C (oth) -  The label for the text box where the user types the postal code for outgoing correspondence.

 

C (n) -  A game rating symbol developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO).

 

C  -  programming language developed at Bell Laboratories in the 1970s, based on the two earlier languages B (1970) and BCPL (1967).

 

C corporation (n) -  An United States tax law designation given to any corporation that is a unique entity apart from and taxed separately from its owners.

 

C# (n) -  A programming language designed for building enterprise applications that run on the .NET Framework. C#, which is an evolution of C and C++, is type safe and object oriented. Because it is compiled as managed code, it benefits from the services of the common language runtime, such as language interoperability, security, and garbage collection.

 

C#  -  pronounced -CirC sharp-€?, a programming language developed by Anders Hejlsberg (the developer of Turbo Pascal and Delphi) for Windows programming under Microsoft's .NET Framework.

 

C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism (PN) -  An object model that accelerates execution of C++ code by taking advantage of the data-parallel hardware that is generally present as a GPU on a discrete graphics card.

 

C++ AMP (PN) -  An object model that accelerates execution of C++ code by taking advantage of the data-parallel hardware that is generally present as a GPU on a discrete graphics card.

 

C++ template (n) -  A template that enables you to define a family of functions or classes that can operate on different types of information.

 

CA (n) -  An entity entrusted to issue certificates that assert that the recipient individual, computer, or organization requesting the certificate fulfills the conditions of an established policy.

 

CA certificate (n) -  A certificate that identifies the certification authority (CA) that issues server and client authentication certificates to the servers and clients that request these certificates.

 

CA compromise (n) -  A situation in which it is known or suspected that the CA's private key or other aspects of the CA validated in the certificate have been revealed.

 

CA hierarchy (n) -  A hierarchy in which the roles of the certification authority are separated into one root CA and one or more subordinate CAs.

 

CA name (n) -  The name of the certifying authority.

 

CAB (n) -  A formally constituted group of people representing service delivery and support functions that is responsible for assessing, planning, and authorizing changes to the IT environment.

 

Cabaret (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 # 65.

 

cabinet (n) -  The box in which the main components of a computer (CPU, the hard drive, floppy and CD-ROM drives, and expansion slots for peripheral devices, such as monitors) are located.

 

cabinet file (n) -  A single file that stores multiple compressed files. These files are commonly used in software installation and to reduce the file size and the associated download time for Web content.

 

cable (n) -  A collection of wires shielded within a protective tube, used to connect peripheral devices to a computer. A mouse, a keyboard, and a printer might all be connected to a computer with cables. Printer cables typically implement a serial or a parallel path for data to travel along.

 

Cable  -  1) Any insulated wiring used to connect computer equipment together. 2) An always-on high speed internet connection similar to- ADSL- but using cable TV technology instead of a phoneline.

 

cable connection (n) -  A communications method by which you use a cable to connect your mobile device to another device.

 

cable modem (n) -  A device that enables a broadband connection to the Internet by using cable television infrastructure. Access speeds vary greatly, with a maximum throughput of 10 megabits per second (Mbps).

 

cable range (n) -  In the Macintosh environment, the routing address or range of addresses assigned to the physical network that AppleTalk Phase 2 routers use to direct information to the appropriate network.

 

cache (n) -  A special memory subsystem in which frequently used data values are duplicated for quick access.

 

cache (v) -  To store frequently used data values in a special memory subsystem for quick access.

 

cache (n) -  Generally, a file used to store information temporarily. Windows Disk Protection utilizes a cache file to store changes made to system and profile files during user sessions. This cache file is emptied of contents at intervals, depending on how Windows Disk Protection is configured.

 

Cache  -  A temporary storage area for frequently or recently used data, either in memory, on your hard disk or the internet. For example, if you go back to a webpage you have recently visited, your PC will usually be able to display it from the internet cache on your hard disk, so it won't need to download it from the internet again.

 

Cache  -  Pronounced ‘Cash'. A temporary storage area for frequently accessed information. The cache shortens the time it takes to access this information, relieves the burden from the main memory, and increases the overall speed of applications. cache aging (n) -  The mechanism of caching that determines when a cache row is outdated and must be refreshed.

 

cache client (n) -  A .NET application that uses the Windows Server AppFabric client APIs to communicate with and store data to a Windows Server AppFabric distributed cache system.

 

cache cluster (n) -  The instantiation of the distributed cache service, made up of one or more instances of the cache host service working together to store and distribute data.

 

Data is stored in memory to minimize response times for data requests. This clustering technology differs from Windows Clustering.

 

cache file (n) -  A file used by DNS servers and clients to store responses to DNS queries. For Windows DNS servers, the cache file is named Cache.dns by default. cache hierarchy (n) -  A network of cache proxies that have sibling and parent relationships.

 

cache hit (n) -  The condition that exists when a client requests content and the cache server determines that the content is both stored in the cache and up to date. When there is a cache hit, the content is streamed from the cache to the client.

 

cache interval (n) -  The length of time that a stored copy of the views that are shown in a dashboard can exist on the server.

 

cache invalidation (n) -  The process of flagging an object in the cache so that it will no longer be used by any cache clients. This occurs when an object remains in cache longer than the cache time-out value (when it expires).

 

cache item (n) -  An object that is stored in the cache and additional information associated with that object, such as tags and version. It can be extracted from the cache cluster using the GetCacheItem client API.

 

cache line (n) -  The smallest unit of memory than can be transferred between the main memory and the cache.

 

Cache Loader (n) -  A component used by the CacheManager object to load data into a cache Dictionary object. Although this component is implemented as a pipeline component, it is not run in the context of a pipeline.

 

Cache Memory (MB/month) (PN) -  The unit of measure for the Cache Memory resource that is equal to 1,024 Cache Memory (MB/month) units.

 

cache notification (n) -  An asynchronous notification that can be triggered by a variety of cache operations on the cache cluster. Cache notifications can be used to invoke application methods or automatically invalidate locally cached objects. cache operation (n) -  An event that occurs on regions or cached items that can trigger a cache notification.

 

cache plug-in (n) -  A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to provide cache and proxy support for another Windows Media server.

 

cache port (n) -  A TCP/IP port used by cache hosts to transmit data to and from the cache clients. The port number used for the cache port can be different on each cache host. These settings are maintained in the cluster configuration settings.

 

cache proxy (n) -  A proxy that is capable of caching responses so that when there is a cache hit, the proxy can serve the requested content without forwarding the request to the destination server.

 

cache region (n) -  A container of data, within a cache, that co-locates all cached objects on a single cache host. Cache Regions enable the ability to search all cached objects in the region by using descriptive strings, called tags.

 

cache server (n) -  A server that stores previously requested Web content. When the same content is requested later, the server either sends the cached content or acquires newer content, depending on the freshness of the cached content that is defined by cache directives. A cache server is frequently used to reduce the network traffic and the response time by serving the cached content, when appropriate.

 

Cache Service (PN) -  The managed service in Microsoft Azure that creates a secure, dedicated cache in the Microsoft Azure region of the user's choice, guaranteeing isolation of the user's business critical data.

 

cache tag (n) -  One or more optional string-based identifiers that can be associated with each cached object stored in a region. Regions allow you to retrieve cached objects based on one or more tags.

 

Cache Writer (n) -  A component used by the CacheManager object to write activity data from a cache Dictionary object. Although this component is implemented as a pipeline component, it is not run in the context of a pipeline.

 

cache/proxy server (n) -  A server running Windows Media Services for which a cache/proxy plug-in has been enabled, allowing the server to provide cache and proxy support to another Windows Media server.

 

cacheable (adj) -  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Smooth Streaming fragments that can be cached on servers on the edge of an HTTP network for reuse by clients. The fragments can be cached because of the stateless nature of the HTTP protocol, which treats each HTTP request as an independent transaction that is unrelated to any previous request.

 

cache-aside programming pattern (n) -  A programming pattern in which if the data is not present in the cache, the application, not the distributed cache system, must reload data into the cache from the original data source.

 

cache-coherent NUMA (n) -  A NUMA architecture that provides cache coherency across nodes.

 

cached copy (n) -  A copy of data stored in a cache in order to shorten the time required to retrieve the data if it is large or accessed frequently. cached data (n) -  Data stored in a cache.

 

Cached Exchange Mode (n) -  A feature that lets a Microsoft Outlook user who has a Microsoft Exchange e-mail account work offline, either by choice or due to a connection problem. A copy of the user's mailbox is stored on their computer and is frequently updated from the mail server. Any changes that are made while a connection to the server is not available are synchronized automatically when a connection becomes available. Cached File Updater contract (PN) -  A contract that enables an app to provide real-time updates and saving capabilities for specific files on the system.

 

cached locally (n) -  Pertaining to a file that resides on the remote storage media, but the contents of which are still available on the local media. If this file is accessed, access will be quicker because the data are still on the local media.

 

cached page (n) -  A stored version of a document or web page.

 

cache-enabled application (n) -  An application that uses the Windows Server AppFabric cache client to store data in cache on the cache cluster.

 

caching (n) -  The process of temporarily storing recently accessed information in a special memory subsystem for quicker access.

 

caching resolver (n) -  A program that extracts information from DNS servers in response to client requests.

 

caching service (n) -  The category of services in Microsoft Azure that includes Content Delivery Network (CDN), InMem Cache, and Caching.

 

caching-only server (n) -  A DNS sever that does not host any DNS zones but that performs name resolution and stores the results in its cache.

 

CAD (n) -  The official currency of Canada.

 

CAD  -  (Computer Aided Design)- Software- used to produce complex technical drawings by designers and engineers.

 

Cake pan button (n) -  The button to choose which shape cake you're going to make. cake paper (n) -  In the Comfy Cakes game, a piece of parchment paper on the conveyor belt for a new cake that the player will try to bake'. Each paper represents an order for a new cake

 

CAL pack (n) -  A digital or paper format pack that usually consists of a proof of purchase, the description of the licensing terms and policies, and number of client access licenses (CALs) purchased in this pack.

 

calculated column (n) -  A type of column that displays the results of mathematical or logical operations or expressions instead of stored data.

 

calculated control (n) -  A control used on a form, report, or data access page to display the result of an expression. The result is recalculated each time there is a change in any of the values that the expression is based on.

 

calculated expression (n) -  An expression that is not constant, but whose value depends upon other values. To be evaluated, a calculated expression must obtain and compute values from other sources, typically in other fields or rows.

 

calculated field (n) -  A field defined in a query that displays the result of an expression rather than displaying stored data. The value is recalculated each time a value in the expression changes.

 

calculated measure (n) -  A measure whose value is calculated at run time by using an expression.

 

calculated member (n) -  A member of a dimension whose value is calculated at run time by using an expression. Calculated member values can be derived from the values of other members.

 

calculated metric (n) -  A metric that is based on the result of an expression, rather than originating from a data source.

 

Calculated Metrics (PN) -  A feature that enables users to create simple calculations using one or more KPI values. This reduces the amount of MDX that is required to create complex scorecards.

 

calculated value (n) -  A read-only value that is the result of a lookup or calculation against the data using an XPath expression.

 

calculation code (n) -  A code that represents a specific numerical calculation that returns a numeric amount.

 

calculation condition (n) -  A Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) logical expression that is used to determine whether a calculation formula will be applied against a cell in a calculation subcube.

 

calculation formula (n) -  A Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) expression used to supply a value for cells in a calculation subcube, subject to the application of a calculation condition.

 

calculation pass (n) -  A stage of calculation in a multidimensional cube in which applicable calculations are evaluated.

 

calculation pass number (n) -  An ordinal position used to refer to a calculation pass. calculation subcube (n) -  The set of multidimensional cube cells that is used to create a calculated cells definition. The set of cells is defined by a combination of MDX set expressions.

 

calculator (n) -  Broadly, any device that performs arithmetic operations on numbers. Sophisticated calculators can be programmed for certain functions and can store values in memory, but they differ from computers in several ways: they have a fixed set of commands, they do not recognize text, they cannot retrieve values stored in a data file, and they cannot find and use values generated by a program such as a spreadsheet.

 

Calculator (PN) -  The app that calculates (standard and scientific) and converts. Calculator (PN) -  A tool that allows the user to create calculations, build formulas etc. in Microsoft Excel for Mac.

 

calendar (n) -  An application or tool in the form of an electronic calendar, commonly used for scheduling.

 

Calendar (PN) -  The link to the online calendar on Windows Live Calendar.

 

Calendar (PN) -  The Microsoft app to facilitate the management of events.

 

Calendar (PN) -  A Web Part for students and educators that displays upcoming events along with links to event content and actions.

 

Calendar (PN) -  The area of Outlook.com that lets people and groups add, manage, and share event information.

 

Calendar (PN) -  The Outlook app that facilitates the management of events.

 

Calendar Attendant (n) -  An Exchange Server feature that automatically places meetings marked Tentative on the recipient's calendar without requiring the intervention of any client software such as Outlook.

 

Calendar Concierge (n) -  A set of calendar enhancements that enable users to schedule people and resources quickly, efficiently, and reliably. The enhancements include the Calendar Attendant, the Resource Booking Attendant, and the Scheduling Assistant. calendar data (n) -  Free or busy information for internal or federated contacts obtained by Lync or Office Communicator from Microsoft Outlook via a web service.

 

Calendar Event Search (PN) -  A feature that enables a user to search for events in the Calendar using keywords, and use filters to refine the search.

 

calendar information (n) -  Information about schedules and appointments that is stored in an Exchange Server 2007 user's mailbox and retrievable for display through a client interface or voice mail.

 

calendar item (n) -  An item in the Exchange store that represents an appointment, a meeting, a meeting request, or an event. It can identify the place, resources, recurrence, and attendees involved at a discrete time.

 

calendar item peek (n) -  A contextual summary of appointment or meeting information, which is displayed in a callout without opening the item.

 

Calendar live tile (n) -  A tile that updates dynamically to show upcoming calendar items directly from the Calendar.

 

Calendar peek (PN) -  A contextual summary of the user's daily schedule, which is displayed in a callout without switching to the Calendar module.

 

Calendar Preview (PN) -  A feature that allows users to see conflicting appointments directly from Mail view without having to switch to Calendar view. Makes it much easier for users to decide to accept or decline a meeting invite that conflicts with an existing meeting.

 

Calendar Printing Assistant for Microsoft-® Office Outlook-® 2007 (n) -  A Microsoft

 

Office Outlook 2007 feature that allows users to select from and print a variety of customizable calendar templates.

 

calendar program (n) -  An application or tool in the form of an electronic calendar, commonly used for scheduling.

 

Calendar Settings (n) -  A tab that allows the user to set options that apply to the whole Calendar application.

 

Calendar Snapshot (n) -  A feature that allows you to send a snapshot of your calendar to someone outside your Exchange organization and allow them to see the data on your calendar and schedule against it.

 

Calendar Tasks (n) -  A list of tasks that the user can perform in the Calendar.

 

calendar user agent (n) -  A client program such as Microsoft Outlook. Calendar information can be sent between calendar user agents that comply with the iCalendar specification.

 

calendar view (n) -  A Project view that displays a project's tasks in a calendar format. Calendar World Readiness (PN) -  The Calendar settings that allow the users to define their calendar for their country and time zone requirements.

 

calendar year (n) -  An accounting period running from January 1 to December 31. calibrate (v) -  To adjust precisely for a particular function. calibration (n) -  The process of establishing predictable behavior in a device. calibration board (n) -  A rectangular board that you use to calibrate the cameras and vision system of a Surface unit. The calibration board has two sides. The white side of the calibration board enables the cameras to take a snapshot that helps the Surface vision system build a contrast to your environment's lighting. (You use this side of the calibration board in basic calibration and full calibration.) The black-and-white checkered side of the calibration board enables all the cameras to align themselves properly. You use this side of the calibration board only during full calibration. (You use this side of the calibration board only during full calibration.)

 

call (v) -  To attempt to establish a voice conversation with another person or other people from a phone, computer, or mobile device.

 

Call (PN) -  A Lync menu that opens a list of options for the selected person. In Office Communicator, a menu item that opens a list of numbers for the selected person. When the user selects a phone number, Lync or Office Communicator places the call.

 

call (n) -  A voice session that can be conducted between two or more telephones, two or more devices (such as computers or smartphones), or between two or more such devices and telephones.

 

Call (PN) -  An app for making video calls.

 

call admission control (n) -  A service that manages media quality over a wide area network (WAN) connection by either rerouting traffic or by denying connection requests when bandwidth is approaching saturation.

 

call answering (n) -  A voice mail application that answers a call so that a message can be left.

 

call barring (n) -  A feature that can block incoming and/or outgoing calls.

 

call barring password (n) -  A password that enables access to the Call Barring feature settings.

 

Call Browser (PN) -  A window that enables you to search for function calls, and then browse the search results and navigate to the function references in your source code files. call center (n) -  A facility in which an organization's telephone calls are answered and made, including helpdesk and service lines. Call centers usually use some amount of computer automation.

 

call context (n) -  Information about the options that a caller selects that is collected and provided to the agent who receives the call.

 

call detail recording (n) -  A function of the Monitoring Server for collecting information such as when a user signs in or out; starts, joins, leaves, or ends a conference or IM session; transfers a file; or places or answers a VoIP call. CDR captures only usage data; it does not archive the content of any communication activity.

 

call detail records (n) -  An Office Communications Server Archiving Service feature for capturing and reporting on events associated with users logging on and off, IM conversations, and conferences.

 

call forwarding (n) -  A feature that allows for automatic forwarding of incoming calls. Call forwarding (n) -  A group of options in the Options dialog box, on the Phone tabs, that controls the automatic forwarding of incoming phone calls.

 

call forwarding (n) -  A feature that enables Skype calls to be diverted to a mobile phone or landline.

 

Call Forwarding Off (PN) -  The menu item that turns off the automatic forwarding of incoming calls.

 

Call Forwarding On (PN) -  The menu item that displays a menu of options that the user can select to turn on the automatic forwarding of incoming calls. call graph (n) -  The graph of method calls and the points in the program that call them. Call History (n) -  A User Interface (UI) element in various communications apps and in contact cards that provides access to a list of previous communication via that app or with a particular contact.

 

call history (n) -  A record of the date, time, caller, subject, and so forth, of a call or IM. call icon (n) -  An icon tapped to initiate a voice conversation between two people.

 

Call Level Interface (n) -  The interface supported by ODBC for use by an application. call logs (n) -  A list of incoming calls and outgoing calls, showing information such as the name of the caller or call recipient, the date and the time of the call.

 

Call Manager (n) -  A software component that establishes, maintains and terminates a connection between two computers.

 

Call Me (PN) -  A feature of Communicator Web Access in which a user can join a conference by requesting that Office Communications Server call a specified phone number instead of the user placing a call to a conferencing service.

 

call note (n) -  A note with general information about the call, such as subject, that is generated by the ACD to potentially be forwarded or transferred along with the call.

 

Call Park (PN) -  An application that lets an Enterprise Voice user put a call on hold from one telephone, and then later, retrieve the call from any telephone. It also manages Call Park orbits.

 

Call Park orbit (PN) -  A number assigned to a parked call by the Call Park application. call phones (n) -  A Skype feature that allows users to call directly from Skype to landlines and mobile phones.

 

call recipient (n) -  The person whom, or place that, a caller is calling.

 

call script (n) -  A dialog scenario to be used in a telephone interaction situation.

 

call sign (n) -  The identifying code letters or numbers of a radio or television transmitting

 

station, assigned by a regulatory body.

 

Call Someone... (oth) -  An item on the Actions menu that calls the person the user selects from the corporate address book.

 

call stack (n) -  The series of method calls leading from the beginning of the program to the statement currently being executed at run time.

 

Call Status (PN) -  A softkey option available when a call is in progress that switches from the Home Screen back to the phone user interface screen.

 

Call Timers (n) -  A menu item that provides access to various call timers and call durations.

 

call tree (n) -  All modules that might be called by any procedure in the module in which code is currently running.

 

Call Via Conferencing Service (oth) -  An item on the right-click menu for a conference participant. In a conference, this command requests that the conferencing service call the selected participant.

 

Call via Work (PN) -  A callback option whereby an outgoing call can be made by using the work number. The person who is receiving the call will see the work number of the caller, in their caller ID.

 

call waiting (n) -  A service that notifies a user that a call is coming in while the user is in a call.

 

Callable (adj) -  A field-level setting on the Display tab that designates a phone number field as one that can be called. callable (adj) -  Capable of being called.

 

callback (n) -  The process used to authenticate users calling in to a network. During callback, the network validates the caller's username and password, hangs up, and then returns the call, usually to a preauthorized number. This process prevents unauthorized access to an account even if an individual's logon ID and password have been stolen. callback (n) -  Code within a managed application that helps an unmanaged DLL function complete a task.

 

callback (n) -  In telecommunications, a callback occurs when the originator of a call is immediately called back in a second call as a response.

 

Callback Control Protocol (n) -  The Network Control Protocol that negotiates the use of callback over PPP links.

 

callback function (n) -  A function provided by (IIS) that allows an Internet Server API (ISAPI) extension or filter to access IIS services.

 

callback function (n) -  Code within a managed application that helps an unmanaged DLL function complete a task.

 

callback number (n) -  The phone number at which the sender of an SMS can be reached that is displayed to the recipient in the SMS itself; it can be a different number than the cell phone number used to send the SMS.

 

callback security (n) -  A form of network security in which a remote access server calls a user back at a preset number after the user has made an initial connection and has been authenticated.

 

callee (n) -  A computer that is called by another.

 

callee (n) -  The person whom, or place that, a caller is calling.

 

callee (n) -  The endpoint to which a call is initiated by a caller.

 

callee (n) -  A child function that is called by the current function.

 

caller (n) -  The person who is calling another person or place.

 

caller (n) -  The endpoint that initiates a call to establish a media session.

 

caller (n) -  A parent function that calls the current function.

 

caller ID (n) -  A feature that displays the identity of the originator of an incoming call on the device screen.

 

Caller ID (n) -  The identity of the originator of an incoming call.

 

caller ID (n) -  A feature that enables the display of the caller's number on the callee's phone when calling a phone from Skype.

 

caller identification (n) -  A feature that enables the display of the caller's number on the callee's phone when calling a phone from Skype.

 

CallEvent (n) -  In a statechart or activity diagram, an indication that an object has received a call for an operation. A CallEvent is defined using the following format: event- name (comma-separated-parameter-list)

 

callgraph (n) -  The graph of method calls and the points in the program that call them. callgraph analysis (n) -  The graph of method calls and the points in the program that call them. A node would be a method and the link would be the relationship of the other methods that it calls.

 

call-handling rules (n) -  A set of features used for call answering and forwarding. call-home Trojan (n) -  A type of trojan malware that connects to a remote server through a stealth connection and that notifies the server that the malware has been installed. calling (n) -  The phone capability that lets you place or receive calls.

 

calling channel (n) -  A path enabling one inbound or outbound call. Calling channels are a means of having concurrent calls on PBX.

 

calling convention (n) -  Any standard that is used more or less universally for one function (caller) to make calls into another internal and external function (callee) calling device (n) -  Equipment, telephone or computer, used to place a call. calling sequence (n) -  In a program when a subroutine call occurs, an agreement between the calling routine and the called routine on how arguments will be passed and in what order, how values will be returned, and which routine will handle any necessary housekeeping (such as cleaning up the stack). The calling sequence becomes important when the calling and called routines were created with different compilers or if either was written in assembly language. Two common calling sequences are the C calling sequence and the Pascal calling sequence. In the C calling sequence, the calling routine pushes any arguments included in the call on the stack in reverse order (right to left) and performs any stack cleanup; this permits a varying number of arguments to be passed to a given routine. In the Pascal calling sequence, the calling routine pushes any included arguments on the stack in the order in which they appear (left to right), and the called routine is expected to clean up the stack.

 

call-level interface (n) -  The interface supported by ODBC for use by an application. callout (n) -  A contextual UI element that displays additional content and controls in a container.

 

Calorie Counter (PN) -  A feature that counts/tracks daily calorie intake.

 

calorie intake (n) -  The total amount of calories in a daily diet.

 

camera (n) -  A digital video device that is used for recording moving images and audio in a digital format.

 

camera (n) -  An imaginary viewing position that represents objects in 3-D coordinate space and projects them onto a 2-D visual.

 

camera (PN) -  A Windows Phone application that is both a digital still camera and a digital video camera.

 

Camera (PN) -  An app to facilitate the capture of photos and videos by using the PC. camera capture (n) -  A Windows 8 feature that allows developers to use the webcam for communication and still image capture without calling complex APIs. The camera capture API allows for devices to expose capture controls, a preview window, and the ability to specify resolution and codecs for audio/video capture.

 

Camera Capture API (PN) -  The API that allows for devices to expose capture controls, a preview window, and the ability to specify resolution and codecs for audio/video capture.

 

Camera for Lumia (PN) -  The Camera app- that- comes pre-installed- on high-end Lumia devices.

 

camera look point (n) -  An invisible, distant point on an axis perpendicular to the view plane that the camera is -Crlooking at-C?. When we move it, the camera follows it. Camera Orbit (PN) -  A tool used to move the camera around 3D content within a XAML document.

 

camera pan (n) -  The movement of the camera, left and right, across a scene.

 

camera roll (n) -  An album that contains a continuous roll of live viewfinder and captured photos and videos that have not been archived or moved to other folders. campaign (n) -  A marketing program designed to accomplish a specific result, such as introducing a new product or increasing market share. The main way to accomplish this result is through communicating the benefits of a product or service to people and businesses. Campaigns often include more than one communication method, such as print advertisements, promotional discounts, and direct mail.

 

campaign (n) -  A planned set of activities developed by an organization to meet the objective of increasing market shared over a distinct time period.

 

campaign activity (n) -  An activity performed, or to be performed, by a user for planning or running a campaign. A campaign activity includes additional, campaign-specific information, such as budgets and vendor names.

 

campaign automation flowchart (n) -  A graphical flowchart that displays all of the operations, for example, defining landing pages, creating social media, and creating tasks, that are included in an automated campaign.

 

Campaign Builder (PN) -  A tool which allows partners to assemble their own marketing campaigns using a series of pre-created marketing materials.

 

campaign code (n) -  An identifier, usually made up of numbers or letters, such as 1234 or

 

Early Spring, for a marketing campaign. The campaign code is another way to identify a marketing campaign distinct from the name of the marketing campaign. campaign conversion (n) -  The completion of an online transaction by a visitor redirected to the site by an advertisement.

 

campaign goaling (n) -  Determining the number of ads to deliver in a specified amount of time. You can goal by any event, such as clicks or amount sold.

 

campaign item (n) -  A communication vehicle that contributes to the specified result of a campaign. You can create three types of campaign items in Commerce Server: ads, direct mail, or discounts. You can use third-party products to create additional types of campaign items.

 

campaign item ID (n) -  The computer-generated identification number for a campaign item.

 

campaign name (n) -  The name by which a marketing progam is identified.

 

campaign response (n) -  A reply by a recipient of a campaign activity. Campaign responses can result from many channels, including e-mail, telephone, and fax.

 

Campaign Type (n) -  The field in a Campaign form in which you can select the type of campaign that is being run. Possible types are Advertisement, Direct Marketing, Event, and Other.

 

Campaigns (n) -  A business application in Microsoft Office Live that allows users to create and manage marketing and sales campaigns.

 

Campfire (PN) -  A web-based service to set up password-protected chat rooms designed exclusively for groups. In can be integrated with Visual Studio.

 

Canadian Payment Association (n) -  An organization that specifies payment formats for Canada.

 

Canadian Payments Association Standard 005 (PN) -  A standard for the exchange of financial data on automatic funds transfer (AFT) records that is maintained by the Canadian Payments Association (CPA).

 

canary (n) -  A predetermined value that must be present in a client-server request for the request to be considered valid.

 

canary value (n) -  A predetermined value that must be present in a client-server request for the request to be considered valid.

 

cancel (v) -  To revoke an action. To quit an action without saving any changes that the action would result in.

 

Cancel (v) -  A button that stops the task in progress and returns to the previous state. cancel (v) -  To end the processing of a workflow instance by transitioning the instance to a completed state. The workflow executes cancellation handlers that enable you to perform additional actions such as error handling and compensation.

 

cancel (v) -  To terminate an event prior to processing.

 

candidate key (n) -  A column or set of columns that have a unique value for each row in a table.

 

candidate vector (n) -  A series of files that has been generated by the ported

 

implementation for comparison testing with the Conformance Test Tool.

 

Canonical (PN) -  The UK-based privately held computer software company that markets commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects.

 

canonical command tree (n) -  A common, programmatic representation of any Entity Framework query composed of one or more expressions.

 

canonical form (n) -  In mathematics and programming, the standard or prototypical form of an expression or a statement.

 

canonical name (n) -  An object's distinguished name presented with the root first and without the (LDAP) attribute tags (such as CN=, DC=). The segments of the name are delimited with forward slashes (/). For example,

 

CN=MyDocuments,OU=MyOU,DC=Microsoft,DC=Com is presented as

 

microsoft.com/MyOU/MyDocuments in canonical form.

 

canonical name (n) -  A name of a Control Panel item that can be used to

 

programmatically launch that item.

 

canonical name record (n) -  A type of resource record in the Domain Name System that associates a computer's true (canonical) name with any alias names also used by the computer. Some domain registrars use CNAME records to redirect or redelegate domain names.

 

canonical path (n) -  The definitive path for navigating to a category or product that is a member of more than one category. The primary parent category determines the canonical path to a category or product.

 

canonical verb (n) -  A system-recognized standard verb, such as print

 

canvas (n) -  A basic layout panel that supports absolute positioning and does not apply any layout policy (for example, auto sizing) to its child elements -€” it is literally a blank canvas.

 

Canvas (n) -  An HTML5 element that is part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML5 specification. This element allows dynamic scriptable rendering of pixels, bitmaps, and 2D shapes such as rectangles, polygons, and ellipses.

 

canvas (n) -  A surface on which to draw or paint.

 

canvas panel (n) -  A basic layout panel that supports absolute positioning and does not apply any layout policy (for example, auto sizing) to its child elements -€” it is literally a blank canvas.

 

CAP (n) -  In SMS 2003 and earlier releases, an SMS site system that provides a communication point between the SMS site server and Legacy Client computers. Legacy Clients deliver their collected files, inventory information, discovery data records, software metering data, and status information to CAPs.

 

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.

 

capability (n) -  A value that developers specify in the app manifest for their Windows Store apps. Windows Store apps use capabilities to declare that the app requires programmatic access to protected user resources, such as the Pictures library, or connected devices, such as a webcam.

 

capability (n) -  The ability to perform a function, for example, the ability of a cloud to host highly available virtual machines is a capability, and the ability of a cloud to connect virtual machines to a certain logical network is a capability.

 

capability profile (n) -  A Virtual Machine Manager library resource that defines which resources (for example, number of processors or maximum memory) are available to a virtual machine that is created in a private cloud.

 

capable to promise (n) -  The portion of product output from available operations resources and available input product required to fulfill a specific customer requirement. capacity (n) -  The ability of a resource to produce an amount of output in a specified amount of time.

 

Capacity (n) -  A resource's time based on their resource base calendar minus certain standard exceptions. Capacity is equal to Base Capacity minus an allowance for planned vacations, holidays, sick time, etc. For example, a part-time resource with a Base Capacity of .7FTE might have a Capacity of .65FTE after accouting for partial benefits. capacity (n) -  The actual or potential ability of a resource to perform an activity or to produce output in a specified time period.

 

capacity (n) -  A consumable resource which is pooled and reported as an aggregate value via a cloud.- CPU count, memory, and storage are examples of capacity dimensions. capacity load (n) -  The maximum amount of scheduled work that a work center can perform at a required capacity level.

 

capacity planning (n) -  The process of identifying and preparing for the application, hardware, and network requirements to support expected site traffic and achieve site performance goals.

 

capacity planning (n) -  A procedure for determining the resource capacity requirements that meet the demand of future output during specific time periods. capacity reservation (n) -  Reservation of a resource capacity for a related work center or planned production order.

 

CAPI (n) -  An (API) that is provided as part of Microsoft Windows. CryptoAPI provides a set of functions that allow applications to encrypt or digitally sign data in a flexible manner while providing protection for the user's sensitive private key data. Actual cryptographic operations are performed by independent modules known as (CSPs).

 

CAPI2 (n) -  The API that supports PKI and X.509 certificates, such as certificate chain validation, certificate stores, and signature verification.

 

CAPICOM (PN) -  A Microsoft ActiveX control that provides a Component Object Model (COM) interface to Microsoft CryptoAPI, which exposes a select set of CryptoAPI functions to application developers.

 

capital (n) -  The amount of owners' investment in a business plus retained earnings. capital letter (n) -  In some languages, a distinct, and usually larger, form of a letter. May be used in word-initial position in certain cases, or for emphasis.

 

capitalization (n) -  The use of a capital letter in writing or printing.

 

capitalization (n) -  The conversion of funds into capital or treating them as capital rather than expenses.

 

capitalization of cost (n) -  The temporary treatment of the costs of hours, items, and

 

expenses as capital until the revenue is posted.

 

capitalize (v) -  To write or print with an initial capital or in capitals.

 

capitalized (adj) -  Written or printed with an initial capital or in capitals.

 

capitalized letter (n) -  In some languages, a distinct, and usually larger, form of a letter.

 

May be used in word-initial position in certain cases, or for emphasis.

 

CAPS LOCK (n) -  A toggle key that, when on, shifts the alphabetic characters on the keyboard to uppercase.

 

CAPS LOCK key (n) -  A toggle key that, when on, shifts the alphabetic characters on the keyboard to uppercase.

 

CAPTCHA (n) -  A challenge meant to be easily solved by humans, while remaining too hard to be economically solved by computers.

 

caption (n) -  Descriptive text that is associated with a piece of content, such as an image. caption (n) -  The horizontal bar at the top of a window that displays the name of the window. Title bars can contain different buttons, such the Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons, so that you can control how you want to view the window.

 

caption (n) -  Descriptive text that represents the audio content of a television or video program as text on the screen. Captions are usually visible only if decoded or activated. caption bar (n) -  The horizontal bar at the top of a window that displays the name of the window. Title bars can contain different buttons, such the Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons, so that you can control how you want to view the window.

 

caption button (n) -  A button that is displayed on the caption bar of a dockable pane or mini-frame window.

 

caption section (n) -  The section on a grouped data access page that displays captions for

 

columns of data. It appears immediately before the group header.

 

caption text (n) -  Descriptive text that is associated with a piece of content, such as an

 

image.

 

captive portal (n) -  A Web page that a user of a public-access network has to view and interact with for authentication, accepting terms of use, or security updates. capture (v) -  To assign a port to a printer. Documents that you print are sent to the printer through the captured port.

 

capture (n) -  An area of the screen that has been circled during a capture session and is available for annotation or other operations.

