mac (PN) -  The version of Excel that runs on the Mac operating system.

 

Excel for Mac for Office 365 (PN) -  The version of Excel from Office 365 that runs on the Mac operating system.

 

Excel for Mac Preview (PN) -  The public preview for Excel for Mac.

 

Excel interactive view (n) -  An online view of data that provides an enhanced visual experience through tables, slicers, charts, and other Excel objects.

 

Excel Mobile Viewer (PN) -  A viewer that allows users to display Excel workbooks on a phone's browser. A file is rendered as an HTML page with sufficient fidelity to convey important data or charts and illustrations.

 

Excel Online Viewer (PN) -  An Excel Web App technology that enables users to view in full fidelity an Excel document that is stored online.

 

Excel Services (PN) -  A server technology enabling users to load, calculate, and display Excel workbooks on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

 

Excel table (n) -  A range of cells in a worksheet that has been formatted as a table and can be managed independently from the data in other rows and columns on the worksheet. Excel Web Services (PN) -  The Excel Services component that provides programmatic access to its Web service.

 

Excel XML Format (n) -  The formal name for Excel 12 file format. The Excel XML Format has an open, royalty-free specification, and is the technology licensed to external parties.

 

exception (n) -  An abnormal condition or error that occurs during the execution of a program. An exception requires the execution of software outside the normal flow of control.

 

exception (n) -  An instruction that tells Windows Firewall to open a port briefly, allow a program or service to pass a specific piece of information through, and then close the port. These instructions are called exceptions' because normally the firewall blocks all unsolicited attempts to send information.'

 

Exception Assistant (n) -  A Visual Studio debugging tool that provides information about the cause of an exception in a Visual Basic or Visual C# program. exception event (n) -  A diagnostic event in IntelliTrace that occurs within the Visual Studio Debugger. Exception events include exceptions thrown, exceptions caught, and unhandled exceptions.

 

exception events (n) -  Critical application and system errors. Application Performance

 

Monitoring (APM) defines critical errors as being those that lead to a monitored component's failure. For ASP.NET- applications, a critical exception results in the user seeing either the standard or a custom error page.- For web services, critical exceptions- are those that ASP.NET serializes into valid SOAP- messages on the server- side, and deserializes to SoapExceptions- on the ASP.NET client.

 

exception handler (n) -  A block of code that reacts to a specific type of exception. exception handler (n) -  An application function that is called in exception catch blocks to report errors and perform some error handling.

 

exception report (n) -  A report that shows the general ledger account balances that were not included in the financial report.

 

exception string (n) -  A string that contains information about an abnormal condition or error that occurs during the execution of a program.

 

exceptional threshold (n) -  The maximum limit of an individual transaction value that is a part of a cumulative transaction value, up to which a tax on the transaction value is not calculated. The exceptional threshold is applied to an individual transaction value that is a part of a cumulative transaction value that is within the cumulative threshold.

 

EXCH50 binary large object (n) -  A set of properties, generated and managed by Exchange Server, which is stored with each message and contains metadata about a given message. Often referred to as EXCH50 BLOB.

 

EXCH50 BLOB (n) -  A set of properties, generated and managed by Exchange Server, which is stored with each message and contains metadata about a given message. Often referred to as EXCH50 BLOB.

 

exchange (v) -  To provide Wi-Fi credentials to Outlook.com contacts, Skype contacts, and Facebook friends.

 

Exchange (PN) -  A marketplace in which securities, commodities, derivatives, and other financial instruments are traded.

 

Exchange ActiveSync (n) -  A protocol that makes it possible for users to sync their e­mail, calendar, contact, and task data from Exchange Server to supporting devices. exchange adjustment (n) -  The process of recalculating an account balance to reflect a change in the exchange rate for transactions in foreign currencies. The transaction gain or loss is considered unrealized if the adjustment is calculated for reporting purposes alone, and realized if the debt is paid or the revenue is received.

 

Exchange admin center (PN) -  A web-based management tool for Microsoft Exchange administrators and enterprise e-mail users.

 

Exchange Administration Center (PN) -  A web-based management tool for Microsoft Exchange administrators and enterprise e-mail users.

 

Exchange administrator (n) -  The administrator account with privileges to administer Exchange services.

 

Exchange by Phone (n) -  A feature that allows a Unified Messaging-enabled user to access their Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox over the telephone. Users can navigate through their mailboxes using telephone-key or Speech input.

 

Exchange Conferencing Services (n) -  A service that allows users to meet in virtual rooms on a server running Exchange.

 

Exchange Control Panel (PN) -  A web-based management tool for Microsoft Exchange administrators and enterprise e-mail users.

 

Exchange Enterprise CAL Services (EOP, DLP) for Government (PN) -  The offer for government organizations that are also Exchange Enterprise CAL customers that includes Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and data loss prevention (DLP) and that is hosted in the government cloud environment.

 

Exchange Fast Access (PN) -  A feature that enables Exchange users to see new email messages and up-to-date calendar items as soon as they open Outlook, without waiting for it to finish synchronizing.

 

Exchange Hosted Services (PN) -  Hosted spam and virus filtering from an Exchange Hosted Services provider. Users' e-mail is filtered according to rules managed by the organization's administrators. Users and administrators are given varying rights to adjust the filtering rules.

 

Exchange hybrid deployment (n) -  A connection established between on-premises and cloud email systems that not only allows users to use email from either location with the same set of credentials, but provides a richer management experience.

 

Exchange Management Console (n) -  The Exchange 2007 graphical user interface (GUI) from which administrators can perform tasks to configure and manage Exchange servers. The Exchange Management Console is based on Windows Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0.

 

Exchange Management Shell (n) -  A command-line interface and associated command­line plug-ins for Exchange Server that enable automation of administrative tasks. The Exchange Management Shell is built on Windows PowerShell technology, formerly codenamed Monad.

 

Exchange Online (Plan 1) (Government Pricing) (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Exchange Online (Plan 1) that is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online (Plan 1) for Government (PN) -  The offer for government

 

organizations for Exchange Online (Plan 1) that is hosted in the government cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online (Plan 2) (Government Pricing) (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Exchange Online (Plan 2) that is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online (Plan 2) for Government (PN) -  The offer for government

 

organizations for Exchange Online (Plan 2) that is hosted in the government cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) for Exchange Online Customers (Government Pricing) (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) for Exchange Online Customers that is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) for Exchange Server (Government Pricing) (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) for Exchange Server that is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online Archiving for Nonprofits (PN) -  An offer from Microsoft Office 365 for nonprofit organizations that is a personal email archive for users who have mailboxes on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

 

Exchange Online Kiosk (Government Pricing) (PN) -  The offer for government organizations from Office 365 for Exchange Online Kiosk, and that is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online Protection (PN) -  The stand-alone email filtering service for customers that run Exchange or another messaging solution on-site but use the Exchange Online Protection service that is hosted in the Microsoft cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online Protection (Government Pricing) (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Exchange Online Protection that is hosted in the commercial cloud environment.

 

Exchange Online Protection for Government (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Exchange Online Protection that is hosted in the government cloud environment.

 

Exchange Organization Administrators role (n) -  One of four Exchange 2007 administrator roles. Members of this role have full access to all Exchange properties and objects in the Exchange organization.

 

exchange rate (n) -  The rate at which the currency of one country or region can be traded against that of another country or region.

 

exchange rate (n) -  The value of one exchange currency unit relative to another exchange currency unit.

 

exchange rate adjustment (n) -  A modification to a converted monetary amount when the exchange rate between the quotation unit and the base unit change. exchange rate type (n) -  A classification that groups exchange rates.

 

Exchange Recipient Administrators role (n) -  One of four Exchange 2007 administrator roles. Members of this role have permissions to modify any Exchange property on an Active Directory user, contact, group, dynamic distribution group, or public folder object. Exchange Server (PN) -  Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software. Exchange server (n) -  A server that has Microsoft Exchange Server installed.

 

Exchange Server Administrators role (n) -  One of four Exchange 2007 administrator roles. Members of this role have access to only local server Exchange configuration data, either in Active Directory or on the physical computer on which Active Directory is installed.

 

Exchange Server connector (n) -  A Configuration Manager technology that connects to Exchange Server to discover and manage mobile devices.

 

Exchange services (n) -  Exchange-specific services that run on a server that has Microsoft Exchange Server installed.

 

Exchange store (n) -  A storage platform that provides a single repository for managing multiple types of unstructured information in one infrastructure. The Exchange store combines the features and functionality of the file system, the Web, and a collaboration server (such as Microsoft Exchange) through a single, URL-addressable location for storing, accessing, and managing information, as well as building and running applications. The Exchange store is also known as the Web Storage System.

 

Exchange System Manager (n) -  A collection of Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins that Microsoft Exchange provides.

 

Exchange View-Only Administrators role (n) -  One of four Exchange 2007

 

administrator roles. Members of this role have read-only access to the entire Exchange organization tree in the Active Directory configuration container, and read-only access to all Windows domain containers that have Exchange recipients.

 

Exchange Web Services (n) -  A set of features that provides a programming interface for accessing Microsoft Exchange data through the Client Access server role by using Web services.

 

Exchangeable Image File Format (n) -  A standard for storing metadata, e.g. shutter speed and focal length, in image files, especially files using JPEG compression. exclamation point (n) -  The ! character.

 

Exclude Author (PN) -  Feature to remove specific publishers from the acquisition. exclude dictionary (n) -  A dictionary with words that the main dictionary recognizes as being spelled correctly, but that you want to verify during a spelling check.

 

exclude overlap (v) -  To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single compound path that omits the areas where overlaps occurred. If you release the compound path, the individual shapes are put into their own path objects.

 

Excluded sources (PN) -  The list in the Settings area that shows the domains and subdomains that are excluded from the analysis.

 

Excluded terms (PN) -  List of words or phrases that are excluded from the analysis. The post won't appear in the analysis.

 

exclusion (n) -  Term or sentence that must not appear in conjunction with a search phrase. exclusion interval (n) -  The amount of time that an unresponsive or malfunctioning component remains marked as unavailable. During this time, no requests are sent from the client to the excluded component.

 

exclusion list (n) -  A set of files or processes that will be factored out from a certain command.