 

capture buffer (n) -  The maximum size of the capture file. When the capture file reaches the maximum size, the oldest frames are removed to make room for newer frames (FIFO queue).

 

capture date (n) -  The date when a digital photograph was taken.

 

capture device (n) -  Hardware that transfers audio and video from an external source, such as a VCR or camcorder, to a computer.

 

capture drift (n) -  The degree to which the two data streams are out of synchronization

 

when capturing multimedia with separate audio and video cards.

 

capture group (n) -  In regular expressions, an expression of the form (

 

subexpressionaafe202a-1d96-4b36-a270-d676dfd3c51c )' or ‘\( subexpressionaafe202a-

 

1d96-4b36-a270-d676dfd3c51c \)' which matches the sequence of characters in the target

 

sequence that is matched by the pattern between the delimiters.'

 

capture trigger (n) -  A set of conditions that, when met, stop the capture or execute a

 

program or command file to perform another type of action related to the capture.

 

captured traffic (n) -  The network traffic that is saved to be later examined and analyzed.

 

Car (PN) -  The name of device profile that is activated when a car kit is plugged into the

 

device.

 

carbon copy (n) -  A directive to an e-mail program to send a complete copy of a given piece of mail to another individual. The use of cc mail addressing, as opposed to directly addressing the mail to a person, generally implies that the recipient is not required to take any action; the message is for informational purposes only. In a cc directive, the fact that this recipient received the mail is printed in the mail header and is thus known to all other recipients.

 

carbon neutral  -  also called- carbon neutrality, used to describe the action of

 

organizations, businesses and individuals taking action to remove as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as each put in to it.

 

card (n) -  A Web page in WML. WML devices can either display the contents of a card on a single screen or, when necessary, provide scroll bars so that the entire contents of the card can be viewed. Developers need not worry about manipulating cards or decks because ASP.NET mobile controls handle formatting, including pagination, for targeted devices.

 

card (n) -  A virtual object that is similar in shape to playing cards.

 

card (n) -  A group of different visualization patterns and interactions for content shown in Sway.

 

card (n) -  An item in Cortana home showing an answer, suggestion, or question.

 

Card & board (PN) -  A game category that replicates a physical card or board game experience.

 

card + board (PN) -  A game category that replicates a physical card or board game experience.

 

Card gallery (PN) -  The Sway menu that displays all of the available cards in a single panel.

 

card reader (n) -  An input device used chiefly for identification purposes that reads information that has been magnetically encoded, usually in two tracks, on a plastic card, such as a credit card or an employee badge.

 

card screen (n) -  The first screen in Concierge where users can open a map or choose points of interest from recommended selections or categories (such as Restaurants). card validation code (n) -  A code that credit card companies use to authorize credit card charges. For example, American Express uses a four-digit number on the front of the credit card, and Visa, MasterCard, and Discover use a three-digit number on the back. Card Verification Value (n) -  A code that credit card companies use to authorize credit card charges. For example, American Express uses a four-digit number on the front of the credit card, and Visa, MasterCard, and Discover use a three-digit number on the back. cardholder (n) -  A person or company who has the authority to purchase goods and services using a payment card.

 

cardinality (n) -  The number of entities that can exist on each side of a relationship. Cardio Tracker (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to track eating patterns to track cardio exercise activities.

 

caret (n) -  A symbol used to represent the Control key on the keyboard. For example, ^AZ means hold the Control key down and press the Z key.”

 

caret (n) -  A flashing line, block, or bitmap in the client area of a window or in a control that accepts keyboard input.

 

caret blink time (n) -  The elapsed time, in milliseconds, required to invert the caret display. This value is half of the flash time.

 

Caret Browsing (PN) -  Browsing or navigating through a page using the arrow keys,

 

PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, HOME and END keys.

 

Carnivore  -  an Internet surveillance system developed for the U.S. FBI so that they could monitor the electronic transmissions of criminal suspects. Critics, however, charged that Carnivore did not include appropriate safeguards to prevent misuse and might violate the constitutional rights of the individual. The- EPIC- reported in early 2005 that the FBI had replaced Carnivore with other, unspecified surveillance software from commercial sources.

 

carousel view (n) -  In PowerPivot Gallery, a specialized view where the preview area is centered and the thumbnails that immediately precede and follow the current thumbnail are adjacent to the preview area.

 

carriage (n) -  The assembly that holds the platen of a typewriter or a typewriterlike printer. On a standard typewriter, the platen and carriage move past a fixed position within the typewriter housing, where the keys strike the paper; the platen rotates to advance the paper held in the carriage. On most impact printers for computers, however, the print head moves back and forth across a platen, which rotates but does not move horizontally; in such machines, the assembly that carries the print head is often called the print-head carriage assembly.

 

carrier (n) -  A company that provides telephone and other communications services to consumers.

 

carrier (n) -  A signal in serial communications that is sent from a modem to its computer to indicate that the modem is ready for transmitting.

 

carrier  -  A network operator may market any number of communication services for voice and data. Carriers offer their services to both end-customers (private or business) and other carriers. In the latter case, the service simply consists of transport capacity for long-distance traffic.

 

carrier detected (oth) -  A signal in serial communications that is sent from a modem to its computer to indicate that the modem is ready for transmitting.

 

carry forward (v) -  To transfer closing account balances from one accounting period to opening account balances in the subsequent accounting period.

 

carry-forward budget (n) -  The budget that is transferred from one fiscal year to the next and that is reserved for open purchase orders in the new fiscal year. carrying cost (n) -  The cost of retaining inventory, whether raw materials, components, or finished goods. Carrying cost typically is expressed as a percentage of inventory value per year or other time period.

 

Cartesian product (n) -  An operator in the relational algebra used in database management that, when applied to two existing relations (tables), results in the creation of a new table containing all possible ordered concatenations (combinations) of tuples (rows) from the first relation with tuples from the second. The number of rows in the resulting relation is the product of the number of rows in the two source relations.

 

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

 

CAS policy (n) -  A set of rules that defines security permissions for a collection of assemblies by associating attributes of those assemblies, such as location and signature, with a set of code access security permissions.

 

cascade (v) -  To propagate an action from one data entry to referencing tables or entries in order to enforce referential integrity in a relational database. Examples of actions that can be cascaded are deletions and updates.

 

Cascade  -  A method of connecting circuits together in series to make the output of one, the input of the next. This kind of end-to-end connectivity is useful in extending the distance of a network.

 

Cascade  -  A method of displaying several windows of information on a monitor. cascade delete (n) -  For relationships that enforce referential integrity between tables, the deletion of all related records in the related table or tables when a record in the primary table is deleted.

 

cascading delete (n) -  For relationships that enforce referential integrity between tables, the deletion of all related records in the related table or tables when a record in the primary table is deleted.

 

cascading event (n) -  A sequence of events caused by an event procedure directly or indirectly calling itself.

 

cascading menu (n) -  A type of drop-down menu that appears when a user points to a command on a higher-level menu.

 

cascading style sheet (n) -  A style sheet (a .css file) attached to an HTML document that controls the formatting of tags on Web pages. The browser follows rules (a cascading order') to determine precedence and resolve conflicts.'

 

Cascading Style Sheets (n) -  A Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) specification developed by The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that allows authors of HTML documents and users to attach style sheets to HTML documents. The style sheets include typographical information on how the page should appear, such as the font of the text in the page. This specification also directs the way in which the style sheets of the HTML document and the user's style will blend.

 

cascading update (n) -  For relationships that enforce referential integrity between tables, the updating of all related records in the related table or tables when a record in the primary table is changed.

 

case (n) -  In text processing, an indication of whether one or more alphabetic characters are capitalized (uppercase) or not (lowercase). A case-sensitive program or routine distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letters and treats the word cat as totally distinct from either Cat or CAT. A case-sensitive program that also separates capitalized and lowercased words would list Arkansas before aardvark or antimony, even though its alphabetic position follows both lowercased words.

 

case (n) -  A customer service issue or problem reported by a customer and the activities

 

that customer service representatives use to resolve it.

 

case (n) -  A receptacle for holding goods to be stored or transported.

 

case (n) -  An abstract view of data characterized by attributes and relations to other cases.

 

case key (n) -  The element of a case by which the case is referenced within a case set.

 

Case No. (n) -  The number given to a specific case for identification purposes.

 

case resolution (n) -  An activity that includes such information as the description of the resolution and the billable time of the case.

 

case sensitivity (n) -  Discrimination between lowercase and uppercase characters in a program or a programming language.

 

Case Type (n) -  A sub-category of customer service issues that indicates whether an issue is a question, problem, or request. cash (n) -  A currency limited to money.

 

cash discount (n) -  A discount that is offered to a purchaser for paying early or paying with cash.

 

cash discount (n) -  A discount that depends on prompt payment.

 

cash float (n) -  An amount of cash provided for the purpose of giving change or exchanging cash.

 

cash flow (n) -  The amount of money coming into and going out of a company and the timing of these flows.

 

cash flow forecast (n) -  An estimate of future cash flow on particular dates, based on current data and/or budget data.

 

cash on delivery (oth) -  A payment policy that requires payment in full for product upon delivery.

 

cash on delivery outstanding (oth) -  Undelivered and unpaid cash-on-delivery transaction.

 

cash receipt (n) -  A document used to record payments and deposits received from customers.

 

cash receipt (n) -  A source document that documents the receipt of cash or cash equivalents.

 

cash register (n) -  An electronic or mechanical device with a till that records sales, calculates totals, calculates change, and generates product receipts.

 

Cashback (PN) -  The menu item on the Bing menu that links to http://www.bing.com/cashback/.

 

cash-generating unit (n) -  The smallest group of classifiable assets that generates cash independently of other assets within an organization. These groups of assets are used to measure impairment losses that will be incurred.

 

Casino (PN) -  The Games subcategory containing games of chance, like poker, roulette, or dice.

 

cast (v) -  To convert one data type to another, such as converting from integer to floating point.

 

catalog (n) -  A directory of information about data sets, files, or a database. It usually describes where a data set, file or database entity is located and may also include other information, such as the type of device on which each data set or file is stored. catalog (n) -  A collection of data, for example, a set of images and audio files, that is grouped into a single directory.

 

catalog (n) -  A collection of categories and products. Each catalog has a unique name. catalog (n) -  A list of Web Parts controls (or other Web server, custom server, or user controls), created by a System.Web.UI.WebControls.CatalogPart control, that users can add to a Web Parts page.

 

catalog (n) -  A binary file that contains the state of all of the settings and packages in a Windows image. When a catalog is created, it queries the Windows image for a listing of all of the settings in that image. Because the contents of a Windows image can change over time, it is important that you recreate the catalog file whenever you update a Windows image.

 

catalog (n) -  The highest-level unit of organization in Windows Search.

 

catalog (n) -  A list or library that is shared between site collections.

 

Catalog and Inventory Schema Manager (n) -  A user interface in Commerce Server that allows users to edit, add, or remove catalog properties and property definitions. catalog data (n) -  The content of the catalog, including data about the individual product items and their organized categories.

 

catalog definition (n) -  A description of the characteristics of a catalog. The catalog definition consists of properties that define the catalog. Several catalogs can share one definition.

 

Catalog Designer module (n) -  The Commerce Server Business Desk module used to create and manage catalog schema. Catalog schema consists of category definitions, product definitions, and property definitions. These components are the foundation of the categories, products, and properties in catalogs.

 

Catalog Editor module (n) -  The Commerce Server Business Desk module used to edit and manage catalogs. The Catalog Editor module supports adding, editing, and deleting products and categories, as well as, importing and exporting catalogs and refreshing full- text indexing.

 

catalog expression (n) -  An expression that specifies which catalog products must be in the basket before a discount is applied.

 

catalog file (n) -  A file that contains links to all data stored in a catalog and the thumbnail images that correspond to those images.

 

Catalog Finder (PN) -  A feature that lets the user search for a particular catalog file. Catalog Importers (PN) -  A feature that lets the user choose which file types will be recognized for import into a catalog.

 

Catalog Maintenance Request file (PN) -  A data file of products, their descriptions and prices, and action codes that add, update, or delete product data in a vendor catalog. Catalog Manager (n) -  The Commerce Server Business Management user interface used to import, create, and manage base and virtual catalogs.

 

catalog merge (n) -  The process of combining information from a data source with a template to create pages that display multiple records per page.

 

catalog merge area (n) -  The area in a catalog merge template into which merge fields are inserted. When a merge is completed, data from a data source populates each field, and the catalog merge area will repeat and display multiple records on each page.

 

catalog property (n) -  One of the basic properties that describes a catalog, such as name, start date, end date, currency, unit of weight measure, and product unique ID. catalog schema (n) -  A description of a catalog that specifies its category definitions, product definitions, and property definitions. Several catalogs can share one schema. catalog set (n) -  A group of one or more catalogs.

 

catalog set (n) -  A free-form, hierarchical method of organizing media files. You can use catalog sets to organize play lists, photo albums, and work assignments, or to create a complex system of categorization.

 

Catalog Sets module (n) -  The Commerce Server Business Desk module used to create and manage catalog sets.

 

catalog views (n) -  Built-in views that form the system catalog for SQL Server. catastrophic error (n) -  An error that causes the system or a program to fail abruptly with no hope of recovery. An example of a fatal error is an uncaught exception that cannot be handled.

 

catch weight (n) -  The actual or nominal weight of a sales item or inventory item. catch-up scan (n) -  A scan that is initiated because regularly scheduled quick scans or full scans were missed.

 

Categories (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to apply custom or default markers to items (e.g. Outlook messages or OneNote content) in order to categorize information for easy retrieval and sorting.

 

categories (PN) -  A list of categories that developers select from to make their app more discoverable.

 

categories (PN) -  A list of different types of Xbox Music application contents, such as games, music+video, lifestyle.

 

Categories (PN) -  The section of the Store that shows subgroups of apps and games, grouped by intended use or function.

 

categorize (v) -  To custom group applications, computers, devices, Web sites, and updates into sets that you can use to organize your data and to create custom reports. categorizer (n) -  A component of Exchange transport that processes all incoming messages and determines what to do with the messages based on information about the intended recipients. In Exchange Server 2007, the Edge Transport server uses the categorizer to route the message to the appropriate destination. The Hub Transport server uses the categorizer to expand distribution lists and identify alternate recipients and forwarding addresses. After the categorizer retrieves full information about recipients, it uses that information to apply policies, route the message, and perform content conversion.

 

category (n) -  A container for products or sub-categories. Each category is an individual instance of a category definition.

 

Category (n) -  A UI element that a user can click on to associate categories with an appointment.

 

category (n) -  A keyword or description used to identify groups of related items. category (n) -  A tab-like navigation link that provides access between different sections of information within the Options dialog box.

 

category (n) -  A classification for grouping content by user-defined criteria such as page contents, file types, or a similar distinction.

 

category (n) -  A custom grouping used to organize your data and to create customized reports.

 

category (n) -  A keyword or phrase with an associated color that helps you keep track of items, such as messages, contacts, and appointments. You can use color categories to easily find, sort, filter, or group items.

 

category (n) -  A classifier used to group parties, locations, products, and activities. category (n) -  A classifier, designation, or division of objects that share a common property.

 

category (n) -  In the Alerts workspace, an item in the navigation pane.

 

category axis (n) -  A chart axis that represents the category for each data point. It displays arbitrary text values like Qtr1, Qtr2, and Qtr3; it cannot display scaled numerical values. category catalog (n) -  A collection of category items that are used only for purchase requisitions.

 

category definition (n) -  The properties that are available in a particular type of category. One category definition may be used for many categories.

 

Category Explorer (n) -  A window that displays a list of all the elements in the space plan, grouped by category. It provides a way to view the resources in the drawing by category.

 

category field (n) -  A field that is displayed in the category area of PivotChart view. Items in a category field appear as labels on the category axis.

 

category hierarchy (n) -  A structure that orders categories using a superordinate- subordinate relationship.

 

category item (n) -  A general, nonspecific item that is registered in the system but typically not stocked and often consumed immediately. A category item is used in purchase requisitions when users cannot find a suitable item in a product catalog or by searching all items. A category item must be associated with a product category. category property (n) -  One of the properties that form a category definition. category relationship (n) -  The association of one product with another product or category. Category relationships have names, a description, and a target.

 

Category Value (PN) -  A field that allows the user to specify a basic category of business activity that is involved in one type of business.

 

CAU (PN) -  A feature that automates the process of applying software updates to the nodes in a failover cluster. With Cluster-Aware Updating, a server administrator can preview and apply updates to a cluster, create a profile that standardizes the way updates are applied, and view reports of past updating runs. Cluster-Aware Updating includes a graphical interface, Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and for extensibility, a custom plug-in API.

 

causality chain (n) -  A series of method calls, events, and asynchronous operations leading from the beginning of a program to the statement currently being executed at run time.

 

cause and effect diagram (n) -  A type of diagram that documents all the factors that contribute to or affect a given situation (all the causes that lead to a certain effect).

 

CBCP (n) -  The Network Control Protocol that negotiates the use of callback over PPP links.

 

CBR (n) -  A characteristic of a data stream in which the bit rate remains nearly uniform for the duration of the stream.

 

CBR (n) -  A report generated by OEMs for each OA 3.0 manufactured computer which is then sent to Microsoft for processing. This report includes the hardware hash value and Product Key ID.

 

CBS (n) -  A servicing model used in Windows in which components are identified by an XML manifest containing the full contents of the component. Multiple components can be included in a package, the contents of which are also identified in an XML manifest.

 

CBS (oth) -  The government agency that is responsible for collecting statistical information (such as Intrastat data or manufacturing statistics) from companies in the Netherlands.

 

CBS (PN) -  A service that manages the OLAP cubes for Project Server reporting.

 

CBT (n) -  The use of computers and specially developed tutorial programs for teaching. CBT uses color, graphics, and other attention-getting aids to help maintain interest, and it has both simple and sophisticated applications.

 

cc (n) -  A directive to an e-mail program to send a complete copy of a given piece of mail to another individual. The use of cc mail addressing, as opposed to directly addressing the mail to a person, generally implies that the recipient is not required to take any action; the message is for informational purposes only. In a cc directive, the fact that this recipient received the mail is printed in the mail header and is thus known to all other recipients.

 

Cc line (n) -  Text box located on the Compose page. Provides space for users to type the e-mail address(es) of those who will be the secondary recipient(s) of an e-mail message. Derives from the term carbon copy.

 

cc:Mail (PN) -  An e-mail program originally introduced by cc:mail, Inc., and currently produced by the Lotus Development Corporation. Lotus cc:Mail runs on multiple networking platforms and the Internet and is closely integrated with Lotus Notes collaborative software.

 

CCB (n) -  A specifically formatted information set used in the IBM Token Ring environment that is transmitted from the application program to the adapter support software to request an operation.

 

CCB (n) -  An internal file system structure in which a file system maintains the per-file object state for an open instance of a file.

 

CCCP (n) -  A custom protocol for communicating conference creation and control commands from clients to Communications Server.

 

CCD (n) -  A device in which individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next.

 

CCD (n) -  A standard format used to transfer patient health information between systems. CCD (PN) -  Corporate Cash Disbursement - A unique Standard Entry Code (SEC) that is primarily used for business-to-business transactions.

 

CCD  -  (Charge Coupled Device)- The component of a- scanner- or digital camera which actually takes the pictures. The quality of image it is capable of is usually measured in- Megapixels- - the higher the number, the more detailed the image.

 

CCM (n) -  A numeric code that identifies taxpayers who perform self-employed work in Brazil.

 

CCR (n) -  A replication that combines the asynchronous log shipping and replay features built into Exchange 2007 with the failover and management features provided by a failover cluster that is created with the Microsoft Windows Cluster service.

 

CCR (n) -  A standard format used to transfer patient health information between systems. CCW (n) -  A proxy object generated by the common language runtime so that existing

 

COM applications can use managed classes, including .NET Framework classes, transparently.

 

CD (n) -  An optical storage medium for digital data.

 

CD boot (n) -  The process of starting a computer from the retail product CD-ROM and then installing Windows on the hard disk using the Setup program on the CD.

 

CD burner (n) -  A device used to write CD-ROMs. Because a disc can be written only once on these machines, they are used most commonly to create CD-ROMs for data archives or to produce CD-ROM masters that can be duplicated for mass distribution.

 

CD Burner  -  A CD drive that can create (‘burn') CDs.

 

CD burner speed (n) -  The speed at which the CD drive will record the data.

 

CD drive (n) -  An electromechancial device that reads data on CD-ROMs. Most CD- ROM drives have a SCSI interface, although some are connected to a PC via a controller for a disk drive. Data is read through a small laser that is focused on the surface of the CD-ROM through optical mirrors in the read/write head. A spindle and drive motor revolve the CD-ROM, so all data, which is stored in spirals from the center, can be read. CD jewel case (n) -  The plastic case housing a CD.

 

CD player (n) -  A device that reads the information stored on a compact disc. A compact disc player contains the optical equipment necessary for reading a disc's contents and the electronic circuitry for interpreting the data as it is read.

 

CD recorder (n) -  A device used to write CD-ROMs. Because a disc can be written only once on these machines, they are used most commonly to create CD-ROMs for data archives or to produce CD-ROM masters that can be duplicated for mass distribution.

 

CD sleeve (n) -  A case for holding CDs.

 

CD/DVD-ROM subscription (n) -  The act of subscribing to product media in CD/DVD format.

 

CDA (oth) -  An abbreviation for -€ - Clinical Document Architecture' which is the standard format used to define how patient health information is transferred between systems. CDATA (n) -  A section in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document, bracketed by [!CDATA[[ and ]]] characters. All data in this section, including markup tags, is treated as normal characters by the XML parser.

 

CDFS (n) -  A 32-bit protected-mode file system that controls access to the contents of CD-ROM drives.

 

CDMA network (n) -  A Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, used by phones that do not have SIM cards.

 

CDN (n) -  A distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers that cache content from origin servers and then serve it to customers. This action reduces the load on the origin servers and provides high- availability and performance to customers.

 

CDN (PN) -  The Microsoft Azure caching service that stores blobs at strategically placed locations to provide maximum bandwidth for delivering content to users.

 

CDN Data Transfer (GB) (PN) -  The unit of measure for the CDN Data Transfer resource.

 

CDN SSL Transactions (in 10,000s) (PN) -  The unit of measure for the CDN transactions transferred via the Secure Socket Layer.

 

CDN Transactions (in 10,000s) (PN) -  The unit of measure for the CDN Transactions resource.

 

CDO (n) -  A device object that represents the filter driver to the system and to user-mode application and which allows applications to communicate with the filter driver directly, even before the filter is attached to a file system or volume device object.

 

CDO (n) -  An application programming interface (API) that allows users and applications high-level access to data objects in Exchange. CDO defines the concept of different object classes, including messages, posts, appointments, and tasks.

 

CDP (n) -  A certificate extension that indicates where the certificate revocation list for a CA can be retrieved. It can contain none, one, or many HTTP, file, or LDAP URLs.

 

CDR (n) -  A function of the Monitoring Server for collecting information such as when a user signs in or out; starts, joins, leaves, or ends a conference or IM session; transfers a file; or places or answers a VoIP call. CDR captures only usage data; it does not archive the content of any communication activity.

 

CD-R (n) -  A type of CD-ROM that can be written (only once) on a CD recorder and read on a CD-ROM drive.

 

CD-ROM (n) -  A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics instead of magnetic means for reading data.

 

CD-ROM drive (n) -  An electromechancial device that reads data on CD-ROMs. Most CD-ROM drives have a SCSI interface, although some are connected to a PC via a controller for a disk drive. Data is read through a small laser that is focused on the surface of the CD-ROM through optical mirrors in the read/write head. A spindle and drive motor revolve the CD-ROM, so all data, which is stored in spirals from the center, can be read. CD-ROM, CD-R  -  (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory)- A misnomer, as strictly speaking it is not memory but storage. Identical to standard music CDs. A popular medium for releasing programs. Now being replaced by- DVD, which has a much higher capacity.

 

CDRs (n) -  An Office Communications Server Archiving Service feature for capturing and reporting on events associated with users logging on and off, IM conversations, and conferences.

 

CD-RW (n) -  A type of CD on which files can be copied, erased, and replaced.

 

CD-RW  -  (Compact Disk-ReWriter)- A CD drive which can create CDs, either audio or data, using special rewriteable CDs which are also often called CD-RWs. A CD-RW drive can also create ordinary CDs, though not rewrite them.

 

CDS (PN) -  A service that enables DCE clients to locate compatible servers.

 

CE  -  CE-marking is a European Union regulatory community sign. It symbolizes the compliance of the product with all essential requirements relating to safety, public health, consumer protection.- http://www.eurunion.org/

 

cedilla (n) -  The diacritical mark placed under a letter to indicate an alteration or modification of its usual phonetic value (as in the French word ‘faA§ade').

 

CEIP (PN) -  A Microsoft program that invites customers to provide Microsoft with more detailed information about how the software is used including the type and frequency of errors, software and hardware performance, and feature usage. This information is anonymous and voluntary, and is used strictly for the purposes of software development. cell (n) -  A box formed by the intersection of a row and a column in a worksheet or a table, in which you enter information.

 

cell (n) -  In a cube, the set of properties, including a value, specified by the intersection when one member is selected from each dimension.

 

Cell Directory Service (PN) -  A service that enables DCE clients to locate compatible servers.

 

cell phone (n) -  A handheld portable telephone that operates through a radio network. cell range (n) -  A block of two or more cells in a spreadsheet. cell reference (n) -  The set of coordinates that a cell occupies on a worksheet. For example, the reference of the cell that appears at the intersection of column B and row 3 is

 

B3.

 

cell spacing (n) -  The distance between the cells of a table or workbook.

 

cellset (n) -  In ADO MD, an object that contains a collection of cells selected from cubes or other cellsets by a multidimensional query.

 

cellular (n) -  A radio network that provides coverage for cellular telephone

 

communications.

 

Cellular & SIM (PN) -  A feature in Settings where the user can change the settings for the cellular connection and for the SIM card.

 

cellular data (n) -  Non-voice data that a phone exchanges over the air, using the mobile operator's cellular network.

 

Cellular Line (PN) -  A modem option used to connect to an Internet service provider (ISP) or network.

 

cellular network (n) -  A radio network that provides coverage for cellular telephone communications.

 

cellular phone (n) -  A handheld portable telephone that operates through a radio network. cellular signal (n) -  The signal between a cellular phone and the mobile operator's network that allows the user to access the Internet and make phone calls using a cellular phone. A telecommunications standard that lets users send and receive messages that include rich text, images, audio, and video.

 

Celtic (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 # 88.

 

cent sign (n) -  The -C character.

 

CENT SIGN (n) -  The -C character.

 

center (v) -  To align objects or text around a point located in the middle of a line, page, or other defined area; in effect, to position items an equal distance from each margin or border.

 

center of rotation (n) -  The point around which a shape or text block rotates.

 

center point (n) -  The point on an object around which the object can be rotated, scaled, or skewed. (When scaling or skewing, the ALT key must be pressed to use the center point as the anchor instead of the opposite edge.) The center point starts out in the center of the object, but can be moved anywhere.

 

centered mode (n) -  A keyboard layout in which the onscreen keyboard is centered. centerline trap (n) -  The small overlap created where two differently colored objects that are close in luminance abut on a printed page.

 

center-spot (n) -  In photography, pertaining to a spot metering mode which uses a tiny point at the very center of the scene in calculating exposure.

 

Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (n) -  The government agency that is responsible for collecting statistical information (such as Intrastat data or manufacturing statistics) from companies in the Netherlands.

 

central access policy (n) -  An access policy that allows organizations to centrally deploy and manage authorization policies that include conditional expressions using user groups, user claims, device claims, and resource properties.

 

Central Administration site (PN) -  A special SharePoint site where an administrator can manage all sites and servers in a farm that is running Microsoft-® SharePoint-® Products and Technologies.

 

central administration site (n) -  A site that coordinates intersite data replication across the hierarchy by using Configuration Manager database replication, and enables the administration of hierarchy-wide configurations for client agents, discovery, and other operations.

 

Central Bank MFO Code (n) -  A 9-digit code used to identify banks for routing transactions in the Russian Federation.

 

central bank transaction code (n) -  A statistical code defined by the Central Bank of Russia used to describe the subjects of payments denominated in Russian roubles for cross-border transactions.

 

Central Bureau for Statistics (n) -  The government agency that is responsible for collecting statistical information (such as Intrastat data or manufacturing statistics) from companies in the Netherlands.

 

Central Management Server (n) -  The server role (one per organization) on one Front End pool in the deployment that manages and deploys basic configuration data to all servers that are running Lync Server. Also provides Lync Server Management Shell and file transfer capabilities.

 

Central Management store (PN) -  The central database (one per organization) that contains the data to define, set up, maintain, and administer a deployment, including the deployment topology and user policies.

 

central processing unit (n) -  The computational and control unit of a computer. The CPU is the device that interprets and executes instructions. Mainframes and early minicomputers contained circuit boards full of integrated circuits that implemented the CPU. Single-chip central processing units, called microprocessors, made possible personal computers and workstations.

 

Central Publishing service (PN) -  A service within Remote Desktop Services responsible for aggregating RemoteApp programs and desktops that are published to end users from across the entire deployment. It ensure only users with appropriate rights can access published resources. The resources are used to display error messages that, for example, might say that the publishing service is unavailable. This can help the admin debug their deployment.

 

central site (n) -  The primary site at the top of the Configuration Manager hierarchy, to which all other sites in the system report their inventory, site configurations, software metering data, and status.

 

Centralized Certificates (PN) -  An IIS feature that provides a single SSL certificate store for a server farm (web farm) and simplifies the management of SSL bindings.

 

Centralized Conference Control Protocol (n) -  A custom protocol for communicating conference creation and control commands from clients to Communications Server. centralized payment system (n) -  A payment processing system in which one company in an organization manages the incoming and outgoing payments between other companies in the same organization. The other companies still own the invoices. During the settlement process, applicable ‘due to' and ‘due from' transactions are generated. centralized processing (n) -  A shared service that pools resources for leveraging or cost reduction purposes.

 

centralized registration model (n) -  A registration model that removes all certificate subscriber participation from the management policy. For the workflow, a user designated as the originator will initiate the request and an enrollment agent will execute the request. centralized statement (n) -  A consolidated customer statement that includes transaction data for all companies in the same organization that a customer does business with. Centrex  -  A service provided from a reserved section of the main public exchange that has been reprogrammed to act as if it were the exclusive PBX of an individual user, in other words a ‘virtual' PBX.

 

Centronics (PN) -  A standard 36-pin parallel interface for connecting printers and other devices to a computer. It defines the plu, socket and signals used and transfers data asynchronously up to 2000 Kbytes/sec. This de facto standard was developed by the printer manufacturers Centronics Corp.

 

CEP (n) -  The continuous and incremental processing of event streams from multiple sources based on declarative query and pattern specifications with near-zero latency.

 

CEP (PN) -  A role service within the AD CS server role that enables users and computers to obtain certificate enrollment policy information even when the computer is not a member of a domain or if a domain-joined computer is temporarily outside the security boundary of the corporate network.

 

CEP engine (n) -  The core engine and adapter framework components of Microsoft StreamInsight. The StreamInsight server can be used to process and analyze the event streams associated with a complex event processing application.

 

CERN (PN) -  A physics research center located in Geneva, Switzerland, where the original development of the World Wide Web took place under the leadership of Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 as a method to facilitate communication among members of the scientific community.

 

CERO (n) -  A non-profit, self-regulatory organization which applies and enforces interactive game ratings in Japan.

 

Cert Manager (PN) -  A feature used to import and export digital IDs and to view all digital IDs stored on the user's computer.

 

certificate (n) -  A digital document that is commonly used for authentication and to help secure information on a network. A certificate binds a public key to an entity that holds the corresponding private key. Certificates are digitally signed by the certification authority that issues them, and they can be issued for a user, a computer, or a service.

 

certificate  -  Digital representation of user or device attributes, including a public key, that is signed with an authoritative private key.

 

certificate authentication (n) -  A form of IIS authentication in which IIS accepts client- certificates used to prove the client's identity. Using this form of authentication, IIS can optionally map a client certificate to a Windows user account by using an internal mapping table or Active Directory.

 

certificate chain (n) -  A sequence of certificates, where each certificate in the sequence is signed by the subsequent certificate. The last certificate in the chain is normally a self­signed certificate.

 

certificate chaining (n) -  A process that builds one or more certificate paths. The certificate paths may or may not trace up to a self-signed or root certificate. certificate enrollment (n) -  The process of requesting, receiving, and installing a certificate.

 

certificate enrollment policy (n) -  A set of rules governing certificate enrollment. Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service (PN) -  A role service within the AD CS server role that enables users and computers to obtain certificate enrollment policy information even when the computer is not a member of a domain or if a domain-joined computer is temporarily outside the security boundary of the corporate network. certificate enrollment request (n) -  The initial phase of the certificate enrollment process, in which the client submits his request for a certificate to the certification authority (CA) in a special format that includes the identity of the user requesting the certificate and all the necessary information needed by the CA to approve or reject the request.

 

Certificate Enrollment Web Service (PN) -  A role service within the AD CS server role that enables users and computers to enroll for and renew certificates even when the computer is not a member of a domain or if a domain-joined computer is temporarily outside the security boundary of the computer network.

 

certificate issuance (n) -  The process of generating, issuing and publishing certificates, typically in accordance with the applicable certificate issuance policy. certificate issuance policy (n) -  A set of rules that defines all the security-relevant requirements (such as key management and authentication levels) that must be met when certificates are issued to users.

 

certificate issuer (n) -  The certification authority which issued the certificate to the subject.

 

Certificate Lifecycle Manager Client (PN) -  A suite of Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) client tools that assist end users with managing their smart cards. The tools include the Smart Card Self Service Control, the Smart Card Personalization Control, and the Certificate Profile Update Control. See Smart Card Self-Service Control, Smart Card Personalization Control, Certificate Profile Update Control.

 

certificate manager (n) -  A Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) user that has the appropriate CLM permissions to either administer other CLM users or to administer the CLM application itself.

 

certificate manager Web portal (n) -  A Web application running on the Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) server. This portal allows certificate administrators to administer other users' certificates and smart cards. The certificate subscriber and certificate manager Web portals are both accessed through the same universal resource locator (URL); however, the content displayed is based on a user's roles and permissions. certificate of authenticity (n) -  A label with sophisticated anti-counterfeiting features that helps the end user identify that the computer uses a validly licensed copy of Microsoft Windows. The product name and a unique product key appear in the center of the label. The OEM must physically attach the COA label to the computer chassis, and it should never be removed from the computer.

 

certificate policy (n) -  A named set of rules that indicate the applicability of certificates for a specific class of applications with common security requirements. Such a policy might, for example, limit certain certificates to electronic data interchange transactions within given price limits.