 

exclusion range (n) -  A small range of one or more IP addresses within a DHCP scope excluded from the DHCP service. Exclusion ranges ensure that these scope addresses will never be offered to clients by the DHCP server.

 

exclusions (PN) -  A Windows feature (in CSS) that allows web designers and developers to wrap text and other inline content around specified elements and fragments. Figures can be absolutely positioned on a web page while still remaining part of the document flow. Figures can be positioned some specified distance from the top, bottom, left or right sides of the containing block.

 

exclusive (adj) -  Pertaining to a type of access to data in a database that is shared over a network. When you open a database in exclusive mode, you prevent others from opening the database.

 

exclusive lock (n) -  A lock that prevents any other transaction from acquiring a lock on a resource until the original lock on the resource is released at the end of the transaction. exe (or .exe)  -  (EXEcutable; pr. ‘exie', ‘dot exie' ) A- file- which is usually the main part of a program. A program may consist of just an exe file and nothing else, or there may be dozens of files, including more .exes.

 

executable (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or being a program file that can be run. Executable files have extensions such as .bat, .com, and .exe.

 

executable (n) -  A file in portable executable (PE) file format that can be loaded into memory and executed by the operating system loader. It can be either an .exe or a .dll file. In the .NET context, a PE file must be translated by the common language runtime into code before it can be executed by the operating system.

 

executable file (n) -  A file in portable executable (PE) file format that can be loaded into memory and executed by the operating system loader. It can be either an .exe or a .dll file. In the .NET context, a PE file must be translated by the common language runtime into code before it can be executed by the operating system.

 

executable folder (n) -  A folder in a Web site from which scripts and executable programs can be run.

 

executable image (n) -  A program that can be run at the command line.

 

execute (v) -  To perform an instruction.

 

execute buffer (n) -  A fully self-contained, independent packet of information that describes a 3-D scene. An execute buffer contains a vertex list followed by an instruction stream. The instruction stream consists of operation codes and the data that is operated on by those codes.

 

execution context (n) -  In the Concurrency Runtime, an abstraction of an operating system thread.

 

execution cycle (n) -  The assertion of facts, evaluation of conditions, and execution of actions within the Business Rule Engine.

 

Execution Plan pane (n) -  One of the tabs that hosts the output for an estimated or actual execution plan that SQL Server uses.

 

execution tree (n) -  The path of data in the data flow of a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package from sources through transformations to destinations. executive planner (n) -  The employee who is responsible for the overall sales and operations plan.

 

executive resource (n) -  A resource that is designed for use with data structures that require exclusive access for writing, but that can be read by several threads concurrently. Executive resources are not maintained in the system's dispatcher database, so they usually are faster and more efficient than kernel dispatcher objects.

 

exempt ID (n) -  An identification number that is issued by a tax authority to indicate that a company is not required to pay sales tax.

 

exempt payee (n) -  An individual or entity that has no tax liability under US tax laws because they are not a citizen, resident alien, or an organization created or organized under the laws of the United States.

 

exempt user agent (n) -  A user agent, commonly a search bot, that can receive InfoPath forms instead of a Web page in response to an HTTP request.

 

Exercise Tracker (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to track cardio activities, including distance, time, pace and calories.

 

EXIF (n) -  A standard for storing metadata, e.g. shutter speed and focal length, in image files, especially files using JPEG compression.

 

exit (v) -  In a program, to move from the called routine back to the calling routine. A routine can have more than one exit point, thus allowing termination based on various conditions.

 

Exit (PN) -  An item on the right-click menu for the Communicator icon that appears in the Windows taskbar that signs the user out of Communicator and closes all open Communicator windows and dialog boxes.

 

exit (v) -  To close a program or application.

 

exit animation effect (n) -  An animation effect that is applied to text or pictures exiting a PowerPoint presentation.

 

exit criteria (n) -  A set of circumstances that a product or service must meet before a particular milestone is complete. The presence of exit criteria signal the end of a successful effort.

 

Exit HTML Source (v) -  An option that switches the view from the display of HTML source code to the display of Web page content.

 

exit module (n) -  A Certificate Services component that performs post-processing after a certificate is issued, such as the publication of an issued certificate to Active Directory. exit page (n) -  The last page a visitor sees before leaving a Web site.

 

exit plan  -  The plan developed for coping with the end of the contract — whether because the term is up or because termination clauses have been invoked. expand (v) -  To display the subentries contained within a folder or outline view. expand control (n) -  A control that, when clicked, expands or collapses a grouped record to display or hide its detail records.

 

expand indicator (n) -  A control that, when clicked, expands or collapses a grouped record to display or hide its detail records.

 

expanded memory (n) -  Type of memory that can be added to IBM personal computers. The use of expanded memory is defined by the Expanded Memory Specification (EMS), which supports memory boards containing RAM that can be enabled or disabled by software.

 

expanded screen mode (n) -  A visual setting that is similar to -Cirst.ret.ch-C? - the resolution of the phone screen is refitted to fill as much of the external screen as possible without compromising its dimensionality.

 

expansion card (n) -  A card that connects to an expansion bus and contains one or more devices.

 

Expansion card (or board)  -  A circuitboard which can be plugged in to an expansion slot on the PC's- motherboard, to give the PC extra capabilities. A lot of the features originally provided by expansion cards, like sound, graphics and network connections, are now built in.

 

expansion depth (n) -  The number of levels to which a minimized hierarchical scorecard can be opened.

 

expansion slot (n) -  A socket in a computer, designed to hold expansion boards and connect them to the system bus.

 

expansive stemming (n) -  The process of expanding stems (root forms of words) to their inflected forms. For example, the word swim' is expanded to the forms ‘swimming' and ‘swam.' Expansive stemming can create a list of all possible word forms that can be used by the query processor alongside the query string. ‘

 

expected deployment results (n) -  The complete deployment information associated with a pre-staged or unknown device, based on parameters defined by the user in the Expected

 

Deployment Results Wizard and Windows Deployment Services configuration, which would be the result of performing a production deployment with a client device that matched the parameters specified in the Wizard.

 

expected duration (n) -  The total span of active working time expected for a task, that is, the amount of time from the expected start to the expected finish of a task. expected purchase order net amount (n) -  The anticipated currency amount for a purchase order line, calculated as follows: Purchase order Net unit price * Invoice quantity.

 

expected revenue (n) -  The amount of money an opportunity is expected to generate. Expedited Forwarding (n) -  A class for the delivery of audio media streams. expenditure (n) -  A cost or expense that is expended during an accounting period. expenditure cycle (n) -  A recurring set of procurement, receipt, payment, and transfer activities controlled by one or more parties that participate in exchange and nonexchange transactions.

 

expenditure recognition accounting rule (n) -  A recognition accounting rule that prescribes the recognition of expenditure in accounts and on financial statements. expense (n) -  A cost incurred by a business in an attempt to obtain revenue. expense (n) -  A cost that expires when the benefits that incurred the cost are received during an accounting period.

 

expense deduction (n) -  Allowance under U.S. Tax Section 179 for expensing all or a portion of the cost of an asset in the year of acquisition, rather than expensing, or depreciating, over the life of the asset. A Section 179 deduction and depreciation are mutually exclusive.

 

expense product (n) -  A received product that is a current asset, not held for sale or consumed in production, and for which there is no stock control policy requiring quantity tracking or inventory control policy requiring stock value tracking, and for which there is an accounting policy requiring the recording of the cost as an expense.

 

experience (n) -  A set of scenarios that lead to a desired outcome by a customer segment. Expertise (PN) -  The field in users' Yammer profiles that allows them to list skills or knowledge that they have.

 

expiration (n) -  The point at which an object has exceeded the cache time-out value. When an object expires, it is evicted.

 

expiration date (n) -  The date on which something ceases to be effective.

 

expiration date (n) -  The date after which information or a resource is no longer valid. Expiration Date option (n) -  An option on the Policy Filter page for setting an expiration date. This option can be specified for any policy rule.

 

expire interval (n) -  For DNS, the number of seconds that DNS servers operating as secondary masters for a zone will use to determine if zone data should be expired when the zone is not refreshed and renewed.

 

expired virtual machine (n) -  A virtual machine that can no longer be managed by the self-service user who owns it because the virtual machine's expiration date has passed. Explicit (PN) -  In Store, label for songs or videos whose content contains explicit sexuality, violence, or curse words.

 

explicit cap (n) -  An explicit hierarchy used as the top level of a derived hierarchy structure.

 

Explicit Congestion Notification (n) -  A frame relay network technology for, monitoring and adapting to the network bandwidth available for delivery of data packets between source and destination nodes. Either the source or the destination node may set a bit in a packet header to request that the transmission or request rate be decreased. explicit data context (n) -  A binding to a data source within the data context that is specified for the current object or one of its parents.

 

explicit discovery (n) -  A feature that defines the logic for locating only the network devices that you specify and that you want Operations Manager to monitor. explicit hierarchy (n) -  In Master Data Services, a hierarchy that uses consolidated members to group other consolidated and leaf members.-

 

explicit interface implementation (n) -  The implementation of a class or structure member that is accessible only through the interface that the class or structure implements. Explicit Language (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO).

 

explicit loading (n) -  A pattern of loading where related objects are not loaded until

 

explicitly requested by using the Load method on a navigation property.

 

explicit permission (n) -  A type of object permission that is defined when the object is

 

created, specifically assigned, or changed by the owner of the object.

 

explicit profiling (n) -  An information collecting process in which customers visiting a

 

Web site supply profile data about themselves.

 

explicit selection (n) -  A selection that a user intentionally makes with an input device. explicit targeting (n) -  The process of delivering targeted content by using existing data about the customers who browse your site.

 

explicit transaction (n) -  A group of SQL statements enclosed within transaction delimiters that define both the start and end of the transaction.

 

explode (v) -  To determine the total quantities of components needed for a manufactured item.

 

exploded doughnut chart (n) -  A doughnut chart that displays the contribution of each value to a total while emphasizing individual values, by showing each slice of the doughnut as pulled out

 

exploded pie (n) -  A pie chart that displays the contribution of each value to a total while emphasizing individual values, by showing each slice of the pie as pulled out exploded pie chart (n) -  A pie chart that displays the contribution of each value to a total while emphasizing individual values, by showing each slice of the pie as pulled out Exploding (n) -  A credit animation in Windows Movie Maker.