 

Certificate Profile Update Control (PN) -  An ActiveX control that automates the update of Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) profiles on client computers. certificate registration point (n) -  A site system role that communicates with the server that runs the Network Device Enrollment Service of Active Directory Certificate Services to manage device certificate requests that use the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol. certificate request (n) -  A specially formatted electronic message (sent to a CA) used to request a certificate. The request must contain the information required by the CA to authenticate the request, plus the public key of the entity requesting the certificate. All the information necessary to create the request is mapped to a CERT_REQUEST_INFO structure.

 

certificate revocation (n) -  The process of revoking a digital certificate.

 

certificate revocation checking (n) -  A way to see if a certificate used to sign a message is valid. Outlook can check the status of the certificate from the issuing certification authority's database.

 

certificate revocation list (n) -  A document maintained and published by a certification authority that lists certificates that have been revoked.

 

certificate revocation list distribution point (n) -  A certificate extension that indicates where the certificate revocation list for a CA can be retrieved. It can contain none, one, or many HTTP, file, or LDAP URLs.

 

Certificate Services (PN) -  A software service that issues certificates for a particular certification authority. It provides customizable services for issuing and managing certificates for the enterprise. Certificates can be used to provide authentication support, including secure e-mail, Web-based authentication, and smart-card authentication. certificate store (n) -  A permanent storage where certificates, certificate revocation lists, and certificate trust lists are stored. A certificate store can also be temporary when working with session-based certificates.

 

certificate subscriber (n) -  A user that needs certificates with our without smart cards. Certificate subscribers can access a small number of functions that can only be performed for the user's own certificates.

 

certificate subscriber Web portal (n) -  A Web application running on the Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) server. This component of the CLM server interacts directly with users in a self-service mode. The specific functionality is based upon Active Directory group memberships and permissions. The certificate subscriber and certificate manager Web portals are both accessed through the same universal resource locator

 

(URL); however, the content displayed is based on a user's roles and permissions. certificate template (n) -  A Windows construct that specifies the format and content of certificates based on their intended usage. When requesting a certificate from a Windows enterprise certification authority (CA), certificate requestors can select from a variety of certificate types that are based on certificate templates.

 

certificate trust list (n) -  A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client authentication or secure e-mail.

 

certificate trust validation (n) -  The validation process that determines if a certificate chains to a root CA certificate that is trusted by the actual security context.

 

Certificates (PN) -  A feature that initiates the process of sending a certificate when a message is digitally signed. The certificate proves the sender's identity and supplies the recipient with a public key with which to decrypt the sender's encrypted message. certificates snap-in (n) -  A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that is used to manage certificate stores for users, computers, and services.

 

certification authority (n) -  An entity entrusted to issue certificates that assert that the recipient individual, computer, or organization requesting the certificate fulfills the conditions of an established policy.

 

certification authority hierarchy (n) -  A hierarchy in which the roles of the certification authority are separated into one root CA and one or more subordinate CAs. certification authority snap-in (n) -  A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that is used to configure and manage certification authorities.

 

Certification Authority Web Enrollment (PN) -  The role service that provides a set of web pages that allow interaction with the Certification Authority role service. certification hierarchy (n) -  A model of trust for certificates in which certification paths are created by means of the establishment of parent-child relationships between certification authorities.

 

certification path (n) -  A sequence of certificates, where each certificate in the sequence is signed by the subsequent certificate. The last certificate in the chain is normally a self­signed certificate.

 

certification status (n) -  The stage of an app in the certification process.

 

CertUtil (PN) -  A command-line program that is installed as part of Certificate Services and can be used to dump and display certification authority (CA) configuration information, configure Certificate Services, backup and restore CA components, and verify certificates, key pairs, and certificate chains.

 

CES (PN) -  A role service within the AD CS server role that enables users and computers to enroll for and renew certificates even when the computer is not a member of a domain or if a domain-joined computer is temporarily outside the security boundary of the computer network.

 

CF card (n) -  A memory card that is supported by many types of devices. It is larger than a secure digital card.

 

CGI (n) -  A server-side interface for initiating software services. For example, a set of interfaces that describe how a Web server communicates with software on the same computer. Any software can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard.

 

cgi-bin (n) -  A file directory that holds external applications to be executed by HTTP servers via CGI.

 

CGMS-A (n) -  A method for controlling the copying of broadcast media content that allows only one generation of copying.

 

CGU (n) -  The smallest group of classifiable assets that generates cash independently of other assets within an organization. These groups of assets are used to measure impairment losses that will be incurred.

 

CGU group (n) -  A group of cash-generating units (CGUs) that is used to allocate the net book value of an asset to a cash-generating unit and to allocate the impairment losses- to fixed assets.

 

chain (n) -  The relationship between applications and related web service calls associated with a business transaction. Chains are not client-side or server-side specific. chain of trust (n) -  A sequence of certificates, where each certificate in the sequence is signed by the subsequent certificate. The last certificate in the chain is normally a self­signed certificate.

 

challenge (n) -  A security task that a user must complete to verify they are a human and not a machine.

 

challenge group (n) -  The group that consists of requests/connections awaiting authentication.

 

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (n) -  A challenge-response

 

authentication protocol for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections described in RFC 1994. It uses the industry-standard MD5 hashing algorithm to hash the combination of a challenge string issued by the authenticating server and the user's password in the response.

 

challenge password (n) -  A password used for certificate revokation as well as authentication challenge.

 

challenge/response authentication (n) -  A security mechanism in which a client computer uses its established user logon information to identify itself to the server computer. The user is not prompted to enter these user credentials. Instead, the information is available after the user first logs on to a Microsoft-® Windows NT-®-based computer.

 

Chamber music (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 # 104.

 

Champion of Logic (n) -  Skill level in the Purble Place game. Once a Purble Place game is completed, a player gets a skill level rank assigned automatically by the game (based on number of guesses and hints during the game).

 

change (v) -  To modify the value of a property or attribute.

 

change advisory board (n) -  A formally constituted group of people representing service delivery and support functions that is responsible for assessing, planning, and authorizing changes to the IT environment.

 

change applier (n) -  An object that performs conflict detection, conflict handling, and change application for a batch of changes.

 

change control (n) -  Principles and processes that facilitate the management of change without compromising the quality or integrity of an IT project or solution, through structured procedures for submitting, approving, implementing, and reviewing change requests.

 

change creator (n) -  The user who creates a new change request.

 

Change Font (PN) -  A button that opens the Change Font dialog box, where the user can select a new font, style, size, and effects for instant messages.

 

change hint (n) -  A vertical bar in the margin of a document that shows where changes have been tracked and displays those changes when clicked.

 

change history (n) -  In a shared file, information that is maintained about changes made in past editing sessions. The information includes the name of the person who made each change, when the change was made, and what data was changed.

 

change journal (n) -  A feature that tracks changes to NTFS volumes, including additions, deletions, and modifications. The change journal exists on the volume as a sparse file. Change Level of Access (PN) -  Contact context menu item that allows the user to assign an access level to the selected contact(s).

 

change log (n) -  The log where the quorum resource stores data. This data is maintained by the clustering software.

 

change management (n) -  The practice of administering changes with the help of tested methods and techniques in order to avoid new errors and minimize the impact of changes. change manager (n) -  A user who coordinates change requests. Some of the tasks include adding or removing activities, voting on behalf of the change advisory board, overriding votes, or putting change requests on hold.

 

change marker (n) -  An icon that designates a change made by a reviewer to a presentation.

 

Change Message Font (oth) -  A button in the Options dialog box, Instant Messages tab, where the user can change the font of the text of instant message conversations. change propagation (n) -  The process of applying changes from one replica to another. change request (n) -  A means of proposing a change to any component of an IT infrastructure or any aspect of an IT Service. It may be a document or record in which the nature and details of and the justification and authorization for the proposed change are entered.

 

change script (n) -  A text file that contains SQL statements for all changes made to a database, in the order in which they were made, during an editing session.

 

Change Sign-In Account... (PN) -  An item on the Connect menu that opens the Accounts tab of the Options dialog box, where the user can change sign-in name and Communicator server information.

 

Change the task status to Completed and close the form (oth) -  Check box that indicates if the user wants to have the task marked as completed after it has been converted to an opportunity.

 

change type attribute (n) -  An attribute applicable to text file and database management agents that denotes the type of change (that is, add, modify, or delete) to be made to a connector space object.

 

change unit (n) -  The minimal unit of change tracking in a store. In change propagation, only the units that are changed must be sent; whereas, in conflict detection, independent changes to the same unit are considered a conflict.

 

changed lines (n) -  Vertical lines appearing next to text that has been added, deleted, or changed by using tracked changes. You can specify that changed lines appear to the left or right of text. You can also hide changed lines.

 

ChangeEvent (n) -  In a statechart or activity diagram, an event in which a designated condition becomes true. A ChangeEvent is indicated by the keyword when followed by a Boolean expression in parentheses, for example: when (balance < 0)

 

changeset (n) -  A logical grouping of changes. The purpose of changesets is to group all of the file and work item updates that get delivered with a single check-in action. changeset ID (n) -  A numerical ID that is assigned to a specific changeset. changing dimension (n) -  A dimension that has a flexible member structure, and is designed to support frequent changes to structure and data.

 

channel (n) -  A path through which information passes between two computers or devices. It can refer to the physical medium (such as wires) or to a set of properties that distinguishes one channel from another.

 

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).

 

channel (n) -  The distribution method used for a campaign activity in a marketing campaign.

 

channel (n) -  A medium for transferring information. Depending on its type, a

 

communications channel can carry information (data, sound, and/or video) in either analog or digital form. A communications channel can be a physical link, such as the cable connecting two stations in a network, or it can consist of some electromagnetic transmission on one or more frequencies within a bandwidth in the electromagnetic spectrum, as in radio and television, or in optical, microwave, or voice-grade communication.

 

channel (n) -  A path enabling one inbound or outbound call. Calling channels are a means of having concurrent calls on PBX.

 

channel agility (n) -  The switching of frequencies within a given bandwidth during a point-to-point transmission.

 

Channel Bank  -  Channel terminal equipment used for combining (multiplexing) channels on a frequency-division or time-division basis.

 

Chanson (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 # 102.

 

CHAP (n) -  A challenge-response authentication protocol for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections described in RFC 1994. It uses the industry-standard MD5 hashing algorithm to hash the combination of a challenge string issued by the authenticating server and the user's password in the response.

 

chapter (n) -  In a DVD or a video, a portion of a title, such as a scene or sequence. A title can contain one or more chapters.

 

chapter (n) -  An identifier of a group of details within a rowset.

 

Chapter 11 (n) -  A U.S. bankrupcy statute that allows a debtor to continue to own a business and control its operations while reorganizing the business to achieve solvency. chapter point (n) -  An internal marker used to mark the beginning and the end of a chapter to help navigate DVDs or videos.

 

char (PN) -  The data type that holds a maximum of 8,000 characters.

 

char data type (n) -  A character data type that holds a maximum of 8,000 characters. character (n) -  A letter, number, punctuation mark, or other symbol.

 

Character  -  A letter of the alphabet, number, space or punctuation mark is a character. character code (n) -  A numeric value that corresponds to a particular character in a set. character data (n) -  All the textual content of an element or attribute that is not markup. XML differentiates this plain text from binary data. In the XML OM, character data is stored in text nodes, which are implemented as DOM text objects. character encoding (n) -  A one-to-one mapping between a set of characters and a set of numbers.

 

character entity (n) -  A code that's used in HTML to describe symbols, international letters, and other special characters. Character entities are maintained by the International Standards Organization (ISO).

 

character formatting (n) -  Formatting you can apply to selected text characters. character map (n) -  In text-based computer graphics, a block of memory addresses that correspond to character spaces on a display screen. The memory allocated to each character space is used to hold the description of the character to be displayed in that space.

 

Character Map (n) -  A feature in Windows that makes it possible to use characters that are not displayed on the keyboard.

 

character mode (n) -  A display mode in which the monitor can display letters, numbers, and other text characters but no graphical images or WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what- you-get') character formatting (italics

 

character pad (n) -  The pad in Tablet PC Input Panel that you can use to write one character (such as a letter, number, or symbol) at a time. Each character is converted into typed text.

 

character set (n) -  A grouping of alphabetic, numeric, and other characters that have some relationship in common. For example, the standard ASCII character set includes letters, numbers, symbols, and control codes that make up the ASCII coding scheme. character spacing (n) -  The distance between characters in a line of text. Tracking, kerning, and scaling can be used to adjust the space between characters.

 

character string (n) -  A set of characters treated as a unit and interpreted by a computer as text rather than numbers. A character string can contain any sequence of elements from a given character set, such as letters, numbers, control characters, and extended ASCII characters.

 

character style (n) -  A combination of any of the character formatting options identified by a style name.

 

characteristic diagram (n) -  A type of diagram that documents all the factors that contribute to or affect a given situation (all the causes that lead to a certain effect). characters per second (n) -  A measure of the rate at which a device, such as a disk drive, can transfer data. In serial communications, the speed of a modem in bits per second can generally be divided by 10 for a rough determination of the number of characters per second transmitted.

 

charge (n) -  The incidental cost of product acquisition or product delivery.

 

charge card (n) -  A credit card issued by banks. A charge card authorizes the holder to buy goods or services on credit. Payments received from charge cards are treated as accounts receivable amounts because they must be submited to card companies for reimbursement.

 

charge variance (n) -  The difference between an expected charge and an actual charge. chargeable transaction (n) -  A transaction that can be included on an invoice and charged to a customer.

 

chargeback (n) -  The return to a customer's account of funds that were used to purchase an item. This may occur as a result of a customer's contacting a bank to dispute a credit- card transaction.

 

charge-coupled device (n) -  A device in which individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next.

 

charger (n) -  A device, connected to a USB charging cable, for charging the phone battery.

 

charm (n) -  An icon that is attached to an event and that is viewable in someone's calendar. Depending on the calendar view, a charm may appear next to an event title, or may be the only visual representation of an event on a calendar day.

 

charm (n) -  A user interface element similar to a button that provides access to key Windows features, such as Start, search, sharing, devices, and settings. Charms differ from buttons in that they have extended functionality, such as flyout menus that provide access to individual or grouped commands.

 

chart (n) -  A graphic or diagram that displays data or the relationships between sets of data in pictorial rather than numeric form. chart (v) -  To make a map or chart of.

 

chart (n) -  A catalog of information for apps, games, movies and TV shows based on dynamic information such as new or fastest rising, top free, best rated, and top paid. chart area (n) -  The entire chart and all its elements.

 

chart data region (n) -  A report item on a report layout that displays data in a graphical format.

 

chart effect option (n) -  An animation enhancement that lets you apply effects to a chart by series, category, or element in a series or category.

 

chart element (n) -  One of the distinct pieces that make up a chart, such as a title, axis, legend, trendline, or error bar.

 

chart of accounts (n) -  An account structure whose valid value combinations are

 

constrained by integrity constraints and account rules.

 

chart of accounts (n) -  A list of main accounts.

 

chart sheet (n) -  A sheet in a workbook that contains only a chart.

 

chart style (n) -  A predefined style that users can apply to their chart and that is optimized for the chart type.

 

Chart Web Part (PN) -  A Web Part that implements Web chart controls to visually display information in a variety of chart types in SharePoint.

 

Charts (n) -  A customizable Web part that displays charts.

 

chat (n) -  A real-time conversation via computer using short instant messages between two or more participants. When a participant types a line of text and then presses the Enter key, that participant's words appear on the screens of the other participants, who can then respond in kind.

 

chat (v) -  To carry on a real-time conversation with other users by computer or device. Chat Link (n) -  A web address that Customers can click to initiate a Chat Request.

 

Chat Queue (n) -  A customized list of Chat Requests based on custom criteria (see Chat Routing Rules) in order to organize Chat Requests based on issue type, Product, or the skill base of your Support teams.

 

Chat Request (n) -  A request made by a Customer to initiate a Chat Session with a CSR through a Chat Link on the Support Portal or external websites, or using a Personal Chat Link from a CSR.

 

chat room (n) -  A data communication channel that links computers and allows users to send messages to each other in real time. Chat rooms are available through online services and some electronic bulletin board systems.

 

Chat Routing Rule (n) -  A criteria-based rule that can route Chat Requests to the appropriate CSR or Queue, as well as take deflective action on Chat Requests that are initiated when your CSRs are unavailable or busy.

 

Chat Session (n) -  A text-based support interaction using the Live Chat system between a Customer and a CSR.

 

Chat Shortcut (n) -  A macro that substitutes a set key phrase with a string specified by the CSR.

 

Chat tool (n) -  A tool that participants can use to communicate one-on-one during a Live Meeting session.

 

Chatroom  -  A website where you can meet and chat live (via the keyboard) with other internet users. Most such websites have multiple ‘rooms', each dedicated to a particular topic or theme.

 

Chats (PN) -  A label for a tab that has a list of conversations for all methods (modalities)

 

of communication, such as voice call or instant message, for past and present.

 

check (n) -  Part of a group of tests that are run against an application.

 

check (n) -  A written order on a bank to pay a sum of money from funds in an account.

 

Checks show the name of the company or individual receiving payment, the signature and

 

account number of the person issuing the check, the payment amount and the current date.

 

Checks usually are numbered in sequence.

 

check (n) -  A bill of exchange drawn on a bank.

 

Check Active SLA (PN) -  A Boolean field for the Convert Rule entity that shows whether a case needs to be created for a customer with an active service level agreement (SLA). check box (n) -  A control that indicates whether or not an option is selected. A check mark or x' appears in the box when the option is selected.'

 

check card (n) -  A type of bank card where the amount of purchase is immediately withdrawn from the user's bank account.

 

check clause (n) -  Code that enforces constraints on a table or column.

 

CHECK constraint (n) -  A constraint that allows for business rules that span multiple tables. For example, the Order table could have a CHECK constraint that would prevent orders for a customer from exceeding a credit limit defined for the customer in the Customer table.

 

check date (n) -  The date on the check.

 

check digit calculator engine (n) -  An engine that calculates apportionment based on check digits.

 

Check If Resolved (PN) -  A Boolean field for the Convert Rule entity that shows whether an item related to a resolved case needs to be converted to a case.

 

check in (v) -  To place a file or project back in a source repository. This releases the lock for editing and enables other users to view the updated file or check out the file. check in (v) -  To indicate that a user is in a certain place or location. Users check in' to a physical place to share their location with their friends.'

 

check in (v) -  To save the changes in a runbook to the database.

 

check letter (n) -  A payment letter that accompanies a check and which lists the documents that are paid by the check. Used for French check format. check list (n) -  A set of standards that a deliverable or task should meet or a list of possible errors.

 

check mark (n) -  A small x or other sign that appears in the check box if the option represented by the box is selected.

 

Check Names (v) -  A button on the message toolbar that compares the names in the To, Cc, and Bcc boxes against the names in the Address Book and against those contact folders that you've specified as Outlook Address Books.

 

check number (n) -  A unique identification number that is assigned to a check. check out (v) -  To retrieve a writable copy of a file or project from a source repository. This locks the file for editing to prevent others from overwriting or editing it inadvertently. check out (v) -  To finalize a purchase on a Web site. For example, when customers shop on your Web site, they may select several items and save them in their shopping basket. When they have finished shopping, they click on a checkout link or graphical button that takes them to an online form where they enter their name, billing address, payment type, and shipping information.

 

check out (v) -  To allow edits to a runbook.

 

check register (n) -  A list of all transactions for a specific checkbook.

 

checked build (n) -  A version of the operating system that has been compiled with debug symbols and built with special support for debugging components that are under development.

 

checkerboard test (n) -  A memory test employed to detect catastrophic failures and wiring problems within the memory chip and on the data bus by writing an alternating pattern of 0's and 1's to the memory chip.

 

check-in (v) -  In a source control system, the action of putting the modified source back to the source repository.

 

check-in note (n) -  A comment associated with a changeset that is added during the check­in process by prompting the user for specific data.

 

check-in policy (n) -  A policy that provides the ability to validate compliance with organizational rules for a team project.

 

check-in test (n) -  A test run by a developer to determine whether his code has affected the general stability of the product.

 

checklist (n) -  A set of standards that a deliverable or task should meet or a list of possible errors.

 

checkmate (n) -  In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape.

 

checkout (n) -  The process of finalizing a purchase on a website. For example, when customers shop on your website, they may select several items and save them in their shopping basket. When they have finished shopping, they click on a checkout link or graphical button that takes them to an online form where they enter their name, billing address, payment type, and shipping information.

 

Checkout (PN) -  The button that allows customers to finalize their purchase on a website. check-out (v) -  In a source control system, the action of copying the source file from the repository to one's own machine (drive), possibly for editing.

 

checkout folder (n) -  Folder that Visual SourceSafe Explorer reports in the Check Out Folder column of the file pane. This folder is not the user's actual working folder, which is displayed under the Toolbar.

 

checkpoint (n) -  In a server cluster node's registry, a snapshot of the Cluster subkey or of an application subkey. The checkpoint is written to the quorum disk when certain events take place, such as a node failure.

 

checkpoint (n) -  A common point of entry for spyware guarded by an agent. Examples of checkpoints include Startup Folder, dial up connections, Wi-Fi connections, Internet Safe Sites, Winsock Layered Service Providers, Windows Messenger Service, and SPAM Zombie prevention.

 

checkpoint (n) -  A point-in-time snapshot of a virtual machine that enables an

 

administrator to roll the virtual machine back to its state at the moment when the checkpoint was created.

 

checkpoint (n) -  An event in which the Database Engine writes dirty buffer pages to disk. Each checkpoint writes to disk all the pages that were dirty at the last checkpoint and still have not been written to disk.

 

checksum (n) -  A calculated value that is used to test data for the presence of errors that can occur when data is transmitted or when it is written to disk. The checksum is calculated for a given chunk of data by sequentially combining all the bytes of data with a series of arithmetic or logical operations. After the data is transmitted or stored, a new checksum is calculated in the same way using the (possibly faulty) transmitted or stored data. If the two checksums do not match, an error has occurred, and the data should be transmitted or stored again. Checksums cannot detect all errors, and they cannot be used to correct erroneous data.

 

cheque (n) -  A written order on a bank to pay a sum of money from funds in an account. Checks show the name of the company or individual receiving payment, the signature and account number of the person issuing the check, the payment amount and the current date. Checks usually are numbered in sequence.

 

Chess Titans (n) -  A 3-D chess game that is part of Windows Vista operating system. chevron (n) -  The double angle bracket denoting an overflow button control.

 

Chevron List (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a progression through several processes that make up an overall workflow. Also works for illustrating contrasting processes. The Level 1 text corresponds to the first arrow shape on the left, while the Level 2 text corresponds to horizontal sub-steps for each shape that contains Level 1 text.

 

CHF (n) -  The official currency of Switzerland.

 

child (n) -  In a tree structure, the relationship of a node to its immediate predecessor. child (n) -  In a tree structure, an element that is contained by a parent element. A subordinate element.

 

child (n) -  An account holder who is a family member, but not a parent, and who has limited use of the Internet. Children can view their own settings, but they can't change them.

 

child account (n) -  An account optimized for children that parents can control and customize.

 

child app container (n) -  An app container that places additional restrictions on what an app can do based on its parent app container.

 

child breakpoint (n) -  A breakpoint created by the debugger based on a breakpoint set by a user.

 

child business unit (n) -  A business unit that is immediately under another business unit in the business hierarchy of an organization.

 

child category (n) -  An entity used in catalogs to group a set of products together in a hierarchy. A child category is a subordinate of a parent category. For example, Music is a parent category, and Rock, Country, and Classical are child categories. You create parent and child categories to organize the products displayed on your site.

 

child domain (n) -  A DNS domain located directly beneath another domain name (the parent domain) in the namespace tree. For example, example.microsoft.com' would be a subdomain of the domain ‘microsoft.com'.'

 

child element (n) -  In a tree structure, an element that is contained by a parent element. A subordinate element.

 

child host group (n) -  A host group contained within another host group, which can inherit host reserve settings and virtual machine permissions from its parent host group. All host groups are child host groups of the root host group, which is named All Hosts by default.

 

child menu (n) -  A type of drop-down menu that appears when a user points to a command on a higher-level menu.

 

child model site (n) -  A model site that is subordinate to a root model site and is used to organize data in an application. child node (n) -  A subordinate node.

 

child object (n) -  An object that resides in another object. A child object implies relation. For example, a file is a child object that resides in a folder, which is the parent object. child process (n) -  A process initiated by another process (the parent). This initiating action is frequently called a fork. The parent process often sleeps (is suspended) until the child process stops executing.

 

child record (n) -  A work item that is subordinate to a parent.

 

child site (n) -  A site that is the subordinate of another site in a hierarchy. Any site, except the central site, is a child site of another site. A site can be both a child site and a parent site.

 

child table (n) -  A table that assumes a child role when it participates in an integrity relationship with another table and whose foreign key attribute values are migrated from the table assuming the parent role in the relationship.

 

Child Ticket (n) -  A Ticket that is linked to a related (Parent) Ticket. Child Tickets are associated to a Parent Ticket that deals with the issue(s) that cause the issues of the Child Tickets. Multiple Child Tickets can have the same Parent Ticket, but a Child Ticket cannot have multiple Parent Tickets.

 

child window (n) -  A document window used within an MDI window.

 

child window (n) -  A window that has a parent. It has the WS_CHILD style and is confined to the client area of its parent window.

 

child workflow (n) -  A workflow instance that is generated by a parent workflow instance. child-friendly site (n) -  A website whose content is understandable and usable by kids and that is appropriate for them. The language is typically aimed at a grade-school reading level, and the concepts presented are accessible to younger minds.

 

child-friendly website (n) -  A website whose content is understandable and usable by kids and that is appropriate for them. The language is typically aimed at a grade-school reading level, and the concepts presented are accessible to younger minds.

 

chimney (n) -  A collection of offloaded protocol state objects and the semantics associated with them.

 

Chinese Conversion add-in (PN) -  A COM add-in that enables conversion between Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified).

 

chip (n) -  A device consisting of a number of connected circuit elements, such as transistors and resistors, fabricated on a small rectangle (a die') cut from a silicon (or Chip  -  A silicon wafer with millions of tiny circuits engraved on it - what computers are made of..

 

chip  -  a miniaturized electronic circuit that has been manufactured in the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material

 

chip set (n) -  A collection of chips designed to function as a unit in the performance of some common task. The term is most commonly used to refer to the set of integrated circuits, such as the programmable interrupt controller, that support a CPU together with the CPU itself. Often a chip set will fit on one chip.

 

chip-on-board (n) -  A manufacturing technology that mounts an integrated circuit die directly to a circuit board. The die is electrically connected to the circuit board using wire bonding, and is then covered with a protective epoxy cover.

 

chit chat (n) -  ?A category of responses to conversational or fun questions.

 

Chocolate Batter Button (n) -  A button on the Comfy Cakes game interface that allows the player to select chocolate batter for their cake.

 

Chocolate Icing Button (n) -  A button on the Comfy Cakes game interface that allows the player to select a chocolate icing for their cake.

 

choice group (n) -  A control that is used to present a set of mutually exclusive choices. By default, a choice group contains two choice sections, one of which appears to the user as the default choice in the form.

 

choicepoint (n) -  The point at which transitions split into multiple, mutually exclusive branches, each terminating at a different destination state. One of the branches must be a default branch.

 

choke (n) -  A small overlap that decreases the knockout of the lower of two differently colored, abutting objects.

 

cholesterol profile (n) -  A pattern of lipids in the blood. It usually includes the levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, and the calculated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ‘cholesterol.

 

choose (v) -  To pick a command or an option from within a graphical user interface, as by clicking a button in a dialog box or pulling down a menu and then releasing the mouse button on one of its options.

 

Chooser (n) -  The Macintosh desk accessory with which users select the network server and printers they want to use.

 

chord (n) -  To press more than one mouse or keyboard button at the same time.

 

Chorus (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 # 97.

 

Christian gangsta rap (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 # 136.

 

Christian Rap (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 # 61.

 

Christian Religious Holidays (PN) -  The list item in Outlook that allows users to add standard Christian holidays to their calendar.

 

Christian Rock (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 # 141.

 

chrome (n) -  The common user interface elements rendered around each Web Parts part control within a given zone. The chrome for a part control includes a border, a title bar, and the icons, title text, and verbs menu that appear within the title bar. The appearance of the chrome is set at the zone level and applies to all part controls in a zone. The rendering of chrome and of individual System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPart controls is handled by the System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebPartChrome class.

 

Chrome  -  A popular internet- browser, free from the Google Corporation.

 

Chrome  -  a powerful Google browser that loads Web pages quickly and

 

accurately.www.google.com/chrome

 

chrome control (n) -  An HTML and JavaScript based control that renders the top chrome,

 

which is available to use in apps for SharePoint.

 

chronic condition (n) -  A disease that is persistent in its effects.

 

chronicle (n) -  A table that stores state information for a single application. An example is an event chronicle, which can store event data for use with scheduled subscriptions. cHTML (n) -  A markup language used on some cell phones. cHTML is a subset of HTML with additional tags to enhance mobile functionality.

 

chunk (n) -  A specified amount of data.

 

chunk (n) -  A concrete sequence of media samples of a track that correspond to a particular interval in an IIS Smooth Streaming presentation.

 

chunk container (n) -  A container in which chunks of data are stored and which is then compressed for further space optimization during deduplication.

 

chunk store container (n) -  A container in which chunks of data are stored and which is then compressed for further space optimization during deduplication. chunked file (n) -  The process of outputting a stream as a number of discrete file chunks rather than a single contiguous file.-

 

CIDR (n) -  An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while also increasing the number of available IP addresses. CIDR replaces class-based IP address allocation.

 

CIF (n) -  A video format that has 352 pixels by 288 lines and 30 fps.

 

CIL (n) -  A language used as the output of a number of compilers and as the input to a just-in-time (JIT) compiler. The common language runtime includes a JIT compiler for converting the language to native code.

 

CIM (n) -  The model that describes how to represent real-world managed objects. CIM uses an object-oriented paradigm, where managed objects are modeled using the concepts of classes and instances. The CIM is divided into the metamodel and the standard schema. The metamodel describes what types of entities make up the schema. It also defines how these entities can be combined into objects that represent real-world devices.

 

CIM Object Manager (PN) -  A component in the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) infrastructure that handles the interaction between management applications and providers. The CIM Object Manager supports services such as event notification, remote access, and query processing. The CIM Object Manager also grants access to the WMI repository.

 

CIM Object Manager repository (n) -  A central storage area, managed by the CIM Object Manager, where defined objects, such as static class definitions and instances that are used to access and manipulate system management information, are stored.

 

CIM repository (n) -  A central storage area, managed by the CIM Object Manager, where defined objects, such as static class definitions and instances that are used to access and manipulate system management information, are stored.

 

CIM schema (n) -  A collection of class definitions used to represent managed objects that occur in every management environment.

 

cipher (n) -  The particular algorithm used to transform a readable message (called plaintext or cleartext) into an unreadable, scrambled, or hidden message (called ciphertext).

 

cipher  -  A cryptographic- algorithm- used to encrypt data that is unreadable until converted into plain data with a predefined key.

 

cipher mode (n) -  The method used to encrypt data. The stream cipher mode encodes data one bit at a time. The block cipher mode encodes data one block at a time. Although it tends to execute more slowly than stream cipher, block cipher is more secure. ciphertext (n) -  Data that has been encrypted.

 

Circular (adj) -  A node placement style that specifies that the nodes are circular in relation to the MOM Management Server.

 

Circular Bending Process (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a long or non­linear sequence or steps in a task, process, or workflow. Works best with Level 1 text only. Maximizes both horizontal and vertical display space for shapes.

 

circular dependency (n) -  The state when items depend upon each other in such a way that the set of all dependencies forms a circle.

 

circular reference (n) -  A situation in which one object refers back to itself, either directly or indirectly.

 

circulating card (n) -  A reusable card that signals process and transfer activities as it- circulates- between the material's point of origin and- point of consumption. circulation (n) -  An item that is communicated to team members on a Group Work Site, and that supports confirmation and tracking of which team members have viewed it.

 

CISC (n) -  The implementation of complex instructions in a microprocessor design so that they can be invoked at the assembly language level. The instructions can be very powerful, allowing for complicated and flexible ways of calculating such elements as memory addresses. All this complexity, however, usually requires many clock cycles to execute each instruction.

 

citation (n) -  A reference to a specific legal case, statute, or other legal document.

 

City guides (PN) -  The Travel subcategory containing apps providing current information about a city, including sightseeing, museums, dining, etc.

 

CJK Strokes (n) -  A set of individual strokes in the Unicode Standard used to compose Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) ideographs.

 

CLABE (PN) -  A series of 18 digits used to identify bank accounts and their holders in Mexico and used to route electronic funds transfers.

 

claim (n) -  A statement that a server makes (for example, name, identity, key, group, privilege, or capability) about a client.

 

claim mapping (n) -  The act of mapping, removing or filtering, or passing claims between various claim sets.

 

claims identity (n) -  A unique identifier that represents a specific user, application, computer, or other entity, enabling it to gain access to multiple resources, such as applications and network resources, without entering credentials multiple times. It also enables resources to validate requests from an entity.

 

claims provider (n) -  A software component or service that can be used to issue a claim during sign-in operations and to display, resolve, and provide search capabilities for claims in a card selector.

 

claims-based application (n) -  A Microsoft ASP .NET application that performs authorization based on the claims that are present in an Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) security token.

 

claims-based authentication (n) -  The process of authenticating a user based on a set of claims about the user's identity contained in a trusted token. This token is often issued and signed by an entity that is able to authenticate the user by other means, and that is trusted by the entity doing the claims-based authentication.

 

claims-based identity (n) -  A unique identifier that represents a specific user, application, computer, or other entity, enabling it to gain access to multiple resources, such as applications and network resources, without entering credentials multiple times. It also enables resources to validate requests from an entity.

 

class (n) -  An individual training session on a subject.

 

class (n) -  A named descriptor for a set of objects that share the same attributes, operations, methods, relationships, and behaviors.

 

class (n) -  A category of objects that share a common set of characteristics.

 

class (n) -  A set of objects that share a common definitional property, that share common operations and behavior, or both.

 

Class A IP address (n) -  A unicast IP address that ranges from 1.0.0.1 through

 

• The first octet indicates the network, and the last three octets indicate the host on the network. Class-based IP addressing has been superceded by Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR).

Class B IP address (n) -  A unicast IP address that ranges from 128.0.0.1 through

 

• The first two octets indicate the network, and the last two octets indicate the host on the network. Class-based IP addressing has been superceded by Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR).

Class C IP address (n) -  A unicast IP address that ranges from 192.0.0.1 to

 

• The first three octets indicate the network, and the last octet indicates the host on the network. Network Load Balancing provides optional session support for Class C IP addresses (in addition to support for single IP addresses) to accommodate clients that make use of multiple proxy servers at the client site. Class-based IP addressing has been superceded by Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR).

class coupling (n) -  The degree of coupling to unique classes through parameters, local variables, return types, method calls, generic or template instantiations, base classes, interface implementations, fields defined on external types, and attribute decoration.

 

Class Designer (n) -  A fully-functional, visual design environment for the Common Language Runtime.

 

Class Details Window (n) -  A window in Visual Studio Class Designer that you can use to configure the members of a type. By default, the Class Details Window appears automatically when you open a new class diagram.

 

class diagram (n) -  A visual and static representation of classes and the relationships between them.

 

class driver (n) -  An intermediate driver that provides a simple interface between a minidriver and the operating system.

 

class factory (n) -  An object that implements the IClassFactory interface, which enables it to create objects of a specific class.

 

Class Finder (PN) -  A tool that allows partners find online and in-person educational opportunities to continue their skill development.

 

class ID (n) -  A universally unique identifier (UUID) that identifies a COM component. Each COM component has its CLSID in the Windows registry so that it can be loaded by

 

other applications.

 

Class ID extension (n) -  An extended HTML element that is used to describe the class of a viewable or downloadable document. It can be misused to pass dangerous attachments; EHS allows users to block this tag.

 

class identifier (n) -  A universally unique identifier (UUID) that identifies a COM component. Each COM component has its CLSID in the Windows registry so that it can be loaded by other applications.

 

class key (n) -  The subset of data members of a class whose values uniquely identify an instance of the class.

 

class key member (n) -  One of the members of a multi-valued class key.

 

class library (n) -  A library of classes, interfaces, and value types that are included in .NET Framework. This library provides access to system functionality and is designed to be the foundation on which .NET Framework applications, components, and controls are built.

 

class materials (n) -  Content and resources that are made available as part of a class and that can be associated with individual lessons or assignments.

 

class member relation (n) -  An association between specific data members of the two classes in a class relation.

 

class meta-data (n) -  A conceptual model that describes the attributes that must be specified to create a class in the Data Warehouse logical schema. class module (n) -  A module that can contain the definition for a new object. Each instance of a class creates a new object. Procedures defined in the module become properties and methods of the object.

 

class name (n) -  The name used to refer to a class module. If the class module is a form or report module, the class name is prefaced with the type of module. For example, the class name for a module associated with a form called OrderForm would be Form_OrderForm, while one associated with a report called OrderReport would be Report_OrderReport. class name (n) -  A predefined name used to refer to an OLE object in Visual Basic. A class name consists of the name of the application used to create the OLE object, the object's type, and, optionally, the version number of the application.

 

class provider (n) -  A COM server that supplies class definitions. Class providers can support data retrieval, modification, deletion, enumeration, and query processing. class relation (n) -  A connection between two classes in a parent-child relationship. The relation defines the number of instances of each class.

 

Class Schedule (PN) -  A view in which you can organize class materials into assignments and lessons.

 

class selector (n) -  In cascading style sheets, a name identifying a user-defined style. Depending on how it's defined, a class selector can be used with a single type of tag or with any HTML tag inside the BODY element.

 

Class View (n) -  A window that displays the symbols defined, referenced, or called in the application you are developing.

 

Classic mode (n) -  A compatibility mode for managed content. When an application pool is configured to use classic mode, IIS processes requests for managed resources by using separate IIS and ASP.NET request-processing pipelines.

 

classic mode (n) -  A view or appearance of a form that was used in CRM 2011 and earlier versions.

 

Classic Rock (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 # 1.

 

classic version (n) -  The version that uses checkboxes and does not include a reading pane. It is recommneded for users with a slow internet connection.

 

Classic view (n) -  A display option of the Windows Control Panel that makes it look and work like it did in previous versions.

 

classic view (n) -  A SharePoint view that renders in HTML format, or a similar markup language such as CHTML or WML, and provides backward compatibility for mobile browsers that cannot support the contemporary view.

 

Classic Windows application (n) -  ?An application that is built using the traditional Win32 app model, typically makes use of the COM or .NET runtime, and runs only on the desktop of Windows.

 

Classic Windows Platform (PN) -  ?The traditional Windows platform that includes Win32, .NET, and COM.

 

Classic Workspace (PN) -  An enhanced version of the original peer-to-peer workspace in Groove. It offers users a more familiar alternative to the newer SharePoint Workspace. Classical (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 # 32.

 

classics (PN) -  A game category that draws inspiration from classic arcade experiences. classification (n) -  The type of updates that SCE downloads from Microsoft Update during synchronization.

 

classification (n) -  The placement of an incident into a hierarchy of descriptors that indicate what the incident is generally about. For example, an incident could be classified as being related to software, and then to Microsoft, and then to Word 2003.

 

classification (n) -  A systematic organization of classes.

 

classification matrix (n) -  A chart that shows the accuracy of a data mining model or other statistical analysis by separately counting cases that were correctly and incorrectly classified.

 

classifier (n) -  A superclass that includes class, data type, and interface subclasses.

 

Because all classifier subclasses share the same syntax, they are all represented by the same rectangle model element.

 

ClassifierRole (n) -  A type of collaboration role that is a slot for an object in a

 

collaboration. It is represented by the class rectangle symbol with only the name compartment showing.

 

Classless Interdomain Routing (n) -  An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while also increasing the number of available IP addresses. CIDR replaces class- based IP address allocation.

 

class-like interface (n) -  In a UML Static Structure or UML Component diagram, one of two types of interfaces that can be connected to class or component shapes and has a box shape.

 

clause (n) -  In Transact-SQL, a subunit of an SQL statement. A clause begins with a keyword.

 

clean installation (n) -  The process of installing Windows onto a bare-metal system or overwriting an existing operating system installation. Clean installations do not migrate data from previous installations.

 

clean shutdown (n) -  A system shutdown that occurs without errors.

 

clean system (n) -  An installation of Windows that has not been modified and has not had any additional software installed on it.

 

Clean Up (PN) -  An action that removes redundant messages from an e-mail conversation to reduce information overload and improve readability. cleaning tape (n) -  A tape used to clean heads on a tape drive. clear (v) -  To turn a setting off or to remove a value.

 

clear (v) -  To collect the funds for a check and pay them to the check holder. When a check clears, the money has been withdrawn from the bank account and paid to the recipient.

 

clear (v) -  When Windows Disk Protection is enabled, to erase or empty the cache file on the hard disk when a user logs off or the computer is restarted.

 

Clear Annotations (v) -  A UI element that allows a presenter to remove all annotations in a presentation or on a specific slide.

 

clear channel  -  A channel that uses out-of-band signaling (as opposed to in-band signaling), so the channel's entire bit rate is available.

 

Clear Group (v) -  An item on the group context menu in the contact list that removes all members of the Recent Contacts group.

 

clear key (n) -  The key that is stored unencrypted on the disk volume. This key is used to freely access the volume master key, and in turn, the full volume encryption key when BitLocker Drive Encryption protection is disabled but the disk volume remains encrypted. Clear Note (oth) -  An item on the user's My Status menu that deletes the user's current status note.

 

Clear Recordings (v) -  An option that removes narrations and laser pointer gestures or timings from a presentation or from a specific slide.

 

clear registration attribute (n) -  An attribute that clears the registration that is associated with a particular authentication workflow. For example, in a Question and Answer Challenge, answers are stored in ILM -Cir2-C? in the form of registration data. When the clear registration box is checked and a workflow is saved, the registration data is deleted, requiring users to re-register.

 

Clear To Send (n) -  A control packet that a destination station sends to indicate its readiness to receive data. A destination station responds to a request to send (RTS) by transmitting a CTS.

 

clearing house (n) -  An Office Communications Server deployment that is configured to

 

relay traffic between different customer domains.

 

cleartext (n) -  Data in its unencrypted or decrypted form.

 

clear-text password (n) -  A password that is not scrambled, thus making it more

 

susceptible to network sniffers.

 

ClearType (PN) -  A font display technology that dramatically improves font display resolution so that letters on the computer screen appear smooth, not jagged. ClearType dramatically improves the readability of text on color LCD monitors with a digital interface, such as those found in laptops and high-quality flat-panel desktop displays. ClearType Text TUner (PN) -  A program that helps make the text on your screen easier to read for long periods of time.

 

CLFS (PN) -  A general-purpose logging service that can be used by software clients running in user-mode or kernel-mode.

 

CLI (n) -  The interface supported by ODBC for use by an application.

 

CLI (n) -  A form of interface between the operating system and the user in which the user types commands, using a special command language. Although systems with command­line interfaces are usually considered more difficult to learn and use than those with graphical interfaces, command-based systems are usually programmable; this gives them flexibility unavailable in graphics-based systems that do not have a programming interface.

 

CLI (PN) -  A specification describing how applications written in multiple high-level languages may be executed in different system environments without the need to rewrite the applications to take into consideration the unique characteristics of those environments.

 

click (v) -  To press and release a mouse button once without moving the mouse. Clicking is usually performed to select or deselect an item or to activate a program or program feature.

 

Click and Type pointer shape (n) -  A visual cue to indicate which formatting will be applied when you double-click: a left-aligned, centered, or right-aligned tab stop; a left indent; or left or right text wrapping.

 

click distance (n) -  The number of links between a content item and an authoritative page linking to the content item.

 

click frequency (n) -  The number of clicks divided by the reach of clicks.

 

click to call (n) -  The feature with which a mobile phone user can place a voice call by clicking a contact's single phone number or Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) URI. clickable map (n) -  An image that contains more than one hyperlink on a Web page. Clicking different parts of the image links the user to other resources on another part of the Web page or a different Web page or in a file.

 

click-distance (n) -  The number of links between a content item and an authoritative page linking to the content item.

 

Clicker (PN) -  A PowerPoint add-in that allows your mobile device to be used to navigate through a PowerPoint presentation on your computer.

 

ClickOnce (PN) -  A Microsoft-developed technology that reduces the complexity of multiple applications' deployment, launching, and updating processes. clicks conversion (n) -  The completion of an online transaction by a visitor who was not redirected to the site from an advertisement. The visitor may have typed the URL directly, or searched and clicked on a result.

 

clickstream analysis (n) -  Clickstream data are information that users generate as they move from page to page and click on items within a Web site, usually stored in log files.

 

Web site designers can use clickstream data to improve users' experiences with a site. clickthrough (n) -  A type of ad click that follows a hyperlink to another Web site, or a page or frame within the initial Web site.

 

clickthrough report (n) -  A report that displays related report model data when you click data within a rendered Report Builder report.

 

Click-to-Run (n) -  A streaming technology that quickly installis Office over the Internet, internal networks, local file systems, or from offline media.

 

client (n) -  A computer, device or program that connects to or requests the services of another computer, device or program.

 

client (n) -  In object-oriented programming, a member of a class (group) that uses the services of another class to which it is not related.

 

client (n) -  A process, such as a program or task, that requests a service provided by another program—for example, a word processor that calls on a sort routine built into another program. The client process uses the requested service without having to know' any working details about the other program or the service itself.'

 

client (n) -  A computer running SMS client components. A client can be further categorized as either a Legacy Client or an Advanced Client.

 

client (n) -  A service, application, or device that wants to integrate into the Microsoft Sync Framework architecture.

 

client access (n) -  The ability of client computers to connect to a server or resource, for example, a file on a server or a cluster resource.

 

client access point (n) -  In SMS 2003 and earlier releases, an SMS site system that provides a communication point between the SMS site server and Legacy Client computers. Legacy Clients deliver their collected files, inventory information, discovery data records, software metering data, and status information to CAPs.

 

Client Access Rule (PN) -  Logical rules composed of predicates and actions that enable administrators to perform actions, such as allow, block, or redirect client access traffic on the Exchange Server.

 

Client Access server (n) -  A set of components and services that enable users to access their Exchange mailboxes through the Outlook Web Access application.

 

Client Access server redirection (n) -  A process by which Outlook Web Access users who access an Internet-facing Client Access server that is in a different Active Directory site than the site that contains their mailbox can be redirected to the Client Access server that is in the same site as their Mailbox server if that Client Access server is Internet­facing.

 

Client Access server role (n) -  A set of components and services that enable users to access their Exchange mailboxes through the application Outlook Web Access and the protocols Exchange ActiveSync, Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), and Internet Message Access Protocol 4rev1 (IMAP4). The Client Access server role also includes Web services that are used by other Exchange 2007 server roles.

 

client account partner discovery Web page (n) -  The Web page that is used to interact with a user to determine which account partner the user belongs to when Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) cannot automatically determine which of the account partners should authenticate the user.

 

client agent (n) -  Software that runs on SMS/Configuration Manager clients and performs client-side functions associated with a specific SMS/Configuration Manager feature, such as software metering.

 

client application (n) -  Application software that gathers data from the user, prepares it for the server, and issues a request to the server. The client presents data received from the server to the user through its own user interface.

 

client application service (n) -  In Windows-based applications, built-in functionality to access ASP.NET application services for common application tasks, including remote login, roles, and application settings.

 

client area (n) -  The portion of a Windows-based application excluding toolbars, menus, and status bars.

 

client authentication (n) -  A method of authentication by which the client in a client- server communication proves its identity to the server.

 

client authentication certificate (n) -  In AD FS, a certificate that federation server proxies use to authenticate a client to the Federation Service.

 

client bank (n) -  A program that is used to make electronic payments to banks and to receive information from banks. This information includes acknowledgements of payments that were made, information about incoming payments, and bank account balances.

 

client certificate (n) -  A digital certificate that functions in a manner that is similar to a driver's license or passport. Client certificates can contain detailed identification information about the user and organization that issued the certificate. client code generation (n) -  The action of generating code for the client project based on operations and entities exposed in the middle tier. A RIA Services link must exist between the client and server projects.

 

client computer (n) -  A computer, device or program that connects to or requests the services of another computer, device or program.

 

client context (n) -  The object that is used to initiate any actions with the client-side object model. It is the primary entry point for the client object model, and the primary object for coordinating requests against corresponding objects in a site collection.

 

client coordinate (n) -  A coordinate that specifies the X or Y screen position relative to the upper-left corner of the application, which is regarded as the origin (0,0). In right-to- left (RTL) applications, the upper-right corner is the origin.

 

client cursor (n) -  A cursor that is implemented on the client. The entire result set is first transferred to the client, and the client API software implements the cursor functionality from this cached result set.

 

client database (n) -  A relational database that is created on a client computer during the installation of client components.

 

client enrollment (n) -  The process of creating the client licensor certificate, which enables the user's computer or device to create publishing licenses that will be honored by a licensing server.

 

client extension (n) -  A category of customizations that enable configuration of client extension controls.

 

client extension control (n) -  A user interface control that can be added to Microsoft

 

Dynamics CRM entity forms and within the application toolbar or navigation area of an entity form. These controls are configured in XML within ISV.Config and are designed to allow the inclusion of functionality from another web application within Microsoft Dynamics CRM. There are three types of client extension controls: Menu Items, Buttons, Entity Form Navigation areas.

 

client failback (n) -  The process in which a DFS client, after being redirected (failed over) to a non-optimal folder target, reverts to a preferred folder target when it comes back online.

 

client failover (n) -  The process in which a namespace client attempts to access subsequent targets in a referral if the first target is (or becomes) unavailable.

 

Client Hyper-V (PN) -  The Hyper-V technology that runs on the Windows Client operating system, rather than Windows Server.

 

client in-band provisioning (n) -  A mechanism whereby the server (and/or admin) can configure a client in accordance with infrastructure and policy requirements. client layer (n) -  The layer that resides closest to your application, and that your application uses to communicate directly with SQL Azure. The client layer can reside on­premises in your data center, or it can be hosted in Microsoft Azure.

 

Client log off form (PN) -  The title of the Web form used to delete the client's cached cookies from the servers.

 

client logoff Web page (n) -  When Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) performs a logoff operation, a Web page that is executed to provide visual feedback to the user that the logoff has occurred.

 

client logon Web page (n) -  When AD- FS collects client credentials, a Web page that is executed to perform the user interaction.

 

Client manifest (n) -  A file with an .ismc file name extension that describes the available bit rates to Silverlight clients. It uses XML-formatting.

 

client object model (n) -  A set of APIs for SharePoint products. These APIs are based on the server object model, and can be called from clients such as desktop PCs and mobile devices.

 

client script (n) -  A script consisting of statements that appear on the HTML page. The script is executed by the browser either when the document is loaded, or in response to an event such as a button click.

 

client secret (n) -  Part of the code that allows Open Authorization (OAuth). Client secrets are linked to client IDs. You can have multiple client secrets linked to a single Client ID. client software (n) -  A program that is run on a client computer rather than on a server computer.

 

Client Statistics pane (n) -  One of the tabs that hosts the output of the client statistics information.

 

client status (n) -  A feature that monitors the health and activity of the Configuration Manager client and that can take remedial action if it is required.

 

client subscription (n) -  A subscription to a merge publication that uses the priority value of the Publisher for conflict detection and resolution.

 

Client Sync Agent (PN) -  The synchronization agent between the SQL Server database and the SQL Azure hub database.

 

client tier (n) -  In the three-tier Web application model, the application or process that requests services from the middle tier, which typically includes a Web server and business processes.

 

client type (n) -  Information that determines how a cache client functions and impacts the performance of your application. There are two client types: a simple client type and a routing client type.

 

client version filter (n) -

 

client version policy (n) -  A set of client version rules that defines the actions to be taken when users try to log on with specific clients and client versions.

 

Client Virtualization Handler (PN) -  A Click-to-Run component that is installed on a user's PC in order to enable the technology.

 

client/server architecture (n) -  A model of computing whereby client applications running on a desktop or personal computer access information on remote servers or host computers. The client portion of the application is typically optimized for user interaction, whereas the server portion provides centralized, multiuser functionality.

 

client/server computing (n) -  A model of computing whereby client applications running on a desktop or personal computer access information on remote servers or host computers. The client portion of the application is typically optimized for user interaction, whereas the server portion provides centralized, multiuser functionality. client-side image map (n) -  An image map that directly encodes in a Web page the destination URL of each hot spot in that image map. Client-side image maps do not require processing from a server when a site visitor follows the hyperlinks in the image map.

 

client-side monitoring (n) -  The monitoring perspective that receives events and statistics from end user browser sessions.

 

client-side program (n) -  A program that is run on a client computer rather than on a server computer.

 

client-side rendering (n) -  Technology that enables rendering operations to be handled by the client.

 

client-side session (n) -  The Windows PowerShell session on a user's local computer, which has the basic Windows PowerShell commands available to it.

 

Clinical Document Architecture (n) -  The standard format used to define how patient health information is transferred between systems

 

clip (v) -  To cut a photograph, drawing, or other illustration from a clip art collection— either in a book or on a disk.

 

clip (v) -  To cut off the portion of a displayed image that lies beyond a certain boundary, such as the edge of a window or a bounding box.

 

clip (n) -  A single media file, including art, sound, animation, or movies.

 

clip art (n) -  Ready-made art, often appearing as a bitmap or a combination of drawn shapes.

 

clip collection (n) -  A hierarchical organization of media clips. You can create your own clip collections, import clip collections, or add, move, or copy clips from one collection to another.

 

clip creation (n) -  The process of detecting and splitting video content into separate clips.

 

Clips are created by Windows Movie Maker when there is a significant change from one frame to another.

 

Clip Gallery (PN) -  A feature that contains a collection of clip art.

 

clipboard (n) -  The area of storage for objects, data, or their references after a user carries out a Cut or Copy command.

 

Clipboard  -  A temporary storage area in Windows. When you cut (Ctrl-X) or copy (Ctrl- C) highlighted text, documents or whatever in Windows they are sent to the clipboard; when you paste (Ctrl-V) they are copied from the clipboard to the cursor position. Sending something to the clipboard automatically overwrites its previous contents.

 

Clipboard clipping (n) -  A piece of text or other clipping that has been added to the Clipboard.

 

clipboard format (n) -  A data format that a memory object is instantiated on the clipboard.

 

clipbook (n) -  Clipboard data that is stored separately from the system clipboard. ClipBook Server (n) -  A system service that supports ClipBook Viewer, which allows pages to be seen by remote ClipBooks.

 

clip-on microphone (n) -  A microphone that can be attached by a clip.

 

clipping mask (n) -  A mask that is applied to another object, hiding the portions of the masked object which fall outside of the clipping path.

 

clipping path (n) -  A path that is applied to another object, hiding the portions of the masked object which fall outside of the clipping path.

 

CLM Audit (n) -  A Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) extended permission in Active Directory that allows the generation and display of CLM policy templates, defining management policies within a profile template, and generating CLM reports.

 

CLM credentials (n) -  User account information that can be used to authenticate a user to Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM). These credentials can be in the form of domain credentials or one-time passwords.

 

CLM Enroll (n) -  A Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) extended permission in Active Directory that allows the user to specify the workflow and the data to be collected while issuing certificates using a template. This extended permission only applies to profile templates.

 

CLM Enrollment Agent (n) -  A Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) extended permission in Active Directory that allows a user or group to perform certificate requests on behalf of another user. The issued certificate's subject will contain the target user's name, rather than the requestor's name.

 

CLM reports (n) -  Audit information pertaining to credential management activities within Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM).

 

CLM Request Unblock Smart Card (n) -  A Certificate Lifecycle Manager (CLM) extended permission in Active Directory that enables a smart card's User Personal Identification Number (PIN) to be reset, allowing access to the key material on a smart card and for that material to be re-established.

 

cloak (v) -  Protect a project from being affected by certain commands, for example, Check Out, Check In, and Undo Check Out.

 

clock (n) -  The electronic circuit in a computer that generates a steady stream of timing pulses—the digital signals that synchronize every operation. The system clock signal is precisely set by a quartz crystal, typically at a specific frequency between 1 and 50 megahertz. The clock rate of a computer is one of the prime determinants of its overall processing speed, and it can go as high as the other components of the computer allow. clock rate (n) -  The speed at which the internal clock in an electronic device oscillates. In computers, each tick (oscillation) of the clock is called a cycle, and the clock rate is measured in megahertz, or millions of cycles per second. The clock rate determines how quickly the CPU can execute basic instructions, such as adding two numbers, and it is used to synchronize the activities of various components in the system. clock setting (n) -  The time to which a clock is set.

 

clock speed (n) -  A measure of processing power, given in megahertz (MHz).

 

clock speed (n) -  The speed at which the internal clock in an electronic device oscillates.

 

In computers, each tick (oscillation) of the clock is called a cycle, and the clock rate is measured in megahertz, or millions of cycles per second. The clock rate determines how quickly the CPU can execute basic instructions, such as adding two numbers, and it is used to synchronize the activities of various components in the system.

 

clock tick (n) -  The time required for the CPU to perform the simplest instruction, such as fetching the contents of a register or performing a no-operation instruction (NOP). clock vector (n) -  A collection of clock vector elements that represents updates to a replica. Any change that occurs between 0 and the tick count is contained in the vector. clock vector element (n) -  A pair of values, consisting of a replica key and a tick count, that represents a change to a replica.

 

clone (n) -  A duplicate of any vector path or shape, but which can have different fill, stroke, or effect formatting.

 

clone (v) -  To copy or replicate the entire contents of a hard disk drive, including the operating system, configuration settings, and programs, by creating an image of the hard disk drive.

 

cloned configuration (n) -  The practice of deploying new Edge Transport servers based on the configuration information of a previously configured source server. The configuration information of the previously configured source server is copied and exported to an XML file, which is then imported to the target server. cloning (n) -  The process by which a new virtual machine is created from an existing virtual machine. The new virtual machine has the same identity as the source machine. close (v) -  To end an application's relationship with an open file so that the application will no longer be able to access the file without opening it again.

 

Close (v) -  An item on the Connect menu that closes the current window without signing the user out of Communicator.

 

Close (PN) -  The tooltip for the Close button. close (v) -  To make unavailable for use.

 

close box (n) -  In the Macintosh graphical user interface, a small box in the left corner of a window's title bar. Clicking on the box closes the window.

 

Close button (n) -  In Windows-based programs, the box that has an A— at the upper-right corner of the screen that, when clicked, closes the window.

 

close date (n) -  The date on which an opportunity is closed, either because it resulted in a sale or was unsuccessful.

 

closed (adj) -  The state in a period in which an activity cannot occur, the state of an operational process, or the status of a source document.

 

closed authenticated meeting (n) -  An authenticated-users-only meeting that is open only to users on the organizer's invite list.

 

closed campus supervision policy (n) -  E-mail policy settings that apply inbound and outbound e-mail restrictions so students can send e-mail to or receive e-mail from addresses inside the organization only. Administrators can set up organization-wide exceptions so e-mail can be sent to or from specific domains and public groups. Administrators can also configure per-user exceptions so students can send e-mail to and receive e-mail from specific addresses outside the organization.

 

closed caption (n) -  Descriptive text that represents the audio content of a television or video program as text on the screen. Captions are usually visible only if decoded or activated.

 

closed captioning (n) -  A service or feature that renders the audio content of a television or video program as text on the screen. These captions are usually visible only if decoded or activated.

 

Closed Chevron Process (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a progression, a timeline, or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow, or to emphasize movement or direction. Can be used to emphasize information in the starting shape. Works best with Level 1 text only.

 

closed content model (n) -  XML document rules that state that an element in an XML document cannot include any information that does not follow the referenced schema. closed fiscal period (n) -  The state of a fiscal period that cannot be reopened and that prevents its use as a time period classifier for account entries.

 

closed generic type (n) -  A constructed generic type that has no unspecified generic type parameters, either of its own or of any enclosing types or methods. Closed generic types can be instantiated.

 

closed path (n) -  A vector path that is closed, meaning that beginning and ending points are the same point.

 

closed shape (n) -  A shape that is surrounded by a continuous outline, such as a rectangle or circle.

 

closed visit (n) -  A visit completed before a log file stops collecting data.

 

closing (n) -  An accounting procedure that transfers the balances of the temporary owners' equity accounts to the permanent owners' equity account, which leaves the temporary accounts with zero balances.

 

closing chevron (n) -  The -» character.

 

closing curly quotation mark (n) -  The -€? character.

 

closing parenthesis (n) -  The ) character.

 

closing quotation mark (n) -  The -€? character.

 

cloud (n) -  The worldwide collection of networks and gateways that use the TCP/IP suite of protocols to communicate with one another.

 

cloud (n) -  A pool of resources which exposes a set of capacity and capabilities without revealing the actual physical backing of the resources.

 

cloud (n) -  The collection of hardware and software that enables the five essential characteristics (on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service) of cloud computing. The cloud infrastructure can be viewed as containing both a physical layer and an abstraction layer. The physical layer consists of the hardware resources that are necessary to support the cloud services being provided, and typically includes server, storage and network components. The abstraction layer consists of the software deployed across the physical layer, which manifests the essential cloud characteristics. Conceptually the abstraction layer sits above the physical layer.

 

Cloud Accelerate Program (PN) -  A component of the Cloud Partner program designed for partners that are already committed to a cloud business.

 

Cloud App Model (PN) -  An application-hosting architecture that relies on cloud-based services. Application logic and data are typically hosted on a distributed set of services on the Internet, connected through web APIs, and authenticated with server-to-server authentication technologies such as OAuth.

 

Cloud Business App (n) -  Cloud-based business application for SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint on Office 365, which is optimized for adding and managing data. cloud collection (n) -  A description for music or videos stored in the cloud that users may access from their phone. Used for Xbox Music and any other potential cloud-based media services.

 

cloud computing (n) -  A type of computing that uses groups of servers and scalable resources, generally a platform as a service and software as a service, over the Internet. cloud computing  -  Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software- as-a-Service (SaaS).

 

Cloud Deployment Program (PN) -  A component of the Cloud Partner program designed to meet the needs of partners that are deploying Office 365 to enterprise customers.

 

Cloud Essentials Pack (PN) -  A training package of the Cloud Partner program designed for partners starting to build a Microsoft Online Services business who want to try the latest cloud software, online technical support, training and other resources from Microsoft at no charge.

 

cloud library (n) -  A grouping of read-only library shares that are assigned to a private cloud and a location where self-service users of a private cloud can store virtual machines or services.

 

Cloud Migration (n) -  A type of subscription purchased by customers targeted to customers considering migration to the cloud.

 

Cloud OS (PN) -  An operating system that manages applications and hardware at the scope and scale of cloud computing. The foundations of the Cloud OS are Windows Server and Microsoft Azure, complemented by the full breadth of technology solutions, such as SQL Server, System Center and Visual Studio. Together, these technologies provide one consistent platform for infrastructure, apps and data that can span the client's datacenter, service provider datacenters, and the Microsoft public cloud. cloud resource mapping (n) -  A mapping created by an App Controller administrator with all the cloud resources.

 

cloud search service (n) -  A service that enables adding content to the search index in

 

Office 365.

 

cloud service (n) -  An instance of the Cloud Services offer that consists of packaged software programming and configuration settings and is hosted on virtual machines based on web and worker roles.

 

Cloud Services (PN) -  The Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offer in Microsoft Azure that allows customers to build powerful, scalable web applications without having to worry about managing the underlying platform issues.

 

Cloud Services Low Priority (n) -  A service type of the Cloud Services' service suitable for workloads with low priority

 

Cloud Solution Provider (PN) -  The Microsoft program that allows external partners to sell, set up, and manage Office 365 accounts for small businesses, as well as set their own terms.

 

Cloud, the  -  Remote storage via the internet, or sometimes just the internet in general. Called ‘the cloud' because you don't know where your data is physically located, it's just out there somewhere.

 

cloud-based (adj) -  Pertaining to operations that take place within the cloud.

 

CLP (n) -  The official currency of the Republic of Chile.

 

CLR (n) -  The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support.

 

CLR function (n) -  A function created against a SQL Server assembly whose

 

implementation is defined in an assembly created in the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR).

 

CLR metadata (n) -  Information that describes every element managed by the common language runtime: an assembly, loadable file, type, method, and so on. This can include information required for debugging and garbage collection, as well as security attributes, marshaling data, extended class and member definitions, version binding, and other information required by the runtime.

 

CLR stored procedure (n) -  A stored procedure created against a SQL Server assembly whose implementation is defined in an assembly created in the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR).

 

CLR trigger (n) -  A trigger created against a SQL Server assembly whose implementation is defined in an assembly created in the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR).

 

CLR user-defined type (n) -  A user-defined data type created against a SQL Server assembly whose implementation is defined in an assembly created in the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR).

 

CLS (n) -  A subset of language features supported by the common language runtime, including features common to several object-oriented programming languages. CLS- compliant components and tools are guaranteed to interoperate with other CLS-compliant components and tools.

 

CLS-compliant (adj) -  Pertaining to code that publicly exposes only language features that are in the Common Language Specification. CLS compliance can apply to classes, interfaces, components, and tools.

 

CLSID (n) -  A universally unique identifier (UUID) that identifies a COM component. Each COM component has its CLSID in the Windows registry so that it can be loaded by other applications.

 

CLSID tag (n) -  An extended HTML element that is used to describe the class of a viewable or downloadable document. It can be misused to pass dangerous attachments; EHS allows users to block this tag.

 

Club (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 # 112.

 

Club-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 # 128.

 

cluster (n) -  The smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. cluster (n) -  A group of independent computers that work together to provide a common set of services and present a single-system image to clients. The use of a cluster enhances the availability of the services and the scalability and manageability of the operating system that provides the services.

 

cluster (n) -  A group of warehouse-related work items of the same type, based on user- defined criteria (such as location and inventory number).

 

Cluster  -  Data stored on a disk is spread across a number of clusters, small physical areas on the disk. How big they are depends on the way the disk is formatted. cluster  -  process of connecting multiple servers together in order to provide greater overall system availability, performance, and capacity for your server platforms. cluster adapter (n) -  The adapter that, when using multiple network adapters in each host of a Network Load Balancing cluster, handles the network traffic for cluster operations (the traffic for all hosts in the cluster). This adapter is programmed with the host's cluster IP address.

 

cluster configuration storage location (n) -  The shared location (or shared storage location) where cluster configuration information is persisted. It can be a shared file or a database.

 

cluster continuous replication (n) -  A replication that combines the asynchronous log shipping and replay features built into Exchange 2007 with the failover and management features provided by a failover cluster that is created with the Microsoft Windows Cluster service.

 

cluster disk resource (n) -  A disk on a cluster storage device.

 

cluster log (n) -  A trace log of Cluster service events and activities on a node.

 

cluster manifest (n) -  A schematized xml document that describes the nodes forming a Windows Fabric cluster.

 

cluster network (n) -  A group of independent computers that work together to provide a common set of services and present a single-system image to clients. The use of a cluster enhances the availability of the services and the scalability and manageability of the operating system that provides the services.

 

cluster network address (n) -  The network (media access control) address for the network adapter that is to be used for handling client-to-cluster traffic in a Network Load Balancing cluster.

 

cluster node (n) -  An individual computer in a server cluster.

 

cluster ordered dither (n) -  In photography, a method of digital halftoning used to create the illusion of smooth gradation between colours.

 

cluster package (n) -  The cluster manifest and/or Windows Fabric MSI that form an atomic unit of deployment for a Windows Fabric cluster.

 

cluster port (n) -  A TCP/IP port used by the cache hosts to manage the cache cluster. The port number used for the cluster ports can be different on each cache host. These settings are maintained in the cluster configuration settings.

 

cluster quorum (n) -  A disk which contains the database which contains metadata about the cluster's members.

 

cluster repair (n) -  A repair operation in which all missing or corrupt files are replaced, all missing or corrupt registry keys are replaced and all missing or invalid configuration values are set to default values.

 

cluster resource (n) -  A internal entity that can be owned by a Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) node, brought online and taken offline, moved between nodes, and managed as a cluster object. A cluster resource can be owned by only a single node at any point in time.

 

cluster resource group (n) -  An internal collection of cluster resources managed as a single cluster object in the WSFC cluster.

 

Cluster service (n) -  The essential software component that controls all aspects of server cluster or failover cluster operation and manages the cluster configuration database. Cluster Shared Volume (PN) -  A feature that simplifies the configuration and management of Hyper-V virtual machines in failover clusters. With CSV, on a failover cluster that runs Hyper-V, multiple virtual machines can use the same disk yet fail over independently of one another. CSV provides increased flexibility for volumes in clustered storage-€”for example, it allows you to keep system files separate from data to optimize disk performance, even if the system files and the data are contained within virtual hard disk files.

 

cluster storage (n) -  Storage where one or more attached disks hold data used either by server applications running on the cluster or by applications for managing the cluster.

 

Each disk on the cluster storage is owned by only one node of the cluster. The ownership of disks moves from one node to another when the disk group fails over or moves to the other node.