 

Exploding Outline (n) -  A title animation in Windows Movie Maker.

 

exploit (n) -  Malicious code that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in other software in order to take unwanted and unexpected action on impacted systems. An exploit is often used to install other malicious or potentially unwanted software on a target computer without the knowledge or consent of the affected user.

 

exploit (v) -  To use malicious code that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in other software in order to take unwanted and unexpected action on impacted systems. exploit  -  an attack on a computer system, especially one that takes advantage of a particular vulnerability that the system offers to intruders. Used as a verb, the term refers to the act of successfully making such an attack.

 

exploit vulnerability (n) -  The vulnerability that makes a computer susceptible to an exploit.

 

exploratory testing (n) -  The testing of an application without a set of tests defined in advance.

 

explosion (n) -  The process of determing the total quantities of components needed for a manufactured item.

 

exponential moving average (n) -  A moving average of data that gives more weight to the more recent data in the period and less weight to the older data in the period. The formula applies weighting factors which decrease exponentially. The weighting for each older data point decreases exponentially, giving much more importance to recent observations while still not discarding older observations entirely.

 

exponential trendline (n) -  A curved trendline that is used when data values rise or fall at constantly increasing rates.

 

exponentiation (n) -  The operation in which a number is raised to a given power, as in 23. In computer programs and programming languages, exponentiation is often shown by a caret (^A), as in 2^A3.

 

export (v) -  To output data and database objects to another database, spreadsheet, or file format so another database, application, or program can use the data or database objects. You can export data to a variety of supported databases, programs, and file formats. Export (n) -  A report that lists all files under the specified namespace. A number of useful file system properties are included for each file. The generated data is suitable for importing into data processing applications for further analysis.

 

Export (PN) -  UI feature that allows you to export data to another program like Excel. Export Commodity Classification Number (PN) -  A five character alpha-numeric classification used in the Commerce Control List to identify items for export control purposes as defined in licensing information by the US government.

 

export format (n) -  UI text for subscriptions and HTML viewer. Corresponds to rendering extensions.

 

export format (n) -  The file format for the export of payments.

 

Export XML Wizard (n) -  A feature in Microsoft CRM Customization that exports customized forms and views.

 

expose (v) -  To host and make available a Web service so that it can be used by other applications or services.

 

exposure (n) -  The amount of light emitted onto a film or image sensor.

 

exposure bias (n) -  A control on most digital cameras that lets you control the under -or over- exposure of the image.

 

exposure bias compensation (n) -  A control on most digital cameras that lets you control the under -or over- exposure of the image.

 

exposure bracketing (n) -  A photographic technique of taking multiple photos of the same scene with different exposure settings.

 

exposure compensation (n) -  A control on most digital cameras that lets you control the under -or over- exposure of the image.

 

exposure limit (n) -  The number of times a piece of content can be shown to a customer within a session. By default, the exposure limit is set to no exposure limit. It is recommended that the upper exposure limit is not set to more than 10 exposures per customer per session.

 

exposure time (n) -  The amount of time a shutter is open during exposure to allow the light to reach the film or, in digital cameras, the image sensor. express full backup (n) -  A synchronization operation in which the protection agent transfers a snapshot of all blocks that have changed since the previous express full backup (or initial replica creation, for the first express full backup).

 

Express License description (n) -  A description of the Express license. express message (n) -  For Message Queuing, a message that uses fewer resources and is faster than a recoverable message. However, because express messages are mapped to memory, they are lost if the computer storing them fails.

 

Express Upgrade (PN) -  The promotional program that encourages OEM Direct and SBC to upgrade to Windows Vista.

 

express writer (n) -  A scheme for applications to only identify their components requiring to be backed up without the necessity of creating a full VSS writer. expression (n) -  Any combination of operators, constants, literal values, functions, and names of fields (columns), controls, and properties that evaluates to a single value. expression box (n) -  A control on a form that displays read-only data as the result of a lookup or calculation against the data using an XPath expression.

 

Expression Builder (n) -  A tool you use to create an expression. The Expression Builder includes a list of common expressions that you can select from to define the properties you want to target.

 

expression host assembly (n) -  All expressions found within a report are that are compiled into an assembly. The expression host assembly is stored as a part of the compiled report.

 

expression store (n) -  The tables in a Commerce Server database that store expression information.

 

expression tree (n) -  A tree-form data representation of the structure of language-level code expressions.

 

ExpressRoute (PN) -  The Microsoft Azure service that enables users to create private connections between Azure datacenters and infrastructure on premises or in a colocation environment.

 

extended affinity (n) -  A type of client affinity that is preserved when configuring a change to a Network Load Balancing cluster. It also allows clients to keep affinity to a cluster host even if there are no existing connections from the client to the host. extended amount (n) -  The figure calculated by multiplying the quantity of a service or product by the amount of the item.

 

extended character (n) -  Any of the 128 additional characters in the extended ASCII (8- bit) character set. These characters include those in several non-English languages, such as accent marks, and special symbols used for creating pictures.