 

Cluster.exe (n) -  A command-line utility that is used as an alternative to Failover Cluster Management to administer clusters from the command prompt. You can also call Cluster.exe from command scripts to automate many cluster administration tasks. cluster-aware application (n) -  An application that can run on a cluster node and that can be managed as a cluster resource. Cluster-aware applications use the Cluster API to receive status and notification information from the server cluster.

 

Cluster-Aware Updating (PN) -  A feature that automates the process of applying software updates to the nodes in a failover cluster. With Cluster-Aware Updating, a server administrator can preview and apply updates to a cluster, create a profile that standardizes the way updates are applied, and view reports of past updating runs. Cluster-Aware Updating includes a graphical interface, Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and for extensibility, a custom plug-in API.

 

clustered bar chart (n) -  A bar chart subtype that compares values across categories. clustered column chart (n) -  A column chart subtype that compares values across categories. The categories are organized horizontally, and values vertically, to emphasize variation over time.

 

clustered index (n) -  A B-tree-based index in which the logical order of the key values determines the physical order of the corresponding rows in a table. clustered instance (n) -  A group of resources in a failover cluster that are handled as a unit of failover. When the resources fail over, they fail over together in a predefined way to another node in the cluster.

 

clustered mailbox server (n) -  A mailbox server that is installed in a Windows failover cluster. A clustered mailbox server is used in both cluster continuous replication (CCR) and single copy cluster (SCC) configurations. A clustered mailbox server was called an Exchange Virtual Server in previous versions of Exchange Server.

 

clustered role (n) -  A role configured within a cluster.

 

clustered server (n) -  A server that belongs to a server cluster.

 

clustering (n) -  The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.

 

clustering (n) -  A data mining technique that analyzes data to group records together according to their location within the multidimensional attribute space. cluster-unaware application (n) -  An application that can run on a cluster node and be managed as a cluster resource but that does not support the Cluster API.

 

CLUT (n) -  When a graphic is created or edited, the user may specify a CLUT that corresponds with the needs of print, Web, or other destination media. In Web design, a specific CLUT of browser-safe colors is used to be certain graphics and designs will display consistently across different platforms and with different browsers.

 

Clutter (PN) -  The Outlook email filter that moves low priority messages out of the Inbox to the Clutter folder based on individual user preferences.

 

CM Client (n) -  A software program running on a client computer to assists in client-side, smart card management activities such as changing the personal identification number (PIN) on a smart card.

 

CMAK (n) -  A tool for creating, editing, and managing Connection Manager profiles. The Connection Manager is a client dialer.

 

cmdlet (n) -  A small, basic command, named in the form ‘verb-noun' and implemented as a .Net class that derives from a base cmdlet class.

 

Cmdlet Logging Viewer (PN) -  A feature in Exchange Admin Center (EAC) that generates a dynamic log of commands made to a server at that given point of time. Administrators can view the log to check the UI behavior, analyze or troubleshoot commands, or even run custom scripts on a server.

 

CMOS (n) -  A semiconductor technology in which pairs of metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOFSETs), one N-type and one P-type, are integrated on a single silicon chip.

 

CMOS  -  (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor; pr. ‘see-moss') A special type of memory which retains its data when the PC is switched off, used to store settings for things like what type of hard disk you have, and how much memory. The settings are accessed via the- BIOS.

 

CMR file (PN) -  A data file of products, their descriptions and prices, and action codes that add, update, or delete product data in a vendor catalog.

 

CMYK (n) -  A color model for commercial printing that produces a wide range of colors by mixing varying percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks.

 

CMYK  -  (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Keystone black )- The standard four colours used by most printers - almost any colour can be created out of these. See also- RGB.

 

CN (n) -  A naming attribute from which an object's distinguished name is formed. For most object classes, the naming attribute is the Common-Name. For example, a user object with its CN set to Jeff Smith' might have a distinguished name of ‘CN=Jeff Smith CNAME record (n) -  A type of resource record in the Domain Name System that associates a computer's true (canonical) name with any alias names also used by the computer. Some domain registrars use CNAME records to redirect or redelegate domain names.

 

CNG (n) -  A replacement of the CryptoAPI that enables support for Suite B cryptographic algorithms such as elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).

 

CNG provider (n) -  The cryptographic service provider that is used for Cryptography Next Generation (CNG).

 

CNPJ (n) -  A 14-digit identification number issued to Brazilian companies by the Brazilian Ministry of Revenue for tax purposes.

 

CNY (n) -  An official currency of the People's Republic of China.

 

COA (n) -  A label with sophisticated anti-counterfeiting features that helps the end user identify that the computer uses a validly licensed copy of Microsoft Windows. The product name and a unique product key appear in the center of the label. The OEM must physically attach the COA label to the computer chassis, and it should never be removed from the computer.

 

co-admin (n) -  A person added from within the Developer Portal by the Account Administrator or the Service Administrator who can login to the Azure Portal and manage accounts and determines security settings.

 

coalesce (v) -  To unite or merge into one.

 

COALESCE (PN) -  A function that returns the first non-null expression from a list of arguments.

 

coarse-grained lock (n) -  A lock that applies to a large amount of code or data. coated paper (n) -  Paper that has clay or other coating applied to one or both sides. co-authoring (n) -  A process by which multiple authors edit a shared document simultaneously, or collaborate effectively even when they are not online at the same time. coaxial cable (n) -  A round, flexible, two-conductor cable consisting of - from the center outwards - a copper wire, a layer of protective insulation, a braided metal mesh sleeve,

 

and an outer shield, or jacket of PVC or fire-resistant material. The shield prevents signals transmitted on the center wire from affecting nearby components and prevents external interference from affecting the signal carried on the center wire. Coaxial cable is widely used in networks. It is the same type of wiring as that used for cable television.

 

COB (n) -  A manufacturing technology that mounts an integrated circuit die directly to a circuit board. The die is electrically connected to the circuit board using wire bonding, and is then covered with a protective epoxy cover.

 

Co-Branding (PN) -  The option in the Campaign Types list that indicates that the marketing effort or promotion will be shared with another company. co-branding (n) -  The process of customizing the look and feel of a product to support marketing or promotion of another company.

 

cockpit (n) -  A tool used to view and manage certain types of computer jobs, such as data upgrade jobs during an upgrade to a new version of the program. coclass (n) -  A keyword that is used to describe a class.

 

coclass wrapper class (n) -  A flattening of all of the methods of all of the interfaces (including eventing interfaces) implemented by a given COM object.

 

COD (oth) -  A payment policy that requires payment in full for product upon delivery. COD (n) -  A method of payment by which a customer pays the freight carrier for goods when they are delivered. The freight carrier then remits the payment to the shipper.

 

COD outstanding (oth) -  Undelivered and unpaid cash-on-delivery transaction.

 

CODA (PN) -  A format for reports from the electronic banking system that is used in Belgium.

 

code (v) -  To write program instructions in a programming language.

 

code (n) -  Program instructions.

 

Code (PN) -  A free code editor and cross-platform development tool in the Visual Studio family supporting OSX, Linux, and Windows, redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.

 

Code 39 (PN) -  A barcode symbology standard maintained by American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

 

code access security (n) -  A mechanism provided by the common language runtime whereby managed code is granted permissions by security policy and these permissions are enforced, helping to limit the operations that the code will be allowed to perform. code access security (CAS) policy (n) -  A set of rules that defines security permissions for a collection of assemblies by associating attributes of those assemblies, such as location and signature, with a set of code access security permissions.

 

code analysis (n) -  The process of checking code for conformance to design guidelines. Code analysis goes beyond compilation to look for common coding and design errors determined by a set of guidelines.

 

code comment Web report (n) -  Web pages that enable you to browse the code structure within files in your current project or solution, such as objects and interfaces defined in a project.

 

code complete (n) -  A development milestone marking the point at which all features for the release are implemented and functionality has been verified against the functional specification.

 

code coverage (n) -  A technology that includes adding instructions to an existing assembly or artifact and that enables Visual Studio to monitor the code paths that are touched by a test.

 

code coverage (n) -  A metric used to describe the degree to which the source code of a program has been tested. Code coverage is expressed as a percentage of the blocks of code tested over the total blocks of code.

 

Code Definition window (n) -  A read-only editor view that displays the definition of a symbol in a code file stored in, or referenced by, the active project.

 

Code Document Object Model (PN) -  A mechanism that enables developers of programs that emit source code to generate source code in multiple programming languages at run time, based on a single model that represents the code to render.

 

code element (n) -  The minimum bit combination that can represent a unit of encoded text for processing or exchange.

 

code example (n) -  A block of sample code in documentation that is used to demonstrate a concept or process.

 

Code First (PN) -  A set of features in the Entity Framework that enables you to define a model by first creating an object model in code.

 

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. code freeze (n) -  A point at which a technical project document (requirements specification, functional specification, etc.) or developed component of the solution cannot change without significant justification and approval by key project stakeholders. code group (n) -  A logical grouping of code that has a specified condition for membership.

 

code library (n) -  In programming, a collection of routines stored in a file. Each set of

 

instructions in a library has a name, and each performs a different task.

 

code list (n) -  A set of abbreviation/explanation pairs that are used as a design-time aid to

 

providing sets of XML Schema Definition language (XSD) enumeration values.

 

code mask (n) -  The format that you define for a work breakdown structure [WBS] code

 

or a custom outline code. The mask specifies the sequence and number of letters or

 

numbers required for each level and the symbol separating the levels.

 

code metric (n) -  A software measure that provides developers better insight into the code

 

they are developing. By taking advantage of code metrics, developers can understand

 

which types and/or methods should be reworked or more thoroughly tested. Development

 

teams can identify potential risks, understand the current state of a project, and track

 

progress during software development.

 

Code Metrics Powertool for Visual Studio 2013 (n) -  Command line utility for Visual Studio 2013, which calculates code metrics for your managed code and saves them to an XML file. This tool enables teams to collect and report code metrics as part of their build process.

 

code of conduct (n) -  Rules that explain how someone should behave while using a service or product.

 

Code of Conduct (PN) -  The link to the code of conduct, which contains rules that explain how someone should behave while using a service or product.

 

code package (n) -  The collection of service packages and the configuration file combined as an atomic unit of deployment for an application.

 

code page (n) -  A table that relates the character codes (code point values) used by a program to keys on the keyboard or to characters on the display. This provides support for character sets and keyboard layouts for different countries or regions.

 

code pane (n) -  In Visual Basic for Applications, the window that is used to display, edit, and write module-level and procedure code.

 

code point (n) -  The minimum bit combination that can represent a unit of encoded text for processing or exchange.

 

code point (n) -  A numeric value that corresponds to a particular character in a set. code profiler (n) -  A software tool, implemented as a DLL, which is called by the runtime system during the execution of an image.

 

code review (n) -  The process of assessing code to improve its quality and the capabilities of the development team. Types of code review include formal review, peer-based review, and third-party review.

 

code sample (n) -  A set of program instructions that are provided as an example, typically for learning and re-use.

 

code signing (n) -  The process of adding a digital signature to additions and updates made to source code and applications published on the Internet. Code signing is intended to provide a level of security and trust to Internet software distribution.

 

code snippet (n) -  In a graphical user interface, programming instructions embedded in a menu option or button defined by the user. The snippet—consisting of one or more lines of source code—determines what the option or button does when chosen or clicked. code snippet (n) -  A small piece of programming code that is part of a larger program. Usually the code snippet performs a specific function or task.

 

code snippet (n) -  One or more lines of HTML or other code that you can save and reuse. code stub (n) -  A segment of Visual Basic code that defines the beginning and end of a procedure.

 

code value (n) -  An abbreviation used to represent textual information for properties such as country/region, state/province, and order status.

 

Code view (n) -  A window that shows the code that comprises a web page.

 

code-behind (n) -  For ASP.NET pages and XAML-based applications, code that is contained within a separate file, allowing for the separation of markup (for example, markup contained in an HTML or XAML file) from behavior that is implemented in code. code-behind class (n) -  A class that is accessed by an .aspx file, but resides in a separate file (such as a .dll or .cs file). For example, you can write a code-behind class that creates an ASP.NET custom server control, contains code that is called from an .aspx file, but does not reside within the .aspx file.

 

code-behind file (n) -  A code file containing the page class that implements the program

 

logic of a Web Forms or ASP.NET mobile Web Forms application.

 

code-behind page (n) -  A code file containing the page class that implements the program

 

logic of a Web Forms or ASP.NET mobile Web Forms application.

 

codec (n) -  Software that is used to compress or decompress a digital media file.

 

codec  -  (COmpressor/DECompressor)- A small piece of computer code that tells the

 

computer how to decode particular types of information, usually video files. If your video player won't play a particular format, you can usually download and install a codec which will tell it how from the internet.

 

coded UI test (n) -  An automated test of the user interface of an application. A coded UI test exercises user actions and validates the expected results.

 

coded Web test (n) -  A type of test that is typically created by converting an existing recorded Web test into C# or Visual Basic code.

 

CodeDOM (PN) -  A mechanism that enables developers of programs that emit source code to generate source code in multiple programming languages at run time, based on a single model that represents the code to render.

 

CodeLens (PN) -  A feature of Visual Studio 2013 previously known as Code Information Indicators to show information about the code such as method references, tests associated with a method, the last time a line of code was changed or how many times the code has been changeddirectly in the code editor.

 

coefficient of determination (n) -  A number from 0 to 1 that reveals how closely the estimated values for the trendline correspond to your actual data. A trendline is most reliable when its R-squared value is at or near 1.

 

coercion (n) -  A programmer-specified data conversion from one type to another, such as a conversion from integer to floating point.

 

COFF (n) -  A format in 32-bit programming for executable (image) and object files that is portable across platforms. The Microsoft implementation is called portable executable (PE) file format.

 

cofunctional mode set (n) -  The set of modes that are available for a particular source or target, given the constraints (for example, topology, modes pinned on other sources and targets) of a VidPN.

 

cofunctional VidPN modality (n) -  The collection of cofunctional mode sets for all the sources and targets in the topology of a VidPN.

 

COGS (n) -  An accounting category used to sum the financial consequences of manufacturing products and carrying inventory.

 

Cold (adj) -  An option on the Ratings drop-down list on the General tab that indicates that the interest of a lead or opportunity is weak.

 

cold (adj) -  Pertaining to the lowest rating of perceived interest that an account, opportunity, or lead has in a product or service.

 

cold boot (n) -  A startup process that begins with turning on the computer's power. Typically, a cold boot involves some basic hardware checking by the system, after which the operating system is loaded from disk into memory.

 

cold latency (n) -  The time that elapses when the workflow is being used for the first time and the XOML or XAML needs to be compiled.

 

cold link (n) -  A link established upon a request for data. Once the request is filled, the link is broken. The next time data is required, a link from the client to the server must be reestablished. In a client/server architecture, cold links are useful when the linked item consists of a large amount of data. Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), used in applications such as Microsoft Excel, uses cold links for data exchange.

 

cold standby (n) -  A second data center that can provide availability within hours or days.

 

cold start (n) -  A startup process that begins with turning on the computer's power. Typically, a cold boot involves some basic hardware checking by the system, after which the operating system is loaded from disk into memory.

 

collaborate (v) -  To work with other people to update or interact with content. Collaborate On (PN) -  The framework that automatically provisions SharePoint sites that are associated with business data entities. The site template used for a particular business entity type can be configured on the BDC model using business data actions.

 

collaboration (n) -  A collection of modeling elements that interact within a given context to perform an operation or a use case. The objects in a collaboration are roles describing types of objects rather than representations of the objects themselves.

 

Collaboration (PN) -  The Business subcategory containing apps to help people to collaborate on work via the Internet.

 

Collaboration Data Objects (n) -  An application programming interface (API) that allows users and applications high-level access to data objects in Exchange. CDO defines the concept of different object classes, including messages, posts, appointments, and tasks. collaboration diagram (n) -  An interaction diagram that shows, for one system event described by one use case, how a group of objects collaborate with one another. collaboration service provider (n) -  A company which provides online collaboration services (sharepoint sites, message boards, etc.) to businesses or organizations. collaborative slide (n) -  A slide on which all meeting participants can make freehand notes and drawings, type text, conduct polls, show screen shots, or display Web pages. collapse (v) -  To reduce the amount of information displayed by hiding from view the subentries within a folder, section or conversation, or a portion of text or other content within a control.

 

collapsed backbone (n) -  The wires that carry major communications traffic within a

 

network. In a local area network, a backbone may be a bus.

 

collation (n) -  A set of rules that determines how data is compared, ordered, and

 

presented.

 

collation sequence (n) -  The ordering relationship (sequence) among objects that is to be established by a collating sort.

 

Colleagues (PN) -  A privacy relationship setting that allows a medium amount of information to be viewed, typically for people in your company and for people outside your company who work with you.

 

Collect Data Through E-mail (oth) -  A feature that allows an end-user to collect data via E-mail using Access, Outlook, and InfoPath.

 

Collect On Delivery (n) -  A method of payment by which a customer pays the freight carrier for goods when they are delivered. The freight carrier then remits the payment to the shipper.

 

collected file (n) -  Any file that is copied from SMS/Configuration Manager clients during software inventory. After the files are collected from clients, they are stored on the site server.

 

collectible assembly (n) -  A transient dynamic assembly that you generate at run time by using the classes in the System.Reflection.Emit namespace, subject to certain restrictions. When you have released all references to all instances of the types in the collectible

 

assembly and to all objects that were used to create the assembly, the common language runtime unloads the assembly from memory without unloading the application domain. This is the only circumstance in which an assembly can be unloaded without unloading the application domain.

 

collection (n) -  An object that contains a set of related objects. An object's position in the collection can change whenever a change occurs in the collection; therefore, the position of any specific object in a collection may vary.

 

collection (n) -  A container for organizing clips.

 

collection (n) -  A set of resources in the Configuration Manager hierarchy.

 

collection (n) -  A type of specialized class in the .NET Framework for data storage and retrieval. These classes provide support for stacks, queues, lists, and hash tables. Most collection classes implement the same interfaces, and these interfaces may be inherited to create new collection classes that fit more specialized data storage needs.

 

collection (n) -  An export format that maintains a group of images that is generated at export.

 

collection (n) -  A customer's assemblage of digital media, including music, videos, pictures, games, and apps.

 

collection (n) -  Automatic grouping of user's photos and videos based on time and place. Collection (n) -  A set of thematically related apps, games, music tracks, videos, or other items available for purchase or download in the Store. A thematic group of editorially chosen apps and games for merchandising or marketing purposes.

 

collection editor (n) -  A nested dialog box that enables you to modify properties that are set on items in a collection.

 

Collection Evaluator (PN) -  A component that, after receiving a file change notification from SQL Monitor, assigns resources to collections according to the most recent data about the resources.

 

collection expenses fee (n) -  A fee that is charged to a customer for the collection of a bill of exchange remittance.

 

collection initializer (n) -  A sequence of object initializers that are assigned to the collection elements in the same statement in which the collection is constructed. collection interface (n) -  The interface of a collection object.

 

collection item (n) -  An instance of a collector type that is created with a specific set of input properties and collection frequency, and that is used to gather specific types of data. collection item (n) -  An item in a collection.

 

collection letter (n) -  Correspondence sent to a debtor requesting payment for a past due account.

 

collection letter fee (n) -  A fee that is attached to a collection letter and charged to the delinquent debtor.

 

collection limiting (n) -  Restricting the scope of a query. A query that is collection limited can return only resources that are in a specified collection, even if other resources in the SMS/Configuration Manager site database match the query criteria.

 

collection mode (n) -  The frequency at which data is collected and uploaded to the management data warehouse.

 

collection probe (n) -  A function that collects timing and other performance data in an

 

instrumented module.

 

collection set (n) -  A group of collection items with which a user can interact through the user interface.

 

collection-limited query (n) -  A query that is scoped to include only resources that are in a specified collection.

 

Collections (PN) -  The section of the Store that contains a selection of products presented to the customer in a group. The products may be purchased individually. collections agent (n) -  A person who works with customers to ensure that payments are collected in a timely manner.

 

collector type (n) -  A logical wrapper around the SQL Server Integration Services packages that provide the actual mechanism for collecting data and uploading it to the management data warehouse.

 

collocate (v) -  To select a partitioned table that contains related data and join with this table on the partitioning column.

 

collocation (n) -  A condition whereby partitioned tables and indexes are partitioned according to equivalent partition functions.

 

Color average tool (n) -  Tool that is used by dragging the eyedropper tool across a selection of graphics or various solid colors on a web page and thereby determining the average color spectrum.

 

color balance (n) -  A feature that lets the user change the overall color and tonal values of an image or object through three parameters: source lighting, saturation, and color balance.

 

color boost (n) -  A feature that allows the user to select a color and increase or decrease

 

the vibrancy of that color in an image.

 

color box (n) -  A set of color choices located in a workpane.

 

color burn (PN) -  A blending mode where the background colors are darkened based on the foreground colors. A black foreground color will result in black, while a white foreground color will have no effect.

 

color cast (n) -  A predominance of a color in a picture that causes the rest of the colors to look inaccurate.

 

Color Cast (PN) -  A filter that removes the color cast from a photo.

 

color category (n) -  A keyword or phrase with an associated color that helps you keep track of items, such as messages, contacts, and appointments. You can use color categories to easily find, sort, filter, or group items.

 

color channel (n) -  An image of the same size as a color image (such as a pixel) in a

 

primary color (typically red, green, blue).

 

color context (n) -  An abstraction for a color profile.

 

color depth (n) -  The number of color values that can be assigned to a single pixel in an image. Color depth can range from 1 bit (black and white) to 32 bits (over 16.7 million colors).

 

color dodge (PN) -  A blending mode in which the color channels of the background color are brightened based on the color channels in the foreground color. If the foreground color is black, then it has no effect. Anything brighter than black dodges' or ‘lightens' the background.'

 

Color Dropper (PN) -  A tool that lets you copy the screen color from one object to another.

 

color editor (n) -  An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background).

 

color gamut (n) -  The particular range of colors that a device or color model is able to produce.

 

color index (n) -  An index mode that specifies colors as indexes into a palette instead of as levels of red, green, and blue.

 

color interpolation (n) -  The specification of gradations between pairs of colors. color key (n) -  A color used for transparent or translucent effects. An overlay surface is displayed in the region of the primary surface that contains the color key. In video production, color keys are used to combine two video signals.

 

color key transparency (n) -  A method for blending texture maps so that parts appear transparent. Color key transparency accomplishes this by defining a single color as transparent.

 

color level (n) -  The intensity value of a color in an image.

 

color look-up table (n) -  When a graphic is created or edited, the user may specify a CLUT that corresponds with the needs of print, Web, or other destination media. In Web design, a specific CLUT of browser-safe colors is used to be certain graphics and designs will display consistently across different platforms and with different browsers. color map (n) -  When a graphic is created or edited, the user may specify a CLUT that corresponds with the needs of print, Web, or other destination media. In Web design, a specific CLUT of browser-safe colors is used to be certain graphics and designs will display consistently across different platforms and with different browsers.

 

color menu button (n) -  A button that drops down to expose a color palette when a user clicks it.

 

color monitor (n) -  A monitor designed to work with a video card or adapter to produce text or graphics images in color.

 

color palette (n) -  An array that contains color values identifying the colors that can currently be displayed or drawn on the output device.

 

color picker (n) -  An interface control for setting the color of a brush or the color of a property on an object (such as Background).

 

color printer (n) -  A computer printer that can print full-color output. Most color printers can also produce black-and-white output.

 

color profile (n) -  A profile that contains the data needed for translating the values of a color gamut. This data includes information about color, hue, saturation, and brightness. color ramp (n) -  A range of colors in which each color gradually blends into the next one. For example, a blue ramp gradually blends hues of blue from pure black to pure blue. color range (n) -  The range of colors available to a display device.

 

color rule (n) -  A rule that applies to fill colors for polygons, lines, and markers that represent points or polygon center points.

 

color scale (n) -  A scale that displays the results of color rules only.

 

color scheme (n) -  A predefined set of harmonized colors that you can apply to text and objects. Text and objects with an applied scheme color will change automatically when you switch to a new color scheme or modify the current color scheme.

 

color separation (n) -  A decomposed layer of a full-color image used in printing. Typical printing processes use four color separations (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) which combine together to produce the final image.

 

color separation (n) -  The process of printing the colors in a document as separate output files, each of which is to be printed using a different-colored ink. There are two types of color separation: spot color separation and process color separation.

 

color space (n) -  The three-dimensional space that is defined by a set of coordinates for representing color on devices such as monitors, scanners, and printers. For example, in the LAB color space, the colors are defined in terms of their luminance or whiteness (L), redness-greenness (A), and yellowness-blueness (B); the HVC system uses hue (H), value (V), and chroma (C). The two most common color space models are RGB and YUV. color space conversion (n) -  A technique for converting a color in one color space to another color space. Typically, this conversion is from YUV colors from a video source to RGB for display.

 

color space model (n) -  The three-dimensional space that is defined by a set of coordinates for representing color on devices such as monitors, scanners, and printers. For example, in the LAB color space, the colors are defined in terms of their luminance or whiteness (L), redness-greenness (A), and yellowness-blueness (B); the HVC system uses hue (H), value (V), and chroma (C). The two most common color space models are RGB and YUV.

 

color spectrum (n) -  Colors, as people see them, range from violet at the high-frequency end of the visible-light band to red at the low-frequency end. In PhotoDraw, the True Color spectrum is represented as a color matrix.

 

color table (n) -  When a graphic is created or edited, the user may specify a CLUT that corresponds with the needs of print, Web, or other destination media. In Web design, a specific CLUT of browser-safe colors is used to be certain graphics and designs will display consistently across different platforms and with different browsers. color transform (n) -  A resource that changes a color space by representing the color as a five-dimensional vector, where the first four values are the red, green, blue, and alpha channels of the color and the last value is 1, and multiplying it by a 5x5 matrix that represents the color transformation. The resulting five-dimensional vector contains the representation of the new color.

 

color wheel (n) -  A feature that allows the user to select a group of colors that compliment each other well, by making one click on the wheel. color-coded (adj) -  Classified or identified according to color.

 

color-space conversion (n) -  A technique for converting a color in one color space to another color space. Typically, this conversion is from YUV colors from a video source to RGB for display.

 

column (n) -  A series of items arranged vertically within some type of framework—for example, a continuous series of cells running from top to bottom in a spreadsheet, a set of lines of specified width on a printed page, a vertical line of pixels on a video screen, or a set of values aligned vertically in a table or matrix.

 

column (n) -  The area in each row of a database table that stores the data value for some attribute of the object modeled by the table.

 

column area (n) -  The part of PivotTable view that contains column fields.

 

column binding (n) -  The binding of an Analysis Services object to a column in a data source view.

 

column break (n) -  A special symbol that breaks a column when inserted into a document. It ends the current column and starts the next column.

 

column building block (n) -  A worksheet template that contains headings for report columns as well as codes to define the type of information in a column, such as reporting periods and calculations. One of the three Management Reporter building blocks. column chart (n) -  A graph that uses vertical bars to show data changes over a period of time or illustrate comparisons among items.

 

column definition (n) -  A worksheet template that contains headings for report columns as well as codes to define the type of information in a column, such as reporting periods and calculations. One of the three Management Reporter building blocks.

 

column delimiter (n) -  A character which separates columns from each other in the CSV file being imported/exported.

 

column field (n) -  A field that's assigned a column orientation in a PivotTable report.

 

Items associated with a column field are displayed as column labels.

 

column filter (n) -  A filter that restricts columns that are to be included as part of a

 

snapshot, transactional, or merge publication.

 

column graph (n) -  A graph that uses vertical bars to show data changes over a period of time or illustrate comparisons among items.

 

column guide (n) -  A vertical layout guide that is used to divide a publication page into two or more columns.

 

column heading (n) -  A standard Windows control that can be used to provide interactive column titles for a list.

 

Column Labels (PN) -  An area in the layout section of a PivotTable field list to which fields can be added in order to display fields as columns at the top of the report.

 

Column Options (n) -  A dialog for specifying columns and sort order to display in a result list.

 

column ordinal (n) -  A number that represents the position of the column in a set of columns. So, if a table has 3 columns, named Name, Address, and Zip, in that order, their ordinals are 0, 1, and 2.

 

Column Pattern Profile (PN) -  A report containing a set of regular expressions that cover the specified percentage of values in a string column.

 

column restriction (n) -  A code in a column definition that restricts or suppresses the data in a column, such as row formatting, details, and amounts.

 

column selector (n) -  The horizontal bar at the top of a column. You can click a column selector to select an entire column in the query design grid or the filter design grid. column set (n) -  An untyped XML representation that combines all the sparse columns of a table into a structured output.

 

column type (n) -  A value in a column definition that identifies the type of information that is displayed in that column, such as descriptive text, a calculation, financial dimensions, or an accounting attribute.

 

column worksheet (n) -  A worksheet template that contains headings for report columns as well as codes to define the type of information in a column, such as reporting periods and calculations. One of the three Management Reporter building blocks.

 

column-level collation (n) -  Supporting multiple collations in a single instance. column-level constraint (n) -  A constraint definition that is specified within a column definition when a table is created or altered.

 

Columns Grid (PN) -  An editable grid structure in the Table Designer that lists the columns of a table and additional information about each column. columnstore index (n) -  Stores each column in a separate set of disk pages rather than storing multiple rows per page.

 

COM (n) -  An object-based programming model designed to promote software interoperability; it allows two or more applications or components to easily cooperate with one another, even if they were written by different vendors, at different times, in different programming languages, or if they are running on different computers running different operating systems.

 

COM add-in (n) -  A supplemental program with the filename extension .dll or .exe that extends the capabilities of a program by adding custom commands and specialized features.

 

COM callable wrapper (n) -  A proxy object generated by the common language runtime so that existing COM applications can use managed classes, including .NET Framework classes, transparently.

 

COM class (n) -  A concrete implementation of one or more COM interfaces. COM objects are instances of COM classes.

 

COM interop (n) -  A service that enables .NET Framework objects to communicate with COM objects.

 

COM object (n) -  An instance of a COM class.

 

COM port (n) -  A serial communications port used to connect a device, such as a modem, printer, or mobile device, to a computer.

 

COM+ (n) -  An extension of the COM (Component Object Model) programming architecture that includes a run-time or execution environment and extensible services, including transaction services, security, load balancing, and automatic memory management.

 

combination chart (n) -  A chart that uses two or more chart types to emphasize that the chart contains different kinds of information, often with different y axes. combination class (n) -  A feature in Service Manager that is used mostly in reports and in views to display information from multiple classes that are defined in Service Manager. combination view (n) -  A view containing two views. The bottom pane view shows detailed information about the tasks or resources in the top pane view. For example, the Gantt Chart view could be in the top pane and the Task Form view in the bottom pane. combinator (n) -  A method used to map a source image to a target image. This method uses the weighted average of the four nearest source pixels to define a target pixel. combine (v) -  To join two or more paths in various ways depending on the combine option chosen.

 

combine (v) -  To group together multiple windows of the same application under a single button on the taskbar's taskband.

 

combined worksheet link (n) -  A worksheet link that combines references to cells in an external worksheet file into the same link column that is used in a report to link to accounts or dimensions.

 

combining character (n) -  A character, such as diacritic, that has no meaning by itself, but overlaps a base character to modify it.

 

combo box (n) -  A standard Windows control that combines text box and list box functions.

 

combo box control (n) -  A standard Windows control that combines text box and list box functions.

 

combo chart (n) -  A chart that uses two or more chart types to emphasize that the chart contains different kinds of information, often with different y axes.

 

Comedy (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 # 57.

 

Comfy Cakes (n) -  A game that is part of the Purble Place game that allows the player to make a cake.

 

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

 

Coming soon (PN) -  The collection title for items that will be in the store shortly. comma (n) -  The , character.

 

comma delimited file (n) -  A data file consisting of fields and records, stored as text, in which the fields are separated from each other by commas.

 

comma-delimited file (n) -  A data file consisting of fields and records, stored as text, in which the fields are separated from each other by commas.

 

command (n) -  An instruction to a computer program that, when issued by the user, causes an action to be carried out. Commands are usually either typed at the keyboard or chosen from a menu.

 

command (n) -  An instruction sent via mobile phone to perform a certain action on Windows Live, such as updating a status message, or to retrieve information, such as a list of the day's events).

 

command bar control (n) -  A built-in or custom control on a menu bar, toolbar, menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. Custom controls you can add to command bars include buttons, edit boxes, drop-down list boxes, and pop-up controls, which display a menu or submenu.

 

command buffer (n) -  An area in memory in which commands entered by the user are kept. A command buffer can enable the user to repeat commands without retyping them completely, edit past commands to change some argument or correct a mistake, undo commands, or obtain a list of past commands.

 

command button (n) -  A standard system control that initiates a command.

 

command holder (n) -  A logical container for registered Visual Studio commands on toolbars and in context menus.

 

command language (n) -  The set of keywords and expressions that are accepted as valid by the command interpreter.

 

command line (n) -  A string of text written in the command language and passed to the command interpreter for execution.

 

command line deployment tool (n) -  A tool used to add, remove, import and export assemblies, import and export bindings, and install or uninstall assemblies from the global assembly cache (GAC).

 

command line interface (n) -  A form of interface between the operating system and the user in which the user types commands, using a special command language. Although systems with command-line interfaces are usually considered more difficult to learn and use than those with graphical interfaces, command-based systems are usually programmable; this gives them flexibility unavailable in graphics-based systems that do not have a programming interface.

 

command notification (n) -  A notification channel that allows the user or administrator to run an executable program automatically in response to an alert.

 

command prompt (n) -  An interface between the operating system and the user in which the user types command language strings of text that are passed to the command interpreter for execution.

 

command prompt window (n) -  A window that mimics an old MS-DOS display for typing command-line instructions.

 

command relationship (n) -  Provides instructions to hardware based on natural-language questions or commands.

 

command timeout (n) -  The amount of time allotted for executing a command against the database, which when reached causes an error message to be generated and displayed in the Web browser.

 

Command window (n) -  A window that is used to execute commands or aliases directly in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). You can execute both menu commands and commands that do not appear on any menu.

 

command-line interface (n) -  A form of interface between the operating system and the user in which the user types commands, using a special command language. Although systems with command-line interfaces are usually considered more difficult to learn and use than those with graphical interfaces, command-based systems are usually programmable; this gives them flexibility unavailable in graphics-based systems that do not have a programming interface.

 

command-line program (n) -  A program that runs from the command line.

 

command-line tool (n) -  A program that runs from the command line.

 

comma-separated file (n) -  A data file consisting of fields and records, stored as text, in which the fields are separated from each other by commas.

 

comma-separated value file (n) -  A data file consisting of fields and records, stored as text, in which the fields are separated from each other by commas. comma-separated values file (n) -  A data file consisting of fields and records, stored as text, in which the fields are separated from each other by commas. comment (n) -  Text embedded in a program for documentation purposes. Most programming languages have a syntax for creating comments so that they can be recognized and ignored by the compiler or assembler.

 

comment (n) -  A note or annotation that an author or reviewer adds to a document.

 

comment (n) -  A contribution or feedback left by someone viewing content on a site. Someone who views a space, photos, or files can leave a comment, if permissions allow it. comment block (n) -  A specifically formatted chunk of textual information on a piece of code.

 

comment hint (n) -  A visual indicator that denotes the presence of a comment and opens the comment when clicked.

 

comment mark (n) -  A mark inserted in a document to show where a comment has been added.

 

Comments (PN) -  A field in a Business Contact Manager for Outlook record that enables the user to write notes about the Account, Business Contact, Opportunity, or Business Project.

 

Comments pane (PN) -  A pane beside the document that displays all comments made in the document.

 

Commerce application (n) -  A Commerce Server application is a logical representation of an application in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS); it appears in both Commerce Server Manager and the IIS console trees. In the IIS console tree an application is either at the root directory level of the Web site or at a subdirectory level of the Web site.

 

Commerce Module (n) -  An extension to the ASP.NET HTTP module framework. Commerce Modules are responsible for initializing run-time services specific to .NET- based Commerce Server applications. Commerce Modules are derived from the Microsoft.CommerceServer.Runtime.CommerceModule base class. A Commerce Module is an HTTP module.

 

Commerce Server application (n) -  A Commerce Server application is a logical representation of an application in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS); it appears in both Commerce Server Manager and the IIS console trees. In the IIS console tree an application is either at the root directory level of the Web site or at a subdirectory level of the Web site.

 

Commerce Server Class Library (n) -  A collection of classes, interfaces, and value types that are included in the Commerce Server .NET Application Framework. This library provides access to run-time Commerce Server functionality and is designed to be the foundation on which .NET-based Commerce Server applications, components, and controls are built.

 

Commerce Server Configuration Wizard (n) -  The Commerce Server wizard used to configure Commerce Server security, such as assigning domain user accounts and their corresponding passwords for Commerce Server services, and for configuring the Administration and Direct Mailer databases.

 

Commerce Server Direct Mailer (n) -  A Commerce Server global resource that sends personalized e-mail messages from a Web page, or non-personalized mailings from a flat text file, to large groups of recipients. It processes lists of recipients, constructs personalized message bodies from either Web pages or static files, and sends the mail message to the recipients. Use Commerce Server Manager to configure and manage Direct Mailer, and to specify the database connection string to the Direct Mailer database. Commerce Server Manager (n) -  A system administration tool that you use to manage and configure Commerce Server resources, sites, applications, and Web servers.

 

Commerce Server Setup installs it automatically when you perform a Web Server or Complete installation, or when you select the Administration Tools feature during a Custom installation. The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) hosts Commerce Server Manager.

 

Commerce Server site (n) -  A collection of site resources and ASP or ASP.NET-based applications that use these resources through the Commerce Server object model. With a Commerce Server site, you can administer the applications in the site as a group. Commerce Server Starter Site (n) -  A set of Commerce Server features that are pre­configured and bundled into a package file. The package file is designed to be unpacked and then customized to meet the needs of your organization

 

commercial @ (n) -  The separator between account names and domain names in Internet e-mail addresses.

 

COMMERCIAL AT (n) -  The separator between account names and domain names in Internet e-mail addresses.

 

commercial press (n) -  A high volume printing machine capable of creating full-colour publications or other printed pieces.

 

commercial printing (n) -  The process of producing copies of documents, publications, or images in high volume.

 

commercial unit (n) -  A Surface unit that is optimized to use in a user environment (or venue). A commercial unit does not include the software that is required to develop applications by using the Surface SDK, such as Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition.

 

commission (n) -  The amount, usually a percentage of the sales amount, paid to the salesperson making the sale.

 

commission offset (n) -  An interim method of recording commission until payment for the sale is actually collected and paid to the salesperson.

 

commit (n) -  An operation that saves all changes to databases, cubes, or dimensions made since the start of a transaction.

 

Commit Preview (PN) -  The title of a window that displays actions to be taken during the commit operation.

 

commitment (n) -  The memory manager's current systemwide total of memory pages that have been committed to either physical memory or a page file. commitment (n) -  A promise or obligation to perform an activity in the future. commitment accounting (n) -  A practice of recording the financial consequences of budget fund reservation accounting events in pre-encumbrance and encumbrance journal accounts for financial and management reporting and analysis.

 

committed budget (n) -  The amount of money allocated for a certain project or resource. committed cost (n) -  A commitment made by a legal entity to incur a cost when a future obligation comes due.

 

committed memory (n) -  The number of bytes that have been allocated by processes, and to which the operating system has committed a RAM page frame or a page slot in the page file (or both).

 

committed resource (n) -  A resource that is formally allocated to any task assignments they have within a project.

 

commodity (n) -  Interchangeable products with no physical differentiation that are supplied by multiple vendors.

 

commodity channel index formula (n) -  A formula that calculates the mean deviation of the daily average price of a commodity from the moving average. A value above 100 indicates that the commodity is overbought, and a value below -100 indicates that the commodity is oversold.

 

commodity code hierarchy (n) -  A category hierarchy that orders categories that are created from commodity codes.

 

commodity pricing (n) -  A pricing strategy for updating the price of sales items produced from commodities subject to frequent price changes.

 

common gateway interface (n) -  A server-side interface for initiating software services. For example, a set of interfaces that describe how a Web server communicates with software on the same computer. Any software can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard.

 

common groups (n) -  Groups that appear in the program list on the Start menu for all users who log on to the computer. Only administrators can create or change common groups.

 

Common Information Model (n) -  The model that describes how to represent real-world managed objects. CIM uses an object-oriented paradigm, where managed objects are modeled using the concepts of classes and instances. The CIM is divided into the metamodel and the standard schema. The metamodel describes what types of entities make up the schema. It also defines how these entities can be combined into objects that represent real-world devices.

 

Common Intermediate Format (n) -  A video format that has 352 pixels by 288 lines and 30 fps.

 

Common Intermediate Language (n) -  A language used as the output of a number of compilers and as the input to a just-in-time (JIT) compiler. The common language runtime includes a JIT compiler for converting the language to native code.

 

Common Labels (n) -  A label for the frequently-used labels that users assign to their photos. This appears in the Library Preview Pane when multiple photos are selected. Common Language Infrastructure (n) -  A specification describing how applications written in multiple high-level languages may be executed in different system environments without the need to rewrite the applications to take into consideration the unique characteristics of those environments.

 

common language runtime (n) -  The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support. common language runtime host (n) -  An unmanaged application that uses a set of APIs, called the hosting interfaces, to integrate managed code into the application. Common language runtime hosts often require a high degree of customization over the runtime that is loaded into the process.

 

Common Language Runtime support (n) -  The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support.

 

Common Language Specification (n) -  A subset of language features supported by the common language runtime, including features common to several object-oriented programming languages. CLS-compliant components and tools are guaranteed to interoperate with other CLS-compliant components and tools.

 

Common Log File System (PN) -  A general-purpose logging service that can be used by software clients running in user-mode or kernel-mode.

 

common model (n) -  The second layer of the CIM schema, which includes a series of domain-specific but platform-independent classes. The domains are systems, networks, applications, and other management-related data. The common model is derived from the core model.

 

common name (n) -  A naming attribute from which an object's distinguished name is formed. For most object classes, the naming attribute is the Common-Name. For example, a user object with its CN set to Jeff Smith' might have a distinguished name of ‘CN=Jeff Smith

 

common object file format (n) -  A format in 32-bit programming for executable (image) and object files that is portable across platforms. The Microsoft implementation is called portable executable (PE) file format.

 

common parameter (n) -  A parameter that is added to all cmdlets and advanced functions by the Windows PowerShell engine.

 

Common RSS Data Store (n) -  A common data store which provides a single location where applications can access content that has been downloaded to the PC via RSS, including text, pictures, audio, calendar events, documents and just about anything else. All applications will have access to this content for creating rich user experiences. Common RSS Feed List (n) -  A feature of Windows which maintains a common list of the user's subscriptions across all applications. This allows the user to subscribe to a feed once and have all RSS-enabled applications able to access the common list to view the subscriptions.

 

common script (n) -  In database unit testing, one of the following scripts: TestInitialize or TestCleanup.

 

Common Structure Services (PN) -  The mechanism in Team Foundation for describing a feature hierarchy.

 

Common Table Expression (PN) -  A temporary result set that is defined within the execution scope of a single SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or CREATE VIEW statement, similar to a derived table in that it is not stored as an object and lasts only for the duration of the query but different from a derived table, as possibly being self- referencing and referenced multiple times in the same query.

 

common type system (n) -  The specification that determines how the common language runtime defines, uses, and manages types.

 

communicates relationship (n) -  In a use case diagram, a relationship that defines how an actor participates in a use case. You can add an arrow to the relationship to indicate the direction the information flows.

 

communication channel (n) -  A medium for transferring information. Depending on its type, a communications channel can carry information (data, sound, and/or video) in either analog or digital form. A communications channel can be a physical link, such as the cable connecting two stations in a network, or it can consist of some electromagnetic transmission on one or more frequencies within a bandwidth in the electromagnetic spectrum, as in radio and television, or in optical, microwave, or voice-grade

 

communication.

 

Communication History (n) -  The section, located on the Business Contact Manager menu, that tracks interactions with customers by linking items to records.

 

Communication History folder (n) -  A folder, accessible from the Business Contact Manager menu, that contains all communication history items and the records they are linked to.

 

communication history item (n) -  An item such as an appointment, business note, e-mail message, file, or task that is linked to an Account, Business Contact, Opportunity, or Business Project.

 

communication pathway (n) -  An established connection between two endpoints, each on separate servers or zones. The connection may additionally be configured with appropriate communication protocols.

 

communication pattern (n) -  A property that determines whether the communication on the port is one-way or two-way (request-response).

 

communication preferences (n) -  A product's settings that enable customers to determine how people who also use the product may interact with them.

 

communication settings (n) -  Operating parameters, such as bits per second (bps) and modem type, that apply to serial ports on a computer.

 

communications channel (n) -  A medium for transferring information. Depending on its type, a communications channel can carry information (data, sound, and/or video) in either analog or digital form. A communications channel can be a physical link, such as the cable connecting two stations in a network, or it can consist of some electromagnetic transmission on one or more frequencies within a bandwidth in the electromagnetic spectrum, as in radio and television, or in optical, microwave, or voice-grade

 

communication.

 

communications language (n) -  The language chosen by a company in which they want to receive e-mail messages and other business communications from Microsoft. communications link (n) -  The connection between computers that enables data transfer. communications port (n) -  A serial communications port used to connect a device, such as a modem, printer, or mobile device, to a computer.

 

communications protocol (n) -  A set of rules or standards designed to enable computers to connect with one another and to exchange information with as little error as possible. The protocol generally accepted for standardizing overall computer communications is a seven-layer set of hardware and software guidelines known as the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model. A somewhat different standard, widely used before the OSI model was developed, is IBM's SNA (Systems Network Architecture). The word protocol is often used, sometimes confusingly, in reference to a multitude of standards affecting different aspects of communication, such as file transfer (for example, XMODEM and ZMODEM), handshaking (for example, XON/XOFF), and network transmissions (for example, CSMA/CD).

 

communications server (n) -  The server through which Communicator connects with other users.

 

communications service (n) -  The program that runs the server through which Communicator connects with other users.

 

Communicator (n) -  A enterprise instant messaging (IM) client that integrates IM, presence awareness, and telephony. Communicator users can simultaneously control multiple modes of communication, including IM, video conferencing, telephony, application sharing, and file transfer.

 

Communicator 2005 (n) -  The short product name, including version, for second and subsequent use.

 

Communicator call (n) -  A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call that is routed to all of a contact's devices that are running Office Communicator 2007. A contact can receive a Communicator call on his or her computer or on a telephony device that is configured for Office Communicator 2007.

 

Communicator Tour (n) -  Initial experience tour that describes Communicator concepts, features, and usage.

 

Communicator Web Access Manager (n) -  A product that allows you to manage a Communicator Web Access services from a computer on which the MMC has been installed.

 

community (n) -  The collective of people who interact through or use online resources. Community (PN) -  A site template that is designed to create an online community where people come together to share ideas or get answers to their questions.

 

Community Basic (PN) -  One of five support levels for SharePoint solutions provided by the third party development community. It is the second in order from lowest to highest level of support.

 

Community Limited (PN) -  One of five support levels for SharePoint solutions provided by the third party development community. It is the first in order from lowest to highest level of support.

 

community name (n) -  A name that identifies groups of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) hosts. This name is placed in SNMP messages that are sent between SNMP-managed devices such as servers running Windows Server 2003 and SNMP management stations. Typically, all hosts belong to Public, which is the standard name for a common community of all SNMP hosts.

 

Community Platinum (PN) -  One of five support levels for SharePoint solutions provided by the third party development community. It is the fifth in order from lowest to highest level of support.

 

Community Premium (PN) -  One of five support levels for SharePoint solutions provided by the third party development community. It is the fourth in order from lowest to highest level of support.

 

community representative (n) -  A role that is similar to the customer service role, with the addition of being able to manage public conversations enabled and with the following permissions: organization read, BU append, BU append to, and user delete.

 

Community Standard (PN) -  One of five support levels for SharePoint solutions provided by the third party development community. It is the third in order from lowest to highest level of support.

 

community technology preview (n) -  Unsupported, prerelease software intended to make the latest working build of a particular product available to developers.

 

COMP-1 (n) -  A 4-byte, single precision, floating-point Real data type that specifies internal floating-point items. The sign is contained in the first bit of the leftmost byte, and the exponent is contained in the remaining seven bits of that byte. The remaining three bytes hold the mantissa.

 

COMP-2 (n) -  An 8-byte, double precision, floating-point Real data type that specifies internal floating-point items. The sign is contained in the first bit of the leftmost byte, and the exponent is contained in the remaining seven bits of the first byte. The remaining seven bytes hold the mantissa.

 

COMP-3 (n) -  A packed decimal data type that specifies internal decimal items stored in packed decimal format. In the packed decimal format, each byte in a field represents two numeric digits except for the rightmost byte. The rightmost byte holds one digit and the sign.

 

compact (v) -  To reduce the size of a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk by

 

removing unused space from the .vhd file.

 

compact disc (n) -  An optical storage medium for digital data.

 

Compact Disc File System (n) -  A 32-bit protected-mode file system that controls access to the contents of CD-ROM drives.

 

compact disc player (n) -  A device that reads the information stored on a compact disc. A compact disc player contains the optical equipment necessary for reading a disc's contents and the electronic circuitry for interpreting the data as it is read.

 

compact disc read-only memory (n) -  A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics instead of magnetic means for reading data. compact disc-recordable (n) -  A type of CD-ROM that can be written (only once) on a CD recorder and read on a CD-ROM drive.

 

compact disc-rewritable (n) -  A type of CD on which files can be copied, erased, and replaced.

 

compact row axis (n) -  A feature that enables the user to compact or collapse rows when viewing several levels of data.

 

CompactFlash card (n) -  A memory card that is supported by many types of devices. It is larger than a secure digital card.

 

compaction (n) -  The process of gathering and packing the currently allocated regions of memory or auxiliary storage into as small a space as possible, so as to create as much continuous free space as possible.

 

company (n) -  The parent business unit of a reporting entity within an organization. Company business units define company groups within an enterprise organization structure.

 

Company (n) -  In the Add a Contact Wizard, this is one of the fields by which you can search for a contact.

 

company (n) -  A commercial organization or a small business.

 

Company (n) -  A privacy relationship setting that allows a medium amount of information to be viewed, typically for people in your company and for people outside your company who work with you.

 

company app (n) -  The apps or hubs provided by a company that users can install on their phones once they have enrolled in a company account.

 

company chain (n) -  A group of companies that are under the same ownership and management.

 

company definition (n) -  Information about a company that is used to create a report. company hub (n) -  A line of business (LOB) app hub where enterprise customers can feature and distribute developed, packaged, and privately signed apps to their employees. company information (n) -  Information specified by an external account or contact. company knowledge (n) -  An editable field of a rule or monitor in which you can capture any relevant information about the required steps to resolve an alert that was raised by the rule or monitor.

 

Company Knowledge Base (n) -  A field which specifies the company-provided knowledge base information associated with the rule group. This field is available only if there is company-provided knowledge base information associated with the rule group. company network (n) -  A network of computers, printers, and other devices located within a relatively limited area (for example, a building). A LAN enables any connected device to interact with any other on the network.

 

company phone (PN) -  The main telephone number of a company. Not the same as an individual's work phone.

 

company reference (n) -  Someone within a company who can verify the status of the company or the status of someone else as an employee of the company. compa-ratio (n) -  The ratio of fixed pay rate to the grade midpoint (or control point) in graded compensation plans. The ratio is used as a measure of how well an employee is paid relative to the grade structure. The ratio is calculated by dividing the fixed pay rate by the midpoint; for example, an employee with a compa-ratio of less than 1.0 is paid less than the range midpoint. Compensation plans are typically designed so that the average fixed pay rate of all employees at a given grade equals the midpoint of the range. comparator (n) -  A device for comparing two items to determine whether they are equal. In electronics, for example, a comparator is a circuit that compares two input voltages and indicates which is higher.

 

compare (v) -  To check two items, such as words, files, or numeric values, so as to determine whether they are the same or different. In a program, the outcome of a compare operation often determines which of two or more actions is taken next.

 

Compare (PN) -  A feature in the Clock app that allows the user to input any time and see it converted to the equivalent time in another time zone.

 

Compare times (PN) -  A feature in the Clock app that allows the user to input any time and see it converted to the equivalent time in another time zone. comparer (n) -  A function used for controlling the comparison in search. comparison criteria (n) -  A set of search conditions that is used to find data. Comparison criteria can be a series of characters that you want to match, such as Northwind Traders comparison evaluator (n) -  A filter that compares a device capability name to a value. compartment (n) -  An abstraction (not a specific storage location) that consists of one or more isolated storage files, called stores, which contain the actual directory locations where data is stored. Any kind of data can be saved in the store. compatibility (n) -  The degree to which a computer, an attached device, a data file, or a program can work with or understand the same commands, formats, or language as another. True compatibility means that any operational differences are invisible to people and programs alike.

 

compatibility (n) -  In reference to software, harmony on a task-oriented level among computers and computer programs.

 

compatibility (n) -  The extent to which a web site or web page displays as the designer expects from one browser to the next.

 

Compatibility Administrator (PN) -  A tool that enables you to create and deploy compatibility fixes, compatibility modes, and AppHelp messages, to resolve your compatibility issues.

 

compatibility checker (n) -  A function that verifies the technology is compatible with the target browser.

 

Compatibility Checker (PN) -  A feature that identifies elements in your file that aren't supported or will behave differently in a different format or previous version of the product.

 

compatibility evaluator (n) -  A command-line program launched by ACT Data Collector and configured by the user through the data collection package (DCP) settings to collect and process your application information. Each evaluator performs a set of functions, providing a specific type of information to ACT. A compatibility evaluator may run immediately and exit or it may continue to monitor system activity throughout the duration of time configured by the user.

 

compatibility fix (n) -  A small piece of code that intercepts API calls from applications, transforming them so that Windows Vista will provide the same product support for the application as previous versions of the operating system.

 

compatibility mode (n) -  A feature of a computer or operating system that allows it to run programs written for a different system.

 

compatibility mode (n) -  A group of compatibility fixes found to resolve many common app compatibility issues.

 

Compatibility Report (PN) -  A tool that checks for issues that might prevent a document from displaying or printing properly in current and previous versions of Microsoft Office for Windows and Mac.

 

compatibility solution (n) -  The solution to a known compatibility issue, as entered by the user, Microsoft, or a vendor.

 

compatibility switching (n) -  The process of reverting to legacy code when Windows detects that an application needs it to run seamlessly for the end user.

 

Compatibility View (PN) -  A view mode in Internet Explorer that determines whether content is rendered as if users were viewing it in a previous version of Internet Explorer. compatible (adj) -  Pertaining to a product that can work with or is equivalent to another product.

 

Compatible  -  Compatible pieces of equipment can work together; incompatible ones can't.

 

compelling (adj) -  Persuasive, convincing, or attractive.

 

compensating ingredient (n) -  A type of ingredient in a formula whose quantities can be adjusted. This adjustment is based on the difference between the quantities of active ingredient that are estimated and the quantities of active ingredient inventory batches that are reserved based on the potency of active ingredient.

 

compensation (n) -  A group of actions designed to undo or mitigate the effect of a committed transaction.

 

compensation (n) -  Direct or indirect monetary and nonmonentary rewards in exchange for services rendered, or an award for damages sustained by an injury or by the violation of a contract.

 

compensation level (n) -  An internal ordered classification that differentiates levels of pay within a compensation structure.

 

competency (n) -  A recognized level of expertise within a given technical and/or business area.

 

competency toolkit (n) -  A set of the tools relevant to a Microsoft Competency. competition (n) -  Businesses that sell similar products or services and compete for the same customer segment.

 

Competition Tracker (PN) -  A business application that tracks details and news about competitors and compares one's key products with those of competitors. competitor (n) -  An entity that sells similar products or services and competes for the same customer segment.

 

Competitor Win Loss (PN) -  A report in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM user interface that provides a table showing each competitor, the number of open opportunities and closed opportunities against each competitor, and the percentage and ratio of won and lost opportunities.

 

compiland (n) -  The basic unit of compilation or translation. A project usually consists of several compilands (for example, .c and .cpp files) that are compiled to produce a corresponding object file. See also function.

 

compilation error (n) -  An error which occurs while compiling an application. These compilation errors typically occur because syntax was entered incorrectly. compile (v) -  To translate all the source code of a program from a high-level language into object code prior to execution of the program.

 

compile time (n) -  The amount of time required to perform a compilation of a program. Compile time can range from a fraction of a second to many hours, depending on the size and complexity of the program, the speed of the compiler, and the performance of the hardware.

 

compile time (n) -  The point at which a program is being compiled (i.e., most languages evaluate constant expressions at compile time but evaluate variable expressions at run time).

 

compiled binary file (n) -  An Access 2007 database (.accdb) file with all modules compiled and all editable source code removed.

 

compiled query (n) -  A query that has been pre-compiled and cached for the future reuse. compiler  -  A software-development tool that translates high-level language programs into the machine-language instructions that a particular processor can understand and execute.

 

compiler option (n) -  An option that is set in the development environment before a file is compiled.

 

compiler warning (n) -  A warning that is issued due to a compiler problem.

 

compile-time error (n) -  An error in a script that occurs if you mistype a keyword, forget to close a multi-line command (such as DO ... LOOP), or introduce a similar mistake. If a script includes a compile-time error, the script will not execute and an error message is displayed as soon as the browser or server processes the page. Also called a syntax error. complementary colors (n) -  Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as yellow and blue.

 

complete database restore (n) -  A restore of a full database backup, the most recent differential database backup (if any), and the log backups (if any) taken since the full database backup.

 

Complete PC Backup (n) -  A tool in Windows Vista that backs up the entire computer (OS, settings, and files).

 

Complete PC Restore (n) -  A tool in Windows Vista that restores the entire computer (OS, settings, and files).

 

Complete the merge (oth) -  The heading for the last Mail Merge step, which allows the user to select how the merged publication or letters are produced.

 

completed (adj) -  The state of having reached the normal or expected end to a program or process.

 

completed contract (n) -  A type of assessment principle that specifies that revenue and costs are recognized when contract activity is completed.

 

completed percentage (n) -  A type of assessment principle that specifies that revenue and costs are recognized while work progresses.

 

completed state (n) -  The state of a workflow instance that has finished processing and accepts no future input, such as messages. A user, when terminating or canceling an instance, completes the workflow.

 

complex event processing (n) -  The continuous and incremental processing of event streams from multiple sources based on declarative query and pattern specifications with near-zero latency.

 

complex network (n) -  A type of operations network in which simultaneous operations take place or in which operations overlap, are contingent on each other, or have other complex relationships.

 

complex number (n) -  A number in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i = sqrt(-1) , so that bi is imaginary unless b = 0.

 

complex object (n) -  An instance of a complex type that exists within an object context. complex script (n) -  A language whose characters require ligation or shaping, such as a right-to-left language (Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Urdu) or certain South Asian languages.

 

complex transition (n) -  In a statechart or activity diagram, a relationship between multiple source and/or target states or action states.

 

complex type (n) -  A composite type that represents a non-scalar property of an entity

 

type, which enables scalar properties to be organized within entities.

 

complex type (n) -  An element that can contain other elements or attributes and appears as <complexType> in an XML document.

 

compliance (n) -  The adherence to stated standards.

 

compliance (n) -  Meeting an organization's various obligations, which may arise from laws, regulations, rules, and many other legal instruments, such as court judgments, litigation, and even contracts. Specific and important examples of these obligations include the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and the California Law on Notice of Security Breach, formerly known as SB-1386. These regulatory obligations may be created by many sources, such as national and local governments and from industry-specific oversight groups, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. Compliance Administrator (n) -  The role responsible for setting up and maintaining product compliance.

 

compliance officer (n) -  Person responsible for ensuring that an organization complies with the various regulations and standards that are imposed by government and other regulatory bodies.

 

Compliance Settings (n) -  A Configuration Manager feature that allows administrators to define, monitor, and remediate noncompliance.

 

Compliance Settings Manager (n) -  A security role that grants permissions to administrative users so that they can define and monitor Compliance Settings.

 

Compliance Settings Manager role (n) -  A security role that grants permissions to define and monitor compliance by using the Desired Configuration Compliance feature. Administrative users who are associated with this role can create, modify, and delete configuration items and baselines. They can also deploy configuration baselines to collections, initiate compliance evaluation, and initiate remediation for noncompliant computers.

 

Compliance Technologies International (PN) -  A company that provides reporting compliance services.

 

compliant (n) -  Meeting or falling within a set of standards or guidelines in the creation and production of a product.

 

compliant card (n) -  A card that meets the requirements for use in a Windows Phone. component (n) -  An object that is reusable and can interact with other objects. Note: Every control is a component, but not every component is a control.

 

component (n) -  Any raw material, ingredient, part or item used to assemble a subassembly, finished good, or used as part of a kit.

 

component (n) -  In general, a modular unit of code that acts as part of a larger system or structure. For COM, a unit of code built to deliver a well-specified set of services through well-specified interfaces. A component provides an object that a client requests at runtime. component (n) -  A hardware or software element that is part of a larger system or structure.

 

component (n) -  An advertising or media item that you create, such as a brochure, business card, letter, ad, webpage, poster, TV commercial, radio spot, poster, tent cards promotional item, point of purchase display, or shelf talker.

 

component connection (n) -  The connection between two component nodes in the Application Flow panel in SketchFlow.

 

component database (n) -  A central database that holds the metadata necessary to define one or more componentized OSs. Includes platforms, components, repositories, resource types and groups, but not configurations.

 

component diagram (n) -  An implementation diagram that shows the structure of the code itself.

 

Component Explorer (n) -  A window that shows a hierarchical view of the process engineering components grouped by category, such as valves or pipelines.

 

Component Gallery (n) -  A container for catalogs of software objects such as class libraries, forms, buttons, etc.

 

component node (n) -  A node in the Application Flow panel of a SketchFlow prototype that represents a screen.

 

Component Object Model (n) -  An object-based programming model designed to promote software interoperability; it allows two or more applications or components to easily cooperate with one another, even if they were written by different vendors, at different times, in different programming languages, or if they are running on different computers running different operating systems.

 

component registrar (n) -  An object that can register and unregister individual components in a DLL.

 

component server (n) -  A server that runs Configuration Manager services. When you install all the site system roles except for the distribution point role, Configuration Manager automatically installs the component server.

 

Component Services (n) -  An extension of the COM (Component Object Model) programming architecture that includes a run-time or execution environment and extensible services, including transaction services, security, load balancing, and automatic memory management.

 

component settings database (n) -  A database that stores service information for each portal site in a deployment.

 

component tray (n) -  A rectangular region that appears at the bottom of the Windows Forms Designer when it is in Design view. The component tray is a container for components, which are controls that are not visible. It appears only after a component is added to the current form and provides a way for users to access and set the properties of those components.

 

Component-Based Servicing (n) -  A servicing model used in Windows in which components are identified by an XML manifest containing the full contents of the component. Multiple components can be included in a package, the contents of which are also identified in an XML manifest.

 

composable (adj) -  Pertaining to the ability to form complex queries by using query components (objects or operators) as reusable building blocks. This is done by linking query components together or encapsulating query components within each other. compose (v) -  To create an object, such as an email message.

 

composed environment (n) -  A virtual environment that was created from virtual machines. Those virtual machines were created outside of Microsoft Test Manager and are already deployed on a host group.

 

composite (n) -  An aggregated set or group of objects that is recognized as an object itself (for example, characters in a paragraph, a named range of cells in a spreadsheet, or a grouped set of drawing objects).

 

composite application (n) -  An application that consists of both client-side and Web- based components.

 

composite bus enumerator (n) -  A bus enumerator for composite devices.

 

composite character (n) -  A text element consisting of a base character and a diacritic or accent mark. Although most common in the Latin script, other scripts (including Greek, Devanagari, and Tamil) also have composite characters.

 

composite control (n) -  A custom server control that consists of a custom collection of other server controls as child controls.

 

composite data type (n) -  A data type where the sum of the members is larger than all individual members taken together, such as a structure or an array. composite device (n) -  A child device of the composite bus enumerator that aggregates multiple transport devices for a single point of access.

 

composite index (n) -  An index that uses more than one column in a table to index data. composite key (n) -  A key whose definition consists of two or more fields in a file, columns in a table, or attributes in a relation.

 

composite object (n) -  A high-level object made of tightly bound parts. A composite object is an instance of a composite class, which implies the composition aggregation between the class and its parts.

 

composite plan (n) -  A plan that is calculated by summing discrete components and which is usually associated with a span of time. This is often an annual cash bonus plan or other plan that depends on measurable past performance.

 

composite state (n) -  In a statechart diagram, a state that has been decomposed into concurrent (representing and relationships) or mutually exclusive (representing or relationships) substates.

 

Composites Runtime object model (n) -  An object model that that can be used to

 

incorporate and/or modify the behavior of a composite at runtime.

 

compositing (n) -  The process of combining two images to form a new image. The most

 

common compositing operation is an over operation, in which one image is placed over

 

another, taking into account the alpha information of both images.

 

composition (n) -  An activity flow created from multiple actions. Composition is core to

 

the Human Workflow Services system.

 

composition (n) -  One or more images that are positioned, arranged, ordered, and proportionally resized according to a user's specifications within a Deep Zoom Composer project.

 

composition (n) -  An export format that flattens a group of images defined in a Deep Zoom Composer project into a single high-resolution image that is generated at export. composition (n) -  A whole-part relationship in which the life cycle of the part object is dependent on the life cycle of the whole object.

 

compositional hierarchy (n) -  A set of entities that are conceptually part of a hierarchy, such as a parent entity and a child entity. Data operations require that the entities be treated as a single unit.

 

compound control (n) -  A control and an attached label, such as a text box with an attached label.

 

compound file (n) -  A number of individual files bound together in one physical file where each individual file can be accessed as if it were a single physical file. compound file directory (n) -  A structure used to contain per-stream information about the streams in a compound file.

 

compound keyframe (n) -  In an animation timeline, a type of keyframe that indicates that the property has child properties that have simple keyframes set on them. You can work with compound keyframes in order to modify large groups of properties at once with a single selection, for example when moving keyframes along the timeline.

 

compound path (n) -  A path that is made up of two or more sub-paths.

 

compress (v) -  To reduce the size of a set of data, such as a file or a communications message, so that it can be stored in less space or transmitted with less bandwidth. compress (v) -  To reduce the time available for a scheduled storyboard to reach its final state.

 

compressed drive (n) -  A hard disk whose apparent capacity has been increased through the use of a compression utility, such as Stacker or Double Space.

 

Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol (n) -  A version of SLIP using compressed Internet address information, thereby making the protocol faster than SLIP. compression (n) -  A process for removing redundant data from a digital media file or stream to reduce its size or the bandwidth used.

 

compression (n) -  A reduction of the time available for a scheduled storyboard to reach its final state.

 

Compression  -  A way of making files smaller, either to fit into restricted storage space or to speed up transmission over the Internet. Popular compression standards include- JPEG- and- GIF- for pictures,- MP3for music files,- MPEG, MP4,

 

AVI- and- MOV- for movie footage, and- zip- for just about everything else. compression exclusion list (n) -  A list of files that are not compressed when capturing an image using ImageX. Some files do not shrink in size when compressed. When capturing an image, you can identify these files to ImageX to save time. These files will still be captured, but ImageX will not attempt to compress them.

 

compression level (n) -  The amount by which an image's file size is reduced. Higher compression levels yield smaller file sizes and shorter download times. compression ratio (n) -  The ratio of the uncompressed size to the compressed size of a stored unit of data.

 

compression utility (n) -  A software program that reduces a file's size for storage on a disk. If a compressed file is too large to fit onto a single disk, the compression utility copies it onto multiple disks.

 

computation-bound (oth) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a situation in which the performance of a computer is limited by the number of arithmetic operations the microprocessor must perform. When a system is computation-bound, the microprocessor is overloaded with calculations.

 

Compute (PN) -  The family of compute services in Microsoft Azure.

 

compute cluster (n) -  A large array of processors (-Cirnocles-C?), with an infrastructure to submit computation jobs to the cluster nodes and collect results.

 

compute emulator (n) -  The software emulation of the Microsoft Azure Compute service that runs in the developer's local environment for application testing and debugging. compute hour (n) -  A unit of measure of time for a subscription to a hosted service deployed and running in the Microsoft Azure compute environment. A customer is charged different rates for different sized compute instances.

 

Compute Intensive Batch Instances (PN) -  The service type of the Batch service for

 

batches that require a large compute power.

 

compute node (n) -  A server that is added to a cluster to run jobs.

 

Compute Services (PN) -  The family of compute services in Microsoft Azure. computed column (n) -  A virtual column in a table whose value is computed at run time. computed field (n) -  A value in a formatted notification that has been computed by using a Transact-SQL expression.

 

computed group (n) -  A group whose membership is automatically determined and kept up to date by ILM by ensuring that the group contains all the resources (such as people, groups, computers) that fall within the conditions that are expressed using XPath. computed group member (n) -  A member of a group whose membership is dynamically calculated by a defined filter.

 

computed radiography (n) -  Digital radiography that records images which are converted to electronic signals and digitized so they can be stored and manipulated by a computer. computed tomography (n) -  A technique that produces a computer-processed X-ray image of a cross section of an internal organ or tissue.