 

extended desktop (n) -  A computer desktop area that extends across all displays that are connected to a computer.

 

extended Development Environment (n) -  An extended development environment integrating Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Rational Application Developer. extended form registration (n) -  A service from BGC that includes a supplementary registration in order to receive reports of all reference numbers on payments made by giro transfer/deposit slip. This service can be extended with controls of the reference number. Extended Industry Standard Architecture (n) -  A bus standard for the connection of add-on cards to a PC motherboard, such as video cards, internal modems, sound cards, drive controllers, and cards that support other peripherals. EISA was introduced in 1988 by a consortium of nine computer industry companies. The companies—AST Research, Compaq, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Olivetti, Tandy, Wyse, and Zenith—were referred to collectively as the Gang of Nine'. EISA maintains compatibility with the earlier Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) but provides for additional features introduced by IBM in its Micro Channel Architecture bus standard. EISA has a 32-bit data path

 

extended key usage (n) -  An extended property value that specifies the uses for which a certificate is valid.

 

extended member (n) -  A member that is added to a TypeName or MshObject instance by developers (cmdlet or script).

 

extended memory (n) -  Memory beyond one megabyte in 80286, 80386, 80486, and Pentium computers.

 

extended network (n) -  The people in someone's network -€” their Messenger and profile contacts -€” plus the profile contacts of people in their network.

 

extended partition (n) -  A type of partition that you can create only on basic master boot record (MBR) disks. Extended partitions are useful if you want to create more than four volumes on a basic MBR disk. Unlike primary partitions, you do not format an extended partition with a file system and then assign a drive letter to it. Instead, you create one or more logical drives within the extended partition. After you create a logical drive, you format it and assign it a drive letter. An MBR disk can have up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions, one extended partition, and multiple logical drives. extended permission (n) -  A permission that is specific to an object added to the standard Active Directory object schema. The permission associated with the new object extends the existing default permission set.

 

extended price (n) -  The item price that is entered on a purchase order.

 

extended price (n) -  The price of a quantity of product expressed in purchase units calculated from the sales unit price, multiplied by the product quantity in purchase units, divided by the sales unit quantity.

 

Extended property (n) -  User-defined text (descriptive or instructional including input masks and formatting rules) specific to a database or database object. The text is stored in the database as a property of the database or object.

 

Extended Protection for Authentication (PN) -  A security feature that helps protect against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

 

extended registration (n) -  A registration that requires meeting participants or viewers of a recording to supply their e-mail address and company name, in addition to their name, when logging in to the Live Meeting service.

 

extended selection (n) -  A selection technique that is optimized for the selection of a single object or single range using contiguous selection techniques. However, it also supports modifying an existing selection using disjoint selection techniques. extended stored procedure (n) -  A function in a dynamic link library (DLL) that is coded using the SQL Server Extended Stored Procedure API. The function can then be invoked from Transact-SQL using the same statements that are used to execute Transact-SQL stored procedures.

 

extended verb (n) -  A verb (shortcut menu item) that is invoked by a Shell object when a user right-clicks the object while pressing the SHIFT key in the context menu. extended view (n) -  The display of additional data or information that does not appear in the standard view.

 

extended-selection list box (n) -  A list box that supports multiple selection, but is optimized for a selection of a single object or single range. See also extended selection and list box.

 

extender control (n) -  In ASP.NET, a control that encapsulates functionality that is implemented in JavaScript and that defines behavior in the browser. Extender controls are associated with existing Web server controls to add the extender's behavior to that control. For example, an extender control can add a watermark to any TextBox control or drag- and-drop behavior to a variety of ASP.NET Web server controls.

 

extender object (n) -  An object implemented by the container, generally by aggregating with the control. An Extender object wraps around an ActiveX control to add properties, methods, and events such as TabStop, Move, GotFocus, and Validate.

 

extensibility (n) -  The capacity to extend or stretch the functionality of the development environment - to add something to it that didn't exist there before. extensibility application (n) -  An external software application that adds a new service or feature to a program or environment.

 

Extensible Application Markup Language (PN) -  An XML-based language used to represent a tree of objects. Events generated by these objects can be handled using any .NET programming language.

 

eXtensible Business Reporting Language (oth) -  An XML language for the electronic communication of business and financial data.

 

Extensible Firmware Interface (oth) -  A type of interface between a computer, firmware, hardware, and the operating system. EFI defines a new partition style called GUID partition table (GPT). EFI serves the same purpose as the basic input/output system (BIOS) found in most x86-based computers.

 

Extensible Firmware Interface system partition (n) -  A small portion on a GUID partition table (GPT) disk that is formatted with the file allocation table (FAT) file system and contains the files necessary to start the computer and pass execution to an operating system which resides on another partition.

 

Extensible HTML (PN) -  A markup language that extends HTML and reformulates it as XML.

 

Extensible Markup Language (n) -  A markup language for describing and exchanging structured data in a format that is independent of operating systems and applications. XML is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification and is a subset of Standard

 

Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

 

extensible Metadata Platform (n) -  An extensible markup language that records metadata in a syntax that is a subset of XML. It is used in PDF, photography and photo editing applications and was first introduced by Adobe Systems in April 2001. extensible rights markup language (n) -  A proposed standard digital rights management (DRM) markup language which enables users to specify rights and conditions associated with resources, such as digital content or Web services.