 

computer (n) -  Any device capable of processing information to produce a desired result. No matter how large or small they are, computers typically perform their work in three well-defined steps: (1) accepting input, (2) processing the input according to predefined rules (programs), and (3) producing output. There are several ways to categorize computers, including class (ranging from microcomputers to supercomputers), generation (first through fifth generation), and mode of processing (analog versus digital).

 

Computer (n) -  An item the user can select in the Options dialog box, Phones tab, from the Select the default device for calling phone numbers' drop-down list. When the user selects Computer as the default device for calling phone numbers

 

computer account (n) -  An account that is on a local system or domain.

 

computer administrator (n) -  The person in charge of managing a computer. The administrator is responsible for installing software, assigning passwords, and managing files.

 

computer audio (n) -  The use of the Internet Protocol (IP) for transmitting voice communications. VoIP delivers digitized audio in packet form and can be used to transmit over intranets, extranets, and the Internet. It is essentially an inexpensive alternative to traditional telephone communication over the circuit-switched Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). VoIP covers computer-to-computer, computer-to-telephone, and telephone-based communications. For the sake of compatibility and interoperability, a group called the VoIP Forum promotes product development based on the ITU-T H.323 standard to transmit multimedia over the Internet.

 

Computer Browser service (n) -  A service that maintains an up-to-date list of computers that share resources on your network and that supplies the list to programs that request it. The Computer Browser service is used to view a list of available network resources.

 

computer build report (n) -  A report generated by OEMs for each OA 3.0 manufactured computer which is then sent to Microsoft for processing. This report includes the hardware hash value and Product Key ID.

 

computer call (n) -  A function that allows a user to call a computer.

 

computer details (n) -  A list of computer properties that are configured to display and provide information about a specific computer.

 

computer discovery (n) -  A process to discover computers on the network.

 

Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (n) -  A non-profit, self-regulatory organization which applies and enforces interactive game ratings in Japan. computer group (n) -  A collection of computers with some attribute in common. Computer groups are defined by computer grouping rules for similar event management. computer grouping rule (n) -  A rule that combines computers with common attributes into a group to be similarly managed and monitored.

 

computer ID (n) -  A number that uniquely identifies a particular computer.

 

computer language (n) -  An artificial language that specifies instructions to be executed on a computer. The term covers a wide spectrum, from binary-coded machine language to high-level languages.

 

computer name (n) -  A unique name with as many as 15 characters that identifies a computer to the network.

 

computer name (n) -  A unique name for a subscription computer that is specified by the solution provider. This is the name that the solution provider submits to the Provisioning Server when configuring a subscription computer or querying information about that computer. The computer name is an alphanumeric string of up to fifty characters. computer program (n) -  A set of instructions in some computer language intended to be executed on a computer so as to perform some task. The term usually implies a self- contained entity, as opposed to a routine or a library.

 

computer restrictions (n) -  Settings that limit operating system functionality; including, privacy and security.

 

Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications (PN) -  An international standard established by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) that specifies an application's interface and protocols for monitoring and controlling calls and devices in a communications network.

 

computer telephony integration (n) -  The practice of using a computer to control one or more telephone and communications functions.

 

computer usage time (n) -  An amount of time that is used toward computer or software access.

 

Computer-Brain Interface  -  interpret distinct brain patterns, shifts and signals as commands that can be used to guide a computer or other device.

 

computerized tomography (n) -  A technique that produces a computer-processed X-ray image of a cross section of an internal organ or tissue.

 

computer-to-computer network (n) -  A temporary network used for sharing files or an Internet connection. In an ad hoc network, computers and devices are connected directly to each other instead of to a hub or router.

 

computing device (n) -  A piece of equipment that is used for running programs.

 

COM-structured storage file (n) -  A component object model (COM) compound file

 

used by Data Transformation Services (DTS) to store the version history of a saved DTS package.

 

concatenate (v) -  To join sequentially (for example, to combine the two strings hello' and ‘there' into the single string ‘hello there').'

 

concatenation (n) -  The process of combining two or more character strings or expressions into a single character string or expression, or combining two or more binary strings or expressions into a single binary string or expression.

 

concept (n) -  A unit of thought that consists of characteristics attributed to an object, a relation, or an entity and that can be expressed in a symbol (e.g., a word or phrase). conceptual design (n) -  A major stage in the design process, through which the project team translates the business requirements into a common language to be shared by users and developers, and describes the feature set and/or usage scenarios that the solution must encompass. Conceptual design is analogous to the rough sketches and scenarios created when designing a house. These are easily understood models jointly created by the customer and the architect.

 

conceptual model (n) -  A tool used in the analysis phase of software development to help decompose a problem into individual concepts or objects and clarify the vocabulary of the domain.

 

conceptual model (n) -  An abstract specification for the entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and association sets in the domain of an application built on an Entity Data Model.

 

conceptual schema definition language (n) -  An XML-based language that is used to define the entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and association sets of a conceptual model.

 

Concierge (PN) -  A Surface application from Microsoft where you can create maps and menus for users to navigate, and you can highlight specific locations, such as your venue locations and locations in the surrounding area. Users can browse locations by categories, view the locations on a map, browse the map, and find driving directions to the locations. Concierge Administration wizard (n) -  The wizard that you use to configure Concierge initially and later on.

 

concordance file (n) -  An index file with two columns: the first column lists the text in the document that you want to index, and the second column lists the index entries to generate from the text in the first column.

 

concrete class (n) -  In Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), a class from which you can create an instance because it has a full implementation. concrete pool (n) -  A storage pool created from disks in a primordial pool. concurrency (n) -  A process that allows multiple users to access and change shared data at the same time. The Entity Framework implements an optimistic concurrency model. concurrency model (n) -  A way in which an application can be designed to account for concurrent operations that use the same cached data. Windows Server AppFabric supports optimistic and pessimistic concurrency models.

 

Concurrency Runtime (n) -  A concurrent programming framework for C++ that simplifies parallel programming and helps developers write robust, scalable, and responsive parallel applications.

 

Concurrency Visualizer Collection Tools for Visual Studio 2013 (n) -  A collection of tools designed for Visual Studio 2013, which significantly reduces the burden of parallel performance analysis and can help developers analyze their sequential applications to discover opportunities for parallelism.

 

concurrent  -  A way to measure the usage of software licenses. Rather than limiting usage based on the number of people who are entitled to use the software, a concurrent-use license places a limit on the number of people who may do so simultaneously. concurrent execution (n) -  The apparently simultaneous execution of two or more routines or programs. Concurrent execution can be accomplished on a single process or by using time-sharing techniques, such as dividing programs into different tasks or threads of execution, or by using multiple processors.

 

condition (n) -  The state of an expression or a variable (for example, when a result can be

 

either true or false, or equal or not equal).

 

condition (n) -  An illness or other defective state of health.

 

condition code (n) -  One of a set of bits that are set on (1, or true) or off (0, or false) as the result of previous machine instructions. The term is used primarily in assembly or machine language situations. Condition codes are hardware-specific but usually include carry, overflow, zero result, and negative result codes.

 

conditional (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an action or operation that takes place based on whether or not a certain condition is true.

 

conditional branch (n) -  An element of workflow logic that defines an alternative condition and action or additional steps, in cases when the criteria in a condition element are not met. A logical ‘else-if-then' statement in a workflow.

 

conditional expression (n) -  An expression that yields a Boolean value (true or false). Such expressions can involve comparisons (testing values for equality or, for non— Boolean values, the < [less than] or > [greater than] relation) and logical combination (using Boolean operators such as AND, OR, and XOR) of Boolean expressions. conditional filter (n) -  A filter that allows Operations Manager to evaluate further rules but does not insert events into the database unless another rule match occurs. conditional filtering (n) -  Filtering a field to show the top or bottom n items based on a total. For example, you could filter for the three cities that generated the most sales or the five products that are least profitable.

 

conditional format (n) -  A format, such as cell shading or font color, that Excel automatically applies to cells if a specified condition is true.

 

conditional formatting (n) -  Formatting that is applied to cell contents, form controls, Outlook items or other data based on one or more logical conditions. conditional primitive preprocessing (n) -  Altering of strings based on the requirements of individual script engines.

 

conditional print control code (n) -  A code in a column definition that displays or does not display a specified column, depending on certain variables or values in the column definition. If the values or variables in the specified report column do not meet the conditions of the code, the column is not displayed or printed in the report. conditional report (n) -  A report that displays or suppresses portions of the data according

 

to whether specified conditions are met.

 

conditional sales tax (n) -  A sales tax that is reported to the tax authority when the invoice is paid, in contrast to normal sales tax, which is reported when the invoice is created. conditional spanning header (n) -  A header in a report that is automatically updated each time the report is generated, according to the base period that is defined in the column definition.

 

conditional split (n) -  A restore of a full database backup, the most recent differential database backup (if any), and the log backups (if any) taken since the full database backup.-

 

conditional sum formula (n) -  A formula that will sum a set of values that meet specified conditions.

 

conditional visibility (n) -  A type of conditional formatting that allows you to specify when a control is visible on the form.

 

conditions (n) -  A set of specified constraints and parameters that are part of the rights group bundled into a rights label. These are enforced at the time of consumption. cone angle (n) -  The angle between the edges of the spot light's beam. If you shine a flashlight on the ground, you will notice that it does not light the ground evenly, but that the light gets dimmer the farther from the center it gets. The cone angle determines how quickly this falloff happens.

 

cone chart (n) -  A variation on a column chart that uses cone shapes instead of rectangular columns.

 

Conference (n) -  A toolbar button that provides the user with the service that allows three or more persons to converse together in a phone call.

 

Conference (PN) -  A screen showing an active conference call.

 

conference (n) -  A conversation between three or more people, where the communications technology is unknown or not specified.

 

conference (n) -  A telephone conversation between three or more people.

 

Conference (PN) -  An association of sports teams that play each other.

 

Conference Announcement Service (PN) -  The service that implements in-conference services for multiple PSTN users at the same time. For example, it can be used to play an entry or exit tone to multiple PSTN users at the same time.

 

conference call (n) -  A telephone conversation between three or more people.

 

conference center (n) -  The server location, specified by a URL, for all Live Meeting sessions conducted within an organization.

 

Conference ID (PN) -  A field label for the identifier of a conference that is conducted through a conferencing service provider.

 

conference mode (n) -  A Groove talk tool option that allows all members who select it to do audio-chat at once instead of one at a time.

 

conference resource (n) -  A Microsoft Exchange mailbox that allocates a specific number of connections. The resource serves as a virtual room for your online meeting. You invite the resource to an online meeting just as you would reserve a room for a meeting. Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook (PN) -  A Microsoft Outlook add-in that allows you to schedule a Live Meeting or Lync or Office Communicator conference call from Outlook.

 

Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook (PN) -  A Microsoft Outlook add-in that allows you to schedule a Live Meeting or Lync or Office Communicator conference call from Outlook.

 

Conferencing Announcement service (n) -  A unified communications application that plays tones and prompts on certain actions, such as when conference participants enter or leave a conference, and when participants are muted or unmuted. This service is automatically installed and activated by default when you deploy a Conferencing workload and select the dial-in conferencing option.

 

Conferencing Attendant (PN) -  The server application that makes it possible for an enterprise user without access to a unified communications client to use a PSTN phone to dial in to a scheduled conference. Conferencing Attendant also provides such a user with basic conference controls.

 

conferencing information (n) -  The identifier, password, and any other information that a user needs to participate in a conference that is conducted through a conferencing service provider.

 

Conferencing Server Factory (n) -  A server component that allocates conferencing servers to a meeting and returns their URLs to the meeting Focus. conferencing service (n) -  An internally or externally hosted service for users to host multiparty conferences from their computers.

 

conferencing service provider (n) -  An organization that provides computer audio conference services, which allow more than two people to participate in a conference over their computer's Internet connection.

 

confidentiality (n) -  A basic security function of cryptography that ensures that only authorized users can read or use confidential or secret information. Without confidentiality, anyone with network access can use readily available tools to eavesdrop on network traffic and intercept valuable proprietary information. For example, an Internet Protocol security service ensures that a message is disclosed only to intended recipients by encrypting the data.

 

config file (n) -  A file that contains machine-readable operating specifications for a piece of hardware or software or that contains information on another file or on a specific user, such as the user's logon ID.

 

config set (n) -  A file and folder structure that contains the necessary files and/or configuration settings that control the preinstallation process and define the manufacturers' custom information.

 

configuration (n) -  The entire interconnected set of hardware, or the way in which a network is laid out—the manner in which elements are connected.

 

configuration (n) -  In reference to a single microcomputer, the sum of a system's internal and external components, including memory, disk drives, keyboard, video, and generally less critical add-on hardware, such as a mouse, modem, or printer. Software (the operating system and various device drivers), the user's choices established through configuration files such as the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files on IBM PCs and compatibles, and sometimes hardware (switches and jumpers) are needed to configure the configuration' to work correctly. Although system configuration can be changed configuration (n) -  The arrangement of parts, options, or features to produce a product that meets a specification, such as a customer order.

 

Configuration (n) -  Administrative options that control the interface and functionality of the Service Desk and Support Portal.

 

configuration control (n) -  The process of ensuring that the product sent to the customer is designed and arranged as the customer specified.

 

configuration database (n) -  The Microsoft SQL Server, MSDE, or Windows Internal database that contains the configuration information that applies across all servers in a deployment of SharePoint Products and Technologies, such as Web application information.

 

Configuration database server name (n) -  A UI element. The name of the server on which the Configuration database is housed.

 

configuration event (n) -  An event during which important changes are made to the configuration state which appreciably help or degrade the ability of end users to diagnose software or hardware problems.

 

Configuration Export (PN) -  A feature that allows administrators the ability to backup and replicate their configuration.

 

configuration file (n) -  A file that contains machine-readable operating specifications for a piece of hardware or software or that contains information on another file or on a specific user, such as the user's logon ID.

 

configuration file (n) -  An XML file with the .config file name extension that contains settings for an application, Web site, or server. Common configuration files include Machine.config and Web.config.

 

Configuration Framework (n) -  A generic method for providing changes to

 

configuration at setup. In conjunction with the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI), the Configuration Framework determines the state of your computer and the configuration tasks requiring action.

 

configuration group (n) -  The list of components in a bill of materials (BOM) that are to be used together to produce a parent item.

 

configuration inheritance (n) -  The adoption of configuration settings by an object in a hierarchy from an object that is higher in that hierarchy. For example, a service can inherit its configuration settings from the application, Web site, or server with which it is associated.

 

configuration item (n) -  Any component that needs to be managed to deliver a service. In Service Manager, configuration items might include services, hardware, software, buildings, people, and formal documentation, such as process documentation and service level agreements (SLA).

 

configuration item class (n) -  A collection of configuration items. Groups can contain members of different configuration items classes (for example, a computer and a user). configuration management (n) -  The process of identifying and defining configuration items in a system, recording and reporting the status of configuration items and requests for change, and verifying the completeness and correctness of configuration items. Configuration Manager (n) -  The Windows Plug and Play system component that drives the process of locating devices, setting up their nodes in the hardware tree, and running the resources allocation process. Each of the three phases of configuration management—boot time, real mode, and protected mode—have their own configuration managers. Configuration Manager (n) -  An administrative tool included in Duet Settings Manager. Users with Administrator privileges on the Duet client computer can use this tool to set and modify the configuration settings for the Duet client components.

 

Configuration Manager Administrator console (n) -  The primary interface that you use to administer Configuration Manager.

 

Configuration Manager Application Catalog (n) -  The web-based view of the applications that are available for a user to search, browse, request, and install. Configuration Manager client (n) -  A computer running Configuration Manager client components. A client can be further categorized as either a Legacy Client or an Advanced Client.

 

Configuration Manager client policy (n) -  Configuration details for the Configuration Manager Client that are provided after client installation.

 

Configuration Manager collection (n) -  A set of resources in a Configuration Manager site. Collections are used to distribute software, view hardware and software inventories of clients, and access clients for remote control sessions.

 

Configuration Manager hardware inventory (n) -  A Configuration Manager feature that automatically gathers information about hardware on Legacy Client computers in a Configuration Manager site.

 

Configuration Manager health state reference (n) -  A reference that is published to Active Directory to refer to Configuration Manager NAP policy and stored for the System Health Validator(SHV) to use in determining policy compliance.

 

Configuration Manager hierarchy (n) -  A collection of one or, typically, more Configuration Manager sites bound together via child-parent relationships.

 

Configuration Manager inventory (n) -  A Configuration Manager feature that automatically gathers information about hardware and software on Advanced Client computers in a Configuration Manager site.

 

Configuration Manager object (n) -  A component used in Configuration Manager software distribution and software updates — for example, collections, advertisements, programs, packages, deployments, and so on.

 

Configuration Manager resource (n) -  An object (such as a computer, a router, or a user group) that can be discovered and potentially become a Configuration Manager client and be managed by Configuration Manager. Resources and clients can be organized into collections.

 

Configuration Manager site (n) -  A collection of clients and Configuration Manager site systems that are bounded by a group of subnets, such as IP subnets or an Active Directory site, and that are specified by a Configuration Manager administrator as a site. Configuration Manager site database (n) -  A Microsoft SQL Server database that stores Configuration Manager site data, such as discovery data, configuration data, and status messages and inventory data. Every primary site has a Configuration Manager site database. The server supporting the Configuration Manager site database is automatically assigned the site database server role.

 

Configuration Manager Software Center (n) -  The end-user program that allows the user to set preferences for how their software is installed. End users can also use

 

Configuration Manager Software Center to request, install, remove, and monitor the software that is deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Configuration Manager software distribution (n) -  A Configuration Manager feature that automatically distributes software programs to client computers in a Configuration Manager hierarchy.

 

Configuration Manager software inventory (n) -

 

configuration object (n) -  A generic user-defined instance of any of the different kinds of configurations in ILM 2'

 

Configuration Role (PN) -  A type of role within Social Engagement that defines the permissions a user has when setting up searches and analyzing the resulting data. configuration route (n) -  The sequence in which configuration groups are selected during the production process.

 

configuration rule (n) -  A rule that limits the items that can be combined to produce a manufactured product. A configuration rule applies to a configuration group. configuration section handler (n) -  A class that implements the IConfigurationSectionHandler interface. Configuration section handlers contain information that Commerce Server .NET-based applications read at run time to configure application settings.

 

configuration set (n) -  A file and folder structure that contains the necessary files and/or configuration settings that control the preinstallation process and define the manufacturers' custom information.

 

configuration set (n) -  A set of Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) instances that share and replicate their configuration and schema partitions and that can also be configured to share and replicate application directory partitions. configuration variable (n) -  A variable that specifies a testing requirement, such as a hardware or software requirement. Each configuration variable has a set of allowable values associated with it.-

 

Configuration Wizard (PN) -  The semi-automated tool for planning and executing

 

directory synchronization.

 

configure (v) -  To set up hardware and software.

 

Configure DataSource Wizard (n) -  A graphical interface where programmers can define the appropriate details to configure the data source in a few easy steps. configure-to-order (n) -  Pertaining to the process of manufacturing a computer according to a customer's specification by customizing a pre-existing image of a master installation. confirm (v) -  To acknowledge an action or the value of some data (e.g. password) by definite assurance.

 

confirm (v) -  To affirm the past occurrence of an event in a system.

 

confirmation dialog box (n) -  A dialog box in which a user confirms that he or she wants a specified action to occur, usually by clicking OK.

 

confirmation message (n) -  An alert that is shown to prompt the user to agree to the action being taken.

 

confirmation of receipt policy (n) -  A policy that prescribes the functional location where the physical acceptance of items takes place.

 

confirmation page (n) -  A page that is displayed in a Web browser, confirming that data entered into a form has been successfully submitted.

 

Confirmation time out (PN) -  A menu item that allows the user to set the delay before an unconfirmed action times out.

 

confirmed receipt date (n) -  The date the selling company confirms that a customer or vendor will receive the goods.

 

confirmed ship date (n) -  The date that the selling party confirms that the items will ship to a customer or vendor.

 

conflict (n) -  An item that has been changed on both the mobile device and desktop computer.

 

conflict (n) -  The inability to perform two or more activities because they have been scheduled to occur during the same time period and with the same resource or resources. conflict detection (n) -  The process of determining which operations were made by one replica without knowledge of the other, such as when two replicas make local updates to the same item.

 

conflict resolution method (n) -  The method that is used to determine which change is written to the store in the event of a conflict. Typical conflict resolution methods are as follows: last writer wins, source wins, destination wins, custom, or deferred. For custom resolution, the resolving application reads the conflict from the conflict log and selects a resolution. For deferred resolution, the conflict is logged together with the conflicting change data and the made-with knowledge of the change.

 

conflict resolver (n) -  A special mechanism which handles resolving of conflict situations. conform (adj) -  To be in accordance with requirements, specifications, or explicit expectations.

 

conforming ( Adverb )  -  In accordance with requirements, specifications, or explicit expectations.

 

Congestion Controller (PN) -  A Media Center plug-in that is used for advanced network flow management, and in particular to avoid or limit network congestion. connect (v) -  To assign a drive letter, port, or computer name to a shared resource so that you can use it.

 

Connect (v) -  The name of a menu from which the user can sign in, sign out, change sign- in information, and view and modify status settings. connect (v) -  To join or link.

 

connect (PN) -  One of the pivots for a contact pinned to your Start screen, where you can find all your apps through which you can connect with that contact. connect time (n) -  The amount of time during which a user is actively connected to a remote computer. On commercial systems, the connect time is one means of calculating how much money the user must pay for using the system.

 

Connect to a Projector (n) -  A wizard that is part of the Network Presentation feature of Windows Vista. This wizard finds and connects to available network-attached projectors on the local network.

 

Connected Accounts (PN) -  A feature that lets users receive and send mail from other e­mail accounts in Outlook Web App. They can add and delete those accounts, check their account synchronization status, and manage e-mail from those accounts in their Inbox using Inbox rules.

 

connected data source (n) -  A directory, database, file, or other data repository that is typically offsite and that needs to be accessed remotely.

 

Connected Frames (n) -  A Windows feature that enables developers and designers to build paginated content. They can take a single stream of HTML content containing text and images, and segment that stream into multiple containers defined in an HTML template across multiple pages. Connected Frames provides a declarative mechanism to link and flow HTML content across a finite set of frames with variable position and sizing that have been defined either statically or dynamically. Connected Frames also provides a set of programmatic interfaces which allow developers to detect when content overflow has occurred on a Connected Frame, determine when no more content is available for fragmentation, exposes the entire document associated with a set of Connected Frames, and exposes fragment content associated with a specific Connected Frame.

 

connected graph (n) -  A graph where for any two nodes in the graph, there is a path between them by following edges.

 

connected network (n) -  In MSMQ, a network that contains computers that are all interconnected.

 

connected object scope (n) -  A filter that identifies object types from a source directory based on a particular condition, for example Users, Computers, Printers. connected object type (n) -  The object type in the connected system to which the ILM objects are connected.

 

connected standby (n) -  The state that enables a PC to turn on instantly and have tiles and other services update even when the screen is off.

 

connected system object creation flag (n) -  A parameter of a synchronization rule to indicate whether an object should be created in the connector space if the relationship criteria are not met.

 

connected system scope (n) -  A filter that defines what objects on the connected system to include in the target system.

 

connected TV (n) -  A TV that is connected to your Windows Media Center with a Media Center Extender, such as the Xbox 360, to enable you to share entertainment throughout your home.

 

connected user (n) -  A user who has access to a computer or a resource across the network.

 

connection (n) -  A link via wire, radio, fiber-optic cable, or other medium between two or more communications devices.

 

connection (n) -  Someone with whom a user has established a mutual social relationship on a third-party service that refers to such a relationship as a connection. connection account (n) -  An account that provides access to a resource such as a Web site or a database.

 

connection agreement (n) -  A configurable section in the ADC user interface that holds information such as the server names to contact for synchronization, object classes to synchronize, target containers, and the synchronization schedule.

 

Connection Director (PN) -  A connectivity technology where applications based on different data access technologies (.NET or native Win32) can share the same connection information. Connection information can be centrally managed for such client applications.

 

Connection Filter agent (n) -  An anti-spam agent that is enabled on computers that have the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server role installed.

 

Connection Manager (PN) -  An area that shows available network connections and helps users quickly connect to the most appropriate one.

 

connection manager (n) -  A logical representation of a run-time connection to a data source.

 

Connection Manager Administration Kit (PN) -  A tool for creating, editing, and managing Connection Manager profiles. The Connection Manager is a client dialer. connection object (n) -  An Active Directory object that represents a replication connection from one domain controller to another. The connection object is a child of the replication destinations NTDS Settings object and identifies the replication source server, contains a replication schedule, and specifies a replication transport. Connection objects are created automatically by the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC), but they can also be created manually. Automatically generated connections must not be modified by the user unless they are first converted into manual connections.

 

connection point (n) -  A handle on a shape to which you can glue the endpoints of a 1-D shape such as a connector shape.

 

connection point (n) -  A System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.ConnectionPoint object associated with the provider and consumer controls that participate in Web Parts connections. A connection point manages the exchange of data between the controls. Providers and consumers each have their own connection points.

 

connection speed (n) -  The maximum rate, in bits per second, at which data can be transferred between a network and a computer or device.

 

connection string (n) -  A series of arguments that define the location of a resource and how to connect to it.

 

connection string (n) -  A string that contains the parameters necessary to access a Microsoft Azure storage account.

 

connection timeout (n) -  The amount of time allotted for a connection to the database to take place, which when reached causes an error message to be generated and displayed in the Web browser.

 

connection type (n) -  The type of Web Part connection. For example, the Provide Row To connection type passes a row of data from one Web Part to another Web Part. connectionless (adj) -  In communications, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a method of data transmission that does not require a direct connection between two nodes on one or more networks. Connectionless communication is achieved by passing, or routing, data packets, each of which contains a source and destination address, through the nodes until the destination is reached.

 

connectivity (n) -  The ability of hardware devices or software packages to transmit data between other devices or packages.

 

connectivity (n) -  The ability of hardware devices, software packages, or a computer itself to work with network devices or with other hardware devices, software packages, or a computer over a network connection.

 

Connectivity Explorer (n) -  A window that shows pipeline components and all

 

components to which the pipeline is connected.

 

connector (n) -  A software component designed to support connections between products. connector (n) -  In programming, a circular symbol used in a flowchart to indicate a break, as to another page.

 

connector (n) -  In hardware, a coupler used to join cables or to join a cable to a device (for example, an RS-232-C connector used to join a modem cable to a computer). Most connector types are available in one of two genders—male or female. A male connector is characterized by one or more exposed pins; a female connector is characterized by one or more receptacles—sockets or jacks— designed to accept the pins on the male connector. Connector (n) -  A communications service used to exchange documents with your trading partners or your internal systems.

 

connector (n) -  Any one-dimensional (1-D) shape that can be glued between two shapes in a drawing to connect the shapes.

 

connector application (n) -  For Message Queuing, an application that enables Message Queuing computers to communicate with computers that use other messaging systems. connector framework (n) -  A software component that can be used to connect to a data source, and index and include data from that source in search results.

 

connector point (n) -  An element in the Orchestration Designer that enables users to connect a Send/Receive shape with the operation of a port.

 

connector queue (n) -  For Message Queuing, a queue created on servers running a connector application. You can use the connector application to exchange messages with computers that are running other message-queuing products.

 

connector space (n) -  A staging area that contains representations of selected objects and attributes in a connected data source.

 

connector space object (n) -  An object in the connector space that is either created by a data import from the connected data source or by provisioning. These objects hold attribute values that can be imported or exported from corresponding objects in the connected data source or the metaverse.

 

consent prompt (n) -  A dialog box that appears when a user is requested to confirm whether an administrative process should be permitted to start. The user can approve the process by clicking Continue or cancel the process by clicking Cancel.

 

consistency (n) -  The ability of a transaction to change a system from one consistent state to another consistent state.

 

consistency check (n) -  The process by which DPM checks for and corrects

 

inconsistencies between a protected volume and its replica. A consistency check is performed only when normal mechanisms for recording changes to protected volumes and for applying those changes to replicas have been interrupted.

 

consistency unit (n) -  The minimal unit of data synchronization. Because all changes that have the same consistency unit are sent together, synchronization can never be interrupted with part of a consistency unit applied.

 

consistency unit (n) -  The boundary of data that is kept consistent for a given service and can be moved around in the cluster due to failovers and load balancing. console (n) -  A framework for hosting administrative tools, such as Microsoft Management Console (MMC). A console is defined by the items in its console tree, which might include folders or other containers, World Wide Web pages, and other

 

administrative items. A console has windows that can provide views of the console tree and the administrative properties, services, and events that are acted on by the items in the console tree.

 

Console  -  Nowadays usually refers to a dedicated gaming computer such as the Playstation or X-Box. Originally meant a terminal connected to a mainframe computer. console root (n) -  The top node in an MMC saved view (.msc file).

 

console scope (n) -  In the Operations Manager Operations Console, a definition of the set of computer groups for individual Operations Manager users. A console scope limits the user to seeing only those computers that are in the computer groups associated with the console scope.

 

console tree (n) -  The left pane in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) that displays the items contained in the console. The items in the console tree and their hierarchical organization determine the capabilities of a console.

 

consolidate (v) -  In logging, to merge the information written to different log files in a single log file or, more typically, to a database (such as a SQL Server database) that can be processed by log analysis tools.

 

consolidated invoice (n) -  A vendor invoice that documents a sum of product quantities and monetary amounts from more than one referenced vendor invoice. consolidated order (n) -  A source document that documents more than one referenced order.

 

consolidated project (n) -  A project containing one or more inserted projects. These can retain links to their source projects and may be linked to one another. consolidated source document (n) -  A source document that documents a sum of product quantities and monetary amounts from more than one referenced source document of the same class.

 

consolidation (n) -  The process of producing an accounting of the earnings of a parent company and its subsidiaries, post acquisition, where the parent is the company with controlling interest.

 

consolidation account (n) -  The main account in the parent legal entity that is used for ledger consolidation.

 

consolidation opportunity (n) -  A potential cost-savings event obtained by grouping approved requisition line items in order to negotiate a more favorable price with vendors. Consolidator (PN) -  In MOM 2000, a feature that collects and sends collected information from agents through the DAS to the database.

 

constant (n) -  A numeric or string value that is not calculated and, therefore, does not change.

 

constant attenuation (n) -  The intensity of a beam of light that does not diminish as it gets further from the light source.

 

constant bit rate (n) -  A characteristic of a data stream in which the bit rate remains nearly uniform for the duration of the stream.

 

constant buffer (n) -  A single-element vertex buffer that allows developers to efficiently supply shader constants data to the pipeline and store the results of the stream-output stage.

 

constant consumption (n) -  Specification that the volume or quantity of a component used in a finished item is fixed, regardless of the number of items produced or reported as finished.

 

constant expression (n) -  An expression that is composed only of constants and, hence, whose value does not change during program execution.

 

constant scrap (n) -  The quantity of a particular component that is expected to be scrapped during production regardless of the number of items produced. constituent (n) -  A person who is associated with, or who is a member of, a non-profit organization.

 

constrained call (n) -  A method for invocation of interface methods on value types. constrained delegation (n) -  The ability to specify that a service or computer account can perform Kerberos delegation to a limited set of services.

 

constrained field (n) -  A field that has certain restrictions, such as no images allowed. constraint (n) -  A limitation or a restriction.

 

Constraint Service (n) -  A service responsible for answering HWS constraints-related querying by evaluating constraint clauses that are based on facts provided by the fact store manager and the relevant fact retrievers.

 

constraint violation (n) -  A violation that occurs when the restriction criteria are not satisfied.

 

Constraint-based configuration (n) -  A configuration technology that uses constraints to develop product masters and to configure distinct products.

 

construct (n) -  A structured piece of code formed from various syntax elements. Examples are expressions (try ... with, if.. .then.. .else, etc.), function definitions (let ... = ...), and type declarations (type ... = ...).

 

constructed generic type (n) -  A generic type whose generic type parameters have been specified. A constructed type or method can be an open generic type if some of its type arguments are type parameters of enclosing types or methods, or a closed generic type if all of its type arguments are real types.

 

constructor (n) -  A special initialization function that is called automatically whenever an instance of a class is declared. This function prevents errors that result from the use of uninitialized objects. The constructor must have the same name as the class itself and must not return a value.

 

constructor string (n) -  An initialization string that is administratively specified for a component. It is possible to specify a constructor string when a component has been written specifically to recognize the string.

 

consult (v) -  To confer with the call recipient before transferring a call or adding the call recipient to a conference call.

 

consume (PN) -  A posting which registers which items were used, how much time was spent and what costs were incurred for a service. This type of posting does not increase the amount for which the customer will be invoiced.

 

consumed (adj) -  Pertaining to the items used, time spent and costs incurred during servicing that are not included in the invoice to the customer.

 

consume-first mode (n) -  One of the two statement completion modes that are provided by IntelliSense. Consume-first mode is used when classes and members are used before they are defined.

 

consumer (n) -  In a Web Parts connection, a server control that receives data from a provider control and processes or displays it. A consumer can be any type of server control, but must be designed to function as a consumer. A consumer must have a special callback method marked with a ConnectionConsumerAttribute attribute in the source code. This method receives data from the provider in the form of an interface instance. consumer endpoint (n) -  An endpoint where an application or system uses a service. consumer good (n) -  A good that is created for consumer user rather than business use. consumption (n) -  The items used, time spent and costs incurred during servicing that are not included in the invoice to the customer.

 

consumption depreciation method (n) -  A method of depreciation based on the usage of the asset.

 

consumption factor (n) -  A factor, specified as a quantity or percentage, that is used to calculate depreciation proposals for value models associated with depreciable fixed assets. consumption statement (n) -  A report of the consumed cost for a project.

 

consumption unit (n) -  A unit that is used to enter unit price and calculate depreciation proposals for value models associated with depreciable fixed assets. contact (n) -  A person, inside or outside your organization, for whom you have created an entry where you can save several types of information, such as street and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and Web page URLs.

 

contact (n) -  An individual who is interested in doing business or who currently does business with your organization. A contact may or may not be part of a larger organization (account).

 

contact (n) -  A person whose information, such as ID or email address, has been added by the user to their contact list or to an address book.

 

contact (n) -  Any input on the Surface screen by a valid input type (finger, blob, or tagged object).

 

contact card (n) -  A presentation of information about a contact, including presence status and activity.

 

Contact Center Desktop (PN) -  An implementation of User Interface Integration (UII) intended to focus on Microsoft Dynamics CRM as the primary hosted control. contact flyout (n) -  A flyout that provides information about a contact and allows the user to connect with the contact directly from an app.

 

contact form (n) -  A view of an individual contact that contains all the information stored in the contact.

 

contact group (n) -  A collection of e-mail addresses that is treated as a single recipient for e-mail distribution purposes, and that is created by and available to an individual Outlook user.

 

contact group (n) -  A user-specified collection of contacts.

 

Contact index (n) -  A set of buttons used to move through contact items displayed in Address Cards or Detailed Address Cards view. The Contact index moves the focus to the first contact whose name begins with the selected character.

 

Contact info (PN) -  The link to the page where users enter information for the methods by which they can be contacted, such as Messenger, home phone, mobile phone, and e-mail.

 

contact information (n) -  Information, such as name, phone number, email address, or address, that is used to contact someone.

 

contact item (n) -  An item that represents a contact in the Exchange store.

 

contact linking (n) -  The process of linking contacts that represent the same person. This enables you to view information from multiple contacts in a single contact card. contact list (n) -  A list of people, groups, or organizations with whom you communicate. contact management (n) -  The process of managing business and/or social contacts in order to follow up, track conversations, etc.

 

Contact Manager (PN) -  A feature that helps small businesses build, track, and grow relationships with customers. It enables users to organize customer relations and to set up a centralized location that coworkers can access for contact and sales information about customers and organizations.

 

contact note (n) -  An annotation in a conversation window that contains contact-specific information that may be important for call handling.

 

contact object (n) -  An object, similar to a user in Active Directory, that holds Office Communications Server configuration information, such as its routing and storage settings.

 

contact person (n) -  A person who acts as a connection to another organization or group, or who provides special information.

 

contact person (n) -  An individual or a person in another organization who works for the company that you interact with.

 

contact picker (n) -  A contact list designed for use within a form for selecting contacts. Users can click a contact to select it and may make multiple selections by using CTRL+click.

 

Contact Quick Form (n) -  UI button that allows a user to open a form to easily enter contact information without opening a record form.

 

contact request (n) -  A message asking to add or adding a Skype user to another user's contact list.

 

Contact requests (PN) -  The tab on the Family Safety website that displays requests a child has made via e-mail to have new contacts added.

 

Contact Support (PN) -  ?The app experience built into Windows that gives customers a way to contact Microsoft and third-party support for help with their PC.

 

Contacts (n) -  Entries in the Administration Center for main personnel, technical personnel, and billing personnel within the specified organization.

 

Contacts (PN) -  The UI label in Messenger for the results list of a contacts search. Contacts list (n) -  A list of people, groups, or organizations with whom you communicate. contained database (n) -  A SQL Server database that includes all of the user authentication, database settings, and metadata required to define and access the database, and has no configuration dependencies on the instance of the SQL Server Database Engine where the database is installed.

 

contained subgroup (n) -  A group of computers that is also part of another group. container (n) -  An abstraction for associating one or more entities to a relational database or other store.

 

container (n) -  A directory object that can contain other directory objects. In Active

 

Directory, the schema definition of each object class determines the types of objects that can be containers of instances of the class.

 

container (n) -  A control flow element that provides package structure.

 

container (n) -  A handling unit for shipping and receiving items.

 

container (n) -  An application that contains a linked or embedded OLE object from another application.

 

container (n) -  A logical grouping of entity and association sets.

 

container (n) -  An object that can contain one or more child objects.

 

container (n) -  In HTML or XHTML, a tag pair that contains content (such as a <p> tag) as opposed to one consisting solely of the tag name and attributes (standalone tags). container (n) -  A Shell item that can contain other items.

 

container (n) -  A user-defined set of blobs within a storage account. A container resource has no associated content, only properties and metadata.

 

container application (n) -  An application that contains a linked or embedded OLE object from another application.

 

container control (n) -  A type of ASP.NET mobile control that contains other controls and provides visual groupings of controls and content.

 

container element (n) -  An object that can contain one or more child objects.

 

container file (n) -  Files that can hold other kinds of files (such as *.ZIP, *.RAR, and *.JAR). Also, Microsoft Office files that use structured storage and the OLE embedded data format (for example, *.DOC, *.XLS, *.PPT, *.SHS) are considered container files. container format (n) -  A metafile format that identifies and interleaves different data types, such as audio and video streams, subtitles, chapter-information, and metadata (tags) -€” along with the synchronization information needed to play the various streams together.

 

Container Name (PN) -  In mail forwarding, the name of the object that bundles e-mail accounts for forwarding.

 

container object (n) -  An object that can logically contain other objects. For example, a folder is a container object.

 

containment relationship (n) -  In a model, the inclusion of one object in a set of objects that all have something in common, to indicate some type of administrative grouping. Contemporary Christian (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 # 140.

 

contemporary view (n) -  A SharePoint view that provides an optimized mobile browser experience for users and renders in HTML5.

 

content (n) -  The data that appears between the starting and ending tags of an element in an SGML, XML, or HTML document. The content of an element may consist of plain text or other elements.

 

content (n) -  Audio, video, images, text, or any other information that is contained in a digital media file or stream.

 

content (n) -  The information in a campaign that is intended to be communicated to marketing list members about the campaign. For example this content could be the dialog for a phone call or the body text of an e-mail message.

 

content (n) -  Audio, video, images, text, or any other information that presenters share with participants during a meeting, including resources, collaborative slides, and sharing slides.

 

Content (PN) -  An option on the Views menu in Windows Explorer that shows the most appropriate details for the file type in a flexible layout rather than only showing the details associated with the column headers in the view.

 

content access account (n) -  An account used to crawl Web sites, servers and network resources included in a content index.

 

Content Advisor (n) -  A tool in Microsoft Internet Explorer that lets you control which sites users on your computer can visit. This is particularly helpful for parents who want to control the content their children view on the Web.

 

content app (n) -  An app for Office that is embedded in the body of a client application window, inline with content.

 

content app for Office (n) -  An app for Office that is embedded in the body of a client application window, inline with content.

 

content application (n) -  An application that is used to create content, such as a graphic design application, a computer-aided design application, or an industry-specific content generating application.

 

Content by Query (PN) -  A Web Part that queries data from multiple sources within a site collection and presents that data in a custom view.

 

content class (n) -  A Web Storage System content class defines the intent or purpose of an item along with the names of properties that are intended for items in this class. content control (n) -  A control designed to contain content such as placeholder or sample text or images that is updated by the user, or pre-defined lists of items from which users can select.

 

content conversion (n) -  The process of transforming e-mail messages from one format to another for the purpose of mail flow or storage, such as MAPI to MIME, or uuencode to Base64 encoded, or for appropriate rendering that is specific to an e-mail client, such as HTML to RTF to plain text.

 

content database (n) -  The Microsoft SQL Server or WMSDE database that contains the content for one or more SharePoint sites.

 

content delivery network (n) -  A distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers that cache content from origin servers and then serve it to customers. This action reduces the load on the origin servers and provides high- availability and performance to customers.

 

Content Delivery Network (n) -  The Microsoft Azure caching service that stores blobs at strategically placed locations to provide maximum bandwidth for delivering content to users.

 

content deployment (n) -  The act of exporting objects such as resources, templates, and galleries from a source system and importing them to a destination system. A common application is moving data from a development server to a production server.

 

Content Expiration (n) -  A UI element that allows a user to set the period of time that content remains on a Live Meeting server and is available to participants, after which it is deleted.

 

content formatter (n) -  The part of the distributor that turns raw notification data into readable messages.

 

content header (n) -  Part of the file structure of a Windows Media file that contains information necessary for a client computer to decompress and render the content data. In a packaged file, an additional content header exists and contains the key ID, content ID, and license acquisition URL. This content header can also include a required individualization version number and attributes defined by the content provider. content index (n) -  The full-text index, pointer to the property store, and other data that describes content across content sources, scopes, and servers.

 

content index server (n) -  A server that is dedicated to creating and updating context indexes.

 

content indexing (n) -  The process of creating an index of the content.

 

content key (n) -  The cryptographic key used to both encrypt and decrypt protected content during publishing and consumption.

 

content library (n) -  A data repository, in which items such as text, text boxes, pictures, tables, shapes, etc. can be stored and re-used within the same document and across multiple documents.

 

content management (n) -  The collection, storing, and sharing of information in a single system where many users can access it.

 

content master (n) -  A slide template that defines default formatting or the position of placeholders for one or more slides in a presentation.

 

Content Organizer (PN) -  A feature of the Records Center that can automatically route incoming records (whether submitted automatically or manually) to their proper location, based on their record type.

 

content owner (n) -  The person or organization that controls access to protected content. content page (n) -  A page that contains the content to be merged with a master page in order to render as complete web page.

 

content pane (n) -  In Commerce Server Business Desk, the window in which action pages are rendered.

 

content presenter (n) -  A slot in the template of a control (e.g. a button) into which you can place content without adding it directly to the template.

 

Content Protection (PN) -  The Azure Media Services solution for token-based authorization for both AES Clear-key and Microsoft PlayReady license delivery. content provider (n) -  Broadly, an individual, group, or business that provides information for viewing or distribution on the Internet or on private or semiprivate intranets or extranets. Content in this sense includes not only information but also video, audio, software, listings of Web sites, and product-specific materials such as online catalogs.

 

content provider (n) -  An organization that prepares content for posting on the Web. Content Query (PN) -  A Web Part that queries data from multiple sources within a site collection and presents that data in a custom view.

 

content rating (n) -  A value assigned to an item of media content that indicates its

 

suitability for a particular audience.

 

content region (n) -  The area inside content placeholders.

 

content replication (n) -  A method of copying Web site content from one server node to another. You can copy files manually, or use replication software to copy content automatically. Replication is a necessary function of clustering to ensure fault tolerance. content revocation (n) -  A process by which content owners or content packagers can disable licenses for their own packaged files.

 

content revocation string (n) -  A string that is generated by the content owner or content packager and is based on their public and private signing keys. This string is shared with the license issuer, who includes it in all licenses. Computers that receive a license with this string are no longer able to play files packaged with that particular signing key pair. content scoping (n) -  The ability to control (on a folder basis) which file contents are downloaded to document tools on user devices.

 

Content Search (PN) -  A Web Part that performs a search using a customizable query and presents the results in a custom view.

 

Content Selection Framework (n) -  A development framework for the targeted delivery of content. The Content Selection Framework (CSF) provides the components you use to build a business-specific messaging system. CSF provides a platform for making high­speed decisions to target content to users.

 

Content Selection Pipeline (n) -  The infrastructure that links together the stages and

 

pipeline components necessary to gather, filter, score, and select content.

 

content size (n) -  Height and width values (by pixel) for your content.

 

content slide show (n) -  A process that automatically displays each slide or page in a Live

 

Meeting resource, one at a time, for a specified time interval.

 

content source (n) -  A set of options that you can use to specify what type of content is crawled, what URLs to crawl, and how deep and when to crawl. content steward (n) -  A user role for an individual who owns or maintains a document repository, and who is responsible for configuring, customizing, and creating site features. content template (n) -  A design template that also contains text suggestions on each slide. You replace the text suggestions with the text that you want. A content template contains a slide master and an optional title master.

 

content toolbar (n) -  The RTE (Rich Text Editor) toolbar used to create and format text and images.

 

content type (n) -  A group of reusable settings that describes the shared attributes and behaviors of a list item, a document, or a folder.

 

Content view (n) -  The view in Windows Explorer (offered in Windows 7 and later) that displays the most relevant content for each item based on its file name extension or Kind association.

 

content zone (n) -  The areas on the Page Editor where users can add content to the body of their Web page.

 

content-based routing (n) -  The routing of a document based on the information extracted from the payload of the document.

 

contention (n) -  On a network, competition among stations for the opportunity to use a communications line or network resource.

 

Contents (n) -  The listing of contents at the beginning of a document or file.

 

Contents (PN) -  A button that opens the current document's table of contents in a pane.

 

Users can pin the pane to the document, and when they scroll through the document, the table of contents dynamically highlights the section they are in.

 

context (n) -  An ordered sequence of properties that define an environment for the objects resident inside it. Contexts are created during the activation process for objects that are configured to require certain automatic services such as synchronization, transactions, just-in-time activation, security, and so on. Multiple objects can live inside a context. context (n) -  In the Concurrency Runtime, an abstraction of an operating system thread. context (n) -  A structure in the Entity Framework that represents the entity container that contains a connection to the underlying data source and provides services such as change tracking and identity resolution. A context is represented by an instance of the DbContext or ObjectContext class.

 

context control block (n) -  An internal file system structure in which a file system maintains the per-file object state for an open instance of a file.

 

context field (n) -  One of four fields of an SCODE. This field is reserved in the SCODE on 16-bit platforms and does not exist in the version for 32-bit platforms. context ID (n) -  A unique number or string that corresponds to a specific object in an application. Context IDs are used to create links between the application and corresponding Help topics.

 

context menu (n) -  A menu that is related to the active window or item, accessible by right-clicking the mouse.

 

context menu item (n) -  A command displayed in the shortcut (context) menu. Examples include open and print.

 

context object (n) -  A pattern that provides a place to store scope or context related information or functionality that automatically follows the flow of execution between execution scopes or domains.

 

Context pane (n) -  A tree view included in the Table Designer that lists objects related to a table.

 

context property (n) -  The implicit state, and code to manage that state, held on behalf of an object instance. For example, the transaction context property holds the transaction identifier of the transaction that the object is participating in.

 

context switch (n) -  The changing of the identity against which permissions to execute statements or perform actions are checked.

 

context-sensitive Help (n) -  A form of assistance in which a program that provides on­screen help shows information to the user concerning the current command or operation being attempted.

 

contextual (adj) -  Specific to the conditions in which something exists or occurs. contextual menu (n) -  A menu that is related to the active window or item, accessible by right-clicking the mouse.

 

Contextual Spelling (oth) -  An enhanced spell-check feature that looks at words before or after the word in question to assess proper usage. This allows the software to flag correctly-spelled words as ‘wrong' if the usage appears to be incorrect. contextual tab (n) -  A tab that is available only when an object in a page is selected. contiguous (adj) -  Having a shared boundary; being immediately adjacent. For example, contiguous sectors on a disk are data-storage segments physically located next to one

 

another.

 

contiguous selection (n) -  A selection that consists of a set of objects that are logically sequential or adjacent to each other.

 

contiguous subtree (n) -  Any unbroken path in the tree, including all members of any container in that path.

 

contingency plan (n) -  A plan for addressing recognized risks that may arise during the course of a project. The plan identifies alternative strategies to be used to ensure project success if specified risk events occur.

 

continuable error (n) -  A non-access violation. An error that does not prevent an application from continuing.

 

continuation media (n) -  The series of removable backup media used after the initial medium becomes full, allowing continuation of the backup operation. continuation tape (n) -  A tape that is used after the initial tape in a media family fills, allowing continuation of a media family.

 

Continued notice (n) -  A note at the beginning or end of a text box indicating that the text is continued from or continues on a different page.

 

continuity of care document (n) -  A standard format used to transfer patient health information between systems.

 

continuity of care record (n) -  A standard format used to transfer patient health information between systems.

 

Continuous Arrow Process (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a timeline or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow. Works best with Level 1 text because each line of Level 1 text appears inside the arrow shape. Level 2 text appears outside the arrow shape.

 

Continuous Block Process (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a progression or sequential steps in a task, process, or workflow. Works best with minimal Level 1 and Level 2 text.

 

continuous copy relationship (n) -  The link between a primary database and an active secondary database with automatic data synchronization between them. continuous crawl (n) -  A crawl that operates on a continuous basis to scan and index new and modified content from a source.

 

Continuous Cycle (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to represent a continuing sequence of stages, tasks, or events in a circular flow. Emphasizes the connection between all components. Works best with Level 1 text only.

 

continuous export (n) -  An export option for Application Insights Telemetry to put all the telemetry data of an Azure account into a blob storage for subsequent processing. continuous form (n) -  A form that displays more than one record on the screen in Form view.

 

continuous loop (n) -  A loop that is repeated until a terminating event occurs.

 

Continuous Picture List (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show groups of interconnected information. The circular shapes are designed to contain pictures. Continuum (PN) -  A set of features that seamlessly adapt and optimize the user interface for different devices, modes of working, hardware, or platforms.

 

contour (n) -  The shape of how scheduled work for an assignment is distributed across

 

time. Use a contour to control how Project schedules the work of a resource.

 

contour chart (n) -  A surface chart subtype that provides a view of the surface chart from above, with colors representing specific ranges of values.

 

contra account (n) -  An account used to reduce an asset or a liability to its current value. contra asset (n) -  An account that is used to reduce the gross cost of an asset to then arrive at the net cost.

 

contra liability (n) -  An account that is used to reduce a liability to arrive at its carrying value.

 

contract (n) -  A Service Broker object that defines the message types that can be exchanged within a given conversation.

 

contract (n) -  An agreement to provide customer service support during specified coverage dates or for a specified number of cases or length of time. When customers contact customer service, the level of support they receive is determined by their contract. contract (n) -  A customer service issue or problem reported by a customer and the activities that customer service representatives use to resolve it.

 

contract (n) -  A formal or legally binding agreement between two or more parties. contract (n) -  The behavior and state that a class provides, which is matched with what a client of that class can expect to hold. A contract is expressed partly by the signatures for all public fields, methods, properties, and events of that class. This is augmented by a description (usually in simple descriptive text) of what each field or property represents, together with what each method does. In the .NET Framework add-in programming model, a non-versioning interface that defines the methods and specifies the data types for transferring data over the communication pipeline between the host and the add-in. The contract is in the middle of the communication pipeline between the add-in and the host. The contract assembly is loaded into the application domains of both the add-in and the host.

 

contract (n) -  A legally binding agreement between two or more parties.

 

contract address (n) -  The postal location that correspondence should be mailed to about a contract.

 

contract closeout (n) -  The completion of the contract [such as fixed price or lump sum, cost reimbursable, unit price contracts]. Closeout includes resolving all outstanding issues and items, such as inspections or invoices.

 

contract line (n) -  The specific description in a contract of the service support to be provided, including pricing and how support is to be allotted.

 

contract template (n) -  A template that contains the standard attribute of a contract such as billing frequency and allotment type.

 

contract value (n) -  The price to be paid for a fixed-price project.

 

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

 

contrast (n) -  The degree of difference between light and dark extremes of color on a monitor, device screen, or printed output, or between the darkest and lightest areas in a photo. The greater the difference, the higher the contrast.

 

contravariance (n) -  In programming languages, the ability to use a less derived type than that originally specified. Contravariance in generic interfaces and delegates allows for implicit conversion of generic type parameters. Contravariance is also supported for non­generic delegates for matching method signatures with delegate types. contributor (n) -  A person who is involved in the creation of content. For example editors, technical reviewers and subject matter experts are contributors.

 

Contributor mode (PN) -  A feature that gives the user controlled access to features based on a given group role.

 

Contributor role (n) -  A collection of rights that enable the user to view pages and documents in a library, and contribute to discussions. This is a default role. control (n) -  An object that enables user interaction or input, often to initiate an action, display information, or set values.

 

control (n) -  Management of a computer and its processing abilities so as to maintain order as tasks and activities are carried out. Control applies to measures designed to ensure error-free actions carried out at the right time and in the right order relative to other data- handling or hardware-based activities.

 

control bar (n) -  A control implemented by MMC to display and manage its own toolbars and menu buttons, as well as those added by snap-ins.

 

Control call forwarding from Communicator (oth) -  An item the user can select in the Options dialog box, Phones tab. When the user selects this option, Communicator controls automatic forwarding of incoming calls using the call-forwarding settings the user selects. control character (n) -  A character that is inserted in right-to-left and mixed text to specify the formatting of text when the inherent directionality of the text is insufficient to display expected results.

 

Control chart (n) -  A chart that displays additional information about a graph in terms of the following control lines: Average, Upper limit (calculated based on natural process deviation and six sigma technique), and Lower limit (calculated based on natural process deviation and six sigma technique).

 

control code (n) -  One or more nonprinting characters used by a computer program to control the actions of a device, used in printing, communications, and management of display screens. Control codes are mainly employed by programmers or by users to control a printer when an application program does not support the printer or one of its specialized features. In video, control codes are sent from a computer to a display unit to manipulate the appearance of text or a cursor on the screen. Popular video control code sets are ANSI and VT-100.

 

control code (n) -  A unique code that is used to identify cash register receipts.

 

control device object (n) -  A device object that represents the filter driver to the system and to user-mode application and which allows applications to communicate with the filter driver directly, even before the filter is attached to a file system or volume device object. control escape sequence (n) -  In regular expressions, a backslash followed by the letter ‘c' followed by one of the letters ‘a' through ‘z' or ‘A' through ‘Z'. It matches the ASCII control character that is named by that letter.

 

control flow (n) -  A group of connected control flow elements that perform tasks. control flow (n) -  A transition in an activity diagram. A control flow represents a relationship between two states or action states and indicates that an object in the first state will enter the second state and perform specified actions.

 

control flow guard (n) -  A security feature that makes it more difficult to corrupt memory by implementing restrictions on where an application can execute code from.

 

Control Gallery (n) -  A library of controls that support user interface development. Some of these controls function as containers for other controls or content, such as images and media.

 

control group (n) -  A set of controls that are conceptually or logically related. Controls that are conceptually related are usually viewed together but do not necessarily affect each other. Controls that are logically related affect each other.

 

control handle (n) -  A handle that specifies unique behavior for certain shapes. control interface (n) -  The virtual objects and mechanisms that control an application. Control key (n) -  A key that, when pressed in combination with another key, gives the other key an alternative meaning.

 

control menu (n) -  A menu that contains commands you can use to manipulate a window or close a program. You click the program icon at the left of the title bar to open this menu. The context menu of a window replaces this menu.

 

control message (n) -  An application-readable message requesting the execution of a specific operation on the client side.

 

Control Node (PN) -  An- appliance- node that is the central point of control for processing queries on the- SQL Server PDW appliance, receiving the user query, creating a distributed query plan, communicating relevant plan operations and data to- Compute nodes, receiving Compute node results, performing any necessary aggregation of results, and then returning the query results to the user.

 

Control Panel (PN) -  A Windows program that collects and displays for users the system- level features of the computer, including hardware and software setup and configuration. From Control Panel, users can click individual items to configure system-level features and perform related tasks.

 

Control Panel Home (n) -  The main Control Panel window.

 

control part (n) -  An element in a control template that has special, possibly mandatory, significance and semantics in the functioning of the control. For example, a template for a ScrollBar control should supply a Thumb part for the ScrollBar to function correctly, but it need not provide a small decrease or a small increase button.

 

control pattern (n) -  A design implementation that describes a discrete piece of functionality for a control. This functionality can include the visual appearance of a control and the actions it can perform.

 

control point (n) -  A handle that can be dragged to change the curve or symmetry of a segment.

 

control point (n) -  The reference point in a compensation range that represents the intended average pay for all employees at that compensation level. For grade structures, control points are typically, but not always, the range midpoint. Broad band structures can use control points but rarely do.

 

control protocol plug-in (n) -  A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to communicate with clients and other servers through different network protocols. control skin (n) -  A skin that is characterized by the properties for controls, such as buttons, labels, calendars, etc.

 

control state (n) -  A field in an ASP.NET Web page that stores the current property settings for server controls on the page. Control state is used to recreate the page and reestablish previous settings on each postback.

 

control template (n) -  A tree of elements that is expanded into the scene whenever a control of a particular type is found. The elements typically have properties bound to properties of the control instance.

 

control tip (n) -  A brief phrase that describes a control, a page, or a tab. The control tip appears when the user briefly holds the mouse pointer over a control.

 

Control Tools (n) -

 

control unit (n) -  A device that processes data from receipts that are generated by a cash register.

 

control-break (n) -  A key or combination of keys used to tell a computer to halt, or break out of, whatever it is doing. On IBM PCs and compatibles under DOS, pressing the Pause/ Break or Scroll Lock/Break key while holding down the Ctrl key issues the break command (as does Ctrl-C). On Macintosh computers, the key combination that sends a break code is Command-period.

 

controller (n) -  The part of a test rig that distributes tests to agent computers and collects test results.

 

controller server (n) -  The server computer on which the Microsoft Web Farm Framework software is installed. This server is used to specify the administrator account for the Web farm, to manage primary and secondary servers, and to synchronize Web platform components, configuration, applications, and content between servers. control-of-flow language (n) -  Transact-SQL keywords that control the flow of execution of SQL statements and statement blocks in triggers, stored procedures, and batches. convention (n) -  Any standard that is used more or less universally in a given situation. Many conventions are applied to microcomputers. In programming, for example, a language such as C relies on formally accepted symbols and abbreviations that must be used in programs. Less formally, programmers usually adopt the convention of indenting subordinate instructions in a routine so that the structure of the program is more easily visualized. National and international committees often discuss and arbitrate conventions for programming languages, data structures, communication standards, and device characteristics.

 

convention (n) -  A rule that describes how to model a class with the Entity Framework. Convergence  -  The consolidation of all communications - voice, data and video - onto a single network infrastructure.

 

Converging Arrows (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show ideas or concepts that converge to a central point. Works best with Level 1 text only.

 

Converging Radial (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show relationships of concepts or components to a central idea in a cycle. The first line of Level 1 text corresponds to the central circular shape and the lines of Level 2 text correspond to the surrounding rectangular shapes. Unused text does not appear, but remains available if you switch layouts.

 

conversation (n) -  A discussion with a customer or colleague.

 

conversation (n) -  A real-time communication session between two or more users. A session can involve IM, video, or audio.

 

conversation (n) -  A collection of communications (e-mail, IM, text messaging, voice mail, and so on) between two or more participants.

 

conversation area (n) -  The pane where conversations, including phone calls, conference calls, and instant messages, are displayed for the user.

 

conversation endpoint (n) -  The object which represents a party participating in the conversation.

 

conversation group (n) -  A group of related Service Broker conversations. Messages in the same conversation group can only be processed by one service program at a time. conversation handle (n) -  An handle which uniquely defines a conversation. Conversation History (PN) -  The folder in Outlook where instant messages and phone conversations are stored.

 

conversation invitation (n) -  A request for a conversation.

 

conversation note (n) -  A note you type on the Notes tab of a conversation window to potentially be forwarded along with the call and saved in the call history. conversation subject (n) -  Text indicating the topic of a conversation. It is entered by the user or generated by the computer based on conversation information. It is displayed in the conversation title bar or in an alert.

 

conversation tracking (n) -  Keeping a record of chat conversations in CRM, which occur through Lync.

 

Conversation window (n) -  The window that is displayed when the user is in any type of conversation. This window displays the list of conversation window participants, the conversation content for instant messaging and video conversations, and commands and controls for managing the conversation.

 

Conversational MOS (n) -  A prediction of the narrowband conversational quality MOS (MOS-CQ) of the audio stream that is played to the user. This value takes into account the listening quality of the audio played and sent across the network, the speech and noise levels for both audio streams, and echoes.

 

conversational quality MOS (n) -  A class of MOS values that takes into account listening quality in each direction, as well as bidirectional effects, such as delay and echo. conversion (n) -  The process of changing from one form or format to another; where information is concerned, a changeover that affects form but not substance. Types of conversion include data (changing the way information is represented), file (changing a file from one format to another), hardware (changing all or part of a computer system), media (transferring data from one storage media to another), software (changing a program designed for one platform so that it runs on another), and system (changing from one operating system to another).

 

conversion (n) -  An action taken by a visitor to your public Web site that results in a desired customer response, such as requesting more information or signing up for a newsletter.

 

conversion (n) -  An action by which a subscription (the source subscription) is replaced by a new subscription, both owned by the same billing account, along a preconfigured conversion path. The source subscription is canceled and the destination subscription is the new subscription.

 

conversion cycle (n) -  A recurring set of production and logistics activities performed by parties that manufacture or distribute items.

 

conversion function (n) -  A function that converts one data type or format to another data type or format.

 

Conversion Manager (PN) -  A report administration page that allows users to view, create or change conversion points.

 

conversion page (n) -  A Web site page that a visitor reaches after having completed an action.

 

conversion point (n) -  A measurement of the number of visitors who reach a conversion page.

 

conversion rate (n) -  The number of clickthroughs your site receives divided by the number of conversions.

 

conversion rate sales (n) -  The total revenue from all conversions for a specified time period.

 

conversion referrer (n) -  An ad, search result, or any other link that sends a user to the site where that user completes a transaction.

 

conversion table (n) -  A table listing a set of characters or numbers and their equivalents in another coding scheme. Common examples of conversion tables include ASCII tables, which list characters and their ASCII values, and decimal-to-hexadecimal tables. conversion time (n) -  The time at which the conversion rate is applied to a transaction. If the conversion type is a fixed rate, the conversion time should always be the time at which the order was accepted for fulfillment. If the conversion type is a spot rate, the conversion time is when the bank performs the conversion.

 

conversion tool (n) -  A tool that is used to perform conversions.

 

conversion tracking (n) -  The process of collecting data about which visitors to your site perform the actions you desire (such as signing up for a newsletter or making a purchase). conversion type (n) -  The type of currency conversion used to convert the buyer currency to the base currency for the Web site, or to convert the supplier currency to the base currency in a multicurrency transaction. The conversion type can be either a fixed (static) rate, or a spot (dynamic) rate.

 

conversion type (n) -  The kind of conversion based on the action desired from the user (e.g. purchase, subscription).

 

convert (v) -  To change from one form or function to another.

 

convert (v) -  To change one type of record, for example, a campaign response to an opportunity, or an activity to a case.

 

Convert to Motion Path (v) -  A tool that allows the user to convert a shape or path into a path along which another object will move, automatically generating a storyboard for the animation.

 

Convert to Path (v) -  A tool that is used to convert a shape to a path object, whose vertices you can then modify individually.

 

Convert to Shape (PN) -  A feature that enables Tablet PC users to convert an ink drawing to a standard OfficeArt shape, which can be formatted with colors and effects exactly as if it were inserted using -Cirlnsert. Shape.-€?

 

converter (n) -  Any device that changes electrical signals or computer data from one form to another. For example, an analog-to-digital converter translates analog signals to digital signals.

 

convex hull (n) -  The smallest convex set that contains X in the Euclidean plane or Euclidean space.

 

co-occurrence matrix (n) -  A matrix or distribution that is defined over an image to be the distribution of co-occurring values at a given offset.

 

cookie (n) -  On the World Wide Web, a block of data that a Web server stores on a client system. When a user returns to the same Web site, the browser sends a copy of the cookie back to the server. Cookies are used to identify users, to instruct the server to send a customized version of the requested Web page, to submit account information for the user, and for other administrative purposes.

 

Cookie  -  A small data file stored on your computer by a website, in theory to allow it to ‘remember' your preferences, but in practise mostly used to track which adverts you have seen. You can set most browsers to reject all cookies, or to ask your permission before storing them, but this will generate multiple error messages on a lot of websites and is generally more hassle than it's worth - they are pretty harmless. UK websites are required to display a warning message about them because no-one could make Prime Minister David Cameron understand what they do.

 

Cookie  -  a piece of information sent by a Web- Server- to a Web- Browser- that the Browser software is expected to save and to send back to the Server whenever the browser makes additional requests from the Server.

 

Cookie replay attack (n) -  An attack that captures the user's authentication cookie using monitoring software and replays it to the application to gain access under a false identity. cooldown time (n) -  The minimum length of time that the user needs to wait after using the system before using it again.

 

cooperative blocking (n) -  In multithreading, the act of one task yielding processing resources to other tasks.

 

coordinate (n) -  Each of a set of references that together describe the exact position of something with respect to a set of axes (or a row and column).

 

coordinate pair (n) -  A pair of values representing the x- and y-coordinates of a point that are stored in a two-dimensional array that can contain coordinates for many points. Coordinated Universal Time (n) -  The standard time common to every place in the world, coordinated by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Coordinated Universal Time is used for the synchronization of computers on the Internet. co-owner (n) -  The person who, together with the owner, controls how permissions are set on objects and can grant permissions to others.

 

COP (n) -  The official currency of Colombia.

 

copay (n) -  A fee that must be payed for the use of specific medical services covered by a medical plan.

 

coprocessor (n) -  A processor, distinct from the main microprocessor, that performs additional functions or assists the main microprocessor. co-product (n) -  An item produced jointly with another item.

 

copy (v) -  To duplicate information and reproduce it in another part of a document, in a different file or memory location, or in a different medium. A copy operation can affect data ranging from a single character to large segments of text, a graphics image, or from one to many data files.

 

copy area (n) -  The cells that you copy when you want to paste data into another location. After you copy cells, a moving border appears around them to indicate that they've been copied.

 

copy backup (n) -  A backup that copies all selected files but does not mark each file as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). Copying is useful if you want to back up files between normal and incremental backups because copying does not affect these other backup operations.

 

Copy General Management System Analog (n) -  A method for controlling the copying of broadcast media content that allows only one generation of copying.

 

Copy Number (PN) -  The button that enables the user to copy the retrieval number of a parked call.

 

copy on write (n) -  Page protection that allows multiple applications to map their virtual address spaces to share the same physical pages until an application needs to modify the page and have its own instance copy, which allows the virtual memory manager to save memory and execution time.

 

copy set (n) -  A duplicate of the media master that Remote Storage copies to a different tape or disk. Copy sets are typically used for backup purposes. copyfitting (n) -  The resizing of text to fit into an allotted amount of space. copy-on-write page protection (n) -  A concept that allows multiple applications to map their virtual address spaces to share the same physical pages, until an application needs to modify the page and have its own instance copy.

 

copyright (n) -  A method of protecting the rights of an originator of a creative work, such as a text, a piece of music, a painting, or a computer program, through law. copyright symbol (n) -  The -© character. Normally included at the beginning of a copyright notice.

 

Coral Hues (PN) -  One of the background colors on the Screen Saver Settings dialog box that consists of a range of coral colors.

 

CORBA (n) -  A specification developed by the Object Management Group in 1992 in which pieces of programs (objects) communicate with other objects in other programs, even if the two programs are written in different programming languages and are running on different platforms. A program makes its request for objects through an object request broker, or ORB, and thus does not need to know the structure of the program from which the object comes. CORBA is designed to work in object-oriented environments. core (n) -  One of the types of memory built into computers before random access memory (RAM) was available or affordable. Some people still use the term to refer to the main memory of any computer system, as in the phrase core dump—a listing of the raw contents of main memory at the moment of a system crash.

 

core application questionnaire (n) -  A questionnaire used to gather key information about your organization to be used as a roadmap for building your PerformancePoint Server application.

 

core cmdlet (n) -  One of a core set of commands for manipulating the system and that corresponds to commands found in other shell environments.

 

core installation (n) -  An option that can be used for installing Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. It provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles.

 

Core layer (n) -  A layer in the Surface SDK that exposes a set of APIs for developers to use to create Surface applications.

 

core model (n) -  The first layer of the CIM schema, which includes the top-level classes and their properties and associations. The core model is both domain- and platform- independent.

 

Core Parking (PN) -  A feature that dynamically selects a set of processors that should stay idle and not run any threads based on the current power policy and their recent utilization.

 

core program (n) -  A program or program segment that is resident