 

Extensible Storage Engine (PN) -  A method that defines a low-level API to the underlying database structures in Exchange Server. Extensible Storage Engine is also used by other databases, such as the Active Directory directory service database.

 

Extensible Stylesheet Language (n) -  An XML vocabulary that is used to transform XML data to another form, such as HTML, by means of a style sheet that defines presentation rules.

 

Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (n) -  A declarative, XML-based language that is used to present or transform XML data.

 

extension (n) -  A set of characters added to the end of a file name that identifies the file type or format.

 

extension (n) -  A program or program module that adds functionality to or extends the effectiveness of a program.

 

Extension  -  The part of a PC filename after the dot (.), often used to tell Windows what type of file it is. For example, files ending in .exe are programs, and files ending .jpg or .gif are pictures. Note that Windows is often set up not to display the extension in Windows Explorer or My Computer, another helpful idea to confuse beginners from our friends at Microsoft.

 

extension handler (n) -  A handler that specifies additional actions to be taken on Shell items beyond that which can be defined through registry entries or .ini files, such as actions specific to members of a given file type.

 

extension method (n) -  A static method that can be invoked by using instance method syntax. In effect, extension methods make it possible to extend existing types and constructed types with additional methods.

 

extension point (n) -  A location within a use case at which an action sequence from another use case may be inserted. Within a use case, each extension point name must be unique. Extension points appear in a compartment at the bottom of the Use Case shape. extent (n) -  The width or height of the viewport.

 

extent (n) -  On a disk or other direct-access storage device, a continuous block of storage

 

space reserved by the operating system for a particular file or program.

 

external (adj) -  Imported from an accounting system. Refers to the product or service item

 

list that was imported from the accounting system into Business Contact Manager for

 

Outlook.

 

external access (n) -  Authenticated access that can be granted to external partners and clients to enable sharing of selected SharePoint Online content.

 

External Application XML (n) -  XML that provides information about an external application and about the Web Part that hosts it.

 

External Cache 1.0 (PN) -  A disk-based cache module for IIS 7 that is used to manage the host name affinity data between multiple instances of Application Request Routing (ARR) servers.

 

external contact (n) -  People outside the Outlook Live organization who can be added to public groups and displayed in your organization's address book and other address lists. External contacts have e-mail addresses outside the organization and can't sign in to your domain.

 

External Contacts (PN) -  A privacy relationship setting that allows a small amount of

 

information to be viewed, typically for nonfederated contacts.

 

external content type (PN) -  An object (such as a customer, item, or employee) that

 

shares a set of defined attributes or characteristics, and that is used to manage rules for

 

data.

 

External Content Type Collaboration (PN) -  A feature that turns on the Collaborate On functionality for a site collection.

 

External Content Type data source (n) -  A type of data source used to connect to an external data source.

 

External Content Type Designer (PN) -  A modeling tool in SharePoint Designer that enables users to create external content types, external lists and forms without writing code.

 

External Content Type Picker (PN) -  ?A BCS feature that allows users of a composite solution to select an external content type from within an Office client application. external context (n) -  In the Concurrency Runtime, a context that is created by an application component that is external to the Task Scheduler. An external context generates parallel work for a Task Scheduler and participates in that work. external customer (n) -  An outside organization or individual that submits a sales order for goods or services.

 

external data (n) -  Data that is stored outside of the application that is currently in use. external data column (n) -  A column type that allows data from external systems to be incorporated into SharePoint lists.

 

External Data Grid (PN) -  A Web Part that displays a list of external items from a business application registered in the BDC Metadata Store.

 

External Data Grid Web Part (PN) -  A Web Part that displays a list of external items from a business application registered in the BDC Metadata Store.

 

External Data Item (PN) -  A Web Part that can display a single item in an external list. External Data Item Builder (PN) -  A Web Part that creates an external item based on parameters in the query string and provides it to other Web Parts. This Web Part is used only on external data profile pages.

 

External Data Item Builder Web Part (PN) -  A Web Part that creates an external item based on parameters in the query string and provides it to other Web Parts. This Web Part is used only on external data profile pages.

 

External Data Item Web Part (PN) -  A Web Part that can display a single item in an external list.

 

external data part (n) -  A set of controls that interact with external data through BCS. external data provider (n) -  A business entity, typically a company, that provides up to date data to a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user.

 

external data range (n) -  A range of data that is brought into a worksheet but that originates outside of Excel, such as in a database or text file.

 

External Data Related List (PN) -  A Web Part that displays a list of related external items from a business application.

 

External Data Related List Web Part (PN) -  A Web Part that displays a list of related external items from a business application.

 

External Data Web Parts (n) -  Out-of-the-box Web Parts that are shipped as part of Business Connectivity Services.

 

external database (n) -  The source of the table that is to be linked or imported to the current database, or the destination of a table that is to be exported.

 

external delivery system (n) -  A system, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, that delivers formatted notifications to destination devices.

 

external dependency (n) -  A relationship in which the start or finish date of a task depends on a task in another project.

 

external display (n) -  A computer monitor that supplements the main monitor. external drive (n) -  A stand-alone drive that is externally connected by a cable to the computer system.

 

external endpoint (n) -  The endpoint on which a role instance receives inbound traffic. external hyperlink (n) -  A hyperlink pointing to a page or file that is outside of the current web.

 

External Identity Authentication (n) -  In the Multi-Factor Authentication service of the Azure Identity Service, the process to grant access to resources to external users using third-party credentials.

 

external item (n) -  An specific occurence of an external content type.

 

External Item Picker (PN) -  A BCS feature that allows users of a composite solution to select external data from within an Office client application.

 

external key (n) -  A file that contains information to access cryptographically locked data, which is stored away from the system, such as on a USB flash drive. external key file (n) -  A file that contains the external key and is stored on an external media device. The name and contents of the file are internal to Microsoft and can change from version to version.

 

external list (PN) -  A Windows SharePoint Services or SharePoint Server list from an external content type.

 

external list deployment (n) -  Automated deployment of a simple solution for BCS, using ClickOnce technology. An example would be taking an external list offline to Outlook or SharePoint Workspace.

 

external load balancer (n) -  A load-balancing mechanism that is located externally to a firewall server, e.g. a hardware-based solution.

 

external network number (n) -  A 4-byte hexadecimal number used for addressing and routing purposes on NetWare networks. The external network number is associated with physical network adapters and networks.

 

external port (n) -  A port on a computer that is available on the Internet.

 

external predecessor (n) -  A predecessor to a task in the current project that resides in another project, represented by a task that appears dimmed in the task list.

 

external project (n) -  A project with a direct customer relation.

 

External sharing (PN) -  A feature that manages the ability to share various components of the Office 365 site (such as Outlook calendars, SharePoint sites, and Lync meetings) with visitors or external users.

 

external source system (n) -  A data repository, such as a data warehouse, data mart, or OLTP system, that is outside a specific deployment.

 

external storage card (n) -  A device for data storage that is external to a computer's main memory.

 

external style (n) -  A style in an external style sheet.

 

external style sheet (n) -  A cascading style sheet (CSS) in a file with a .css file name extension.

 

external style sheet (n) -  A style sheet defined in a user control in an .ascx file. external successor (n) -  A successor to a task in the current project that resides in another project, represented by a task that appears dimmed in the task list.

 

External System (PN) -  A supported source of data that can be modeled by Business Connectivity Services, such as a database, Web service, or custom .NET Framework assembly.

 

external table (n) -  A table outside the open database or project.

 

external task (n) -  A task that represents a linked task in another project, providing an easy way to review the attributes of linked tasks without switching between projects. An external task can be changed only in the source project.

 

external task (n) -  A line item in a timesheet that does not correspond to a project task in Project Server.

 

external URL mapping (n) -  A URL mapping for objects that are not part of the WSS system.

 

external user (n) -  A user who connects to an account from outside the firewall. external user invitation report (n) -  A report that lists the email address, invitation date, invitation status, and invitation submitter for external users invited to a SharePoint site collection.

 

external virtual network (n) -  A virtual network configured to use a physical network adapter. External virtual networks are used to connect virtual machines to external networks.

 

extra color (n) -  A color that is not part of a color scheme.

 

extra-bold (adj) -  Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 800 according to the OpenType specification.

 

extract (v) -  To remove or duplicate items from a larger group in a systematic manner. extract (v) -  To decompress, or pull out, files from a compressed form. When you extract a file, an uncompressed copy of the file is placed in the folder you specify. The original file remains in the compressed folder. Compressed files frequently have a .zip file name extension.

 

extract (v) -  To build a DAC package file that contains the definitions of all the objects in an existing database, as well as instance objects that are associated with the database. extract  -  A data synopsis from a given system which is passed to another system to complete processing.

 

extraction rule (n) -  A rule that copies a string from a Web test response and puts it in the test context for use later in the test.

 

extraction, transformation, and loading (n) -  The act of extracting data from various sources, transforming data to consistent types, and loading the transformed data for use by applications.

 

extra-light (adj) -  Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 200 according to the OpenType specification.

 

extranet (n) -  An extension of an organization's intranet used to facilitate communication with the organization's trusted partners. An extranet allows such trusted partners to gain limited access to the organization's internal business data.

 

Extranet  -  A virtual intranet. Companies desiring an intranet but not having the internal bearer network on which to provide it, can look to an external service provider to supply it.

 

Extranet  -  Two or more autonomous and separately owned intranets, connected together in order to form an extended intranet. For example, a car manufacturer and its suppliers may each have their own Intranets, accessible only to their respective employees.

 

Extras Library (PN) -  A renaming of the Vista Program Library experience that showcases and allows quick access to installed Media Center Extras.

 

extrinsic event (n) -  An extrinsic event is a predefined occurrence that cannot be linked directly to changes in the WMI data model. Therefore, WMI enables an event provider to define an event class that describes the event.

 

eyeballs  -  an industry term for the raw number of people who look at a website. eyedropper (n) -  A tool that enables a user to sample the color of any pixel on a screen and apply that color to an object.

 

EZ Answer (PN) -  A Ticket deflection feature that automatically performs a

 

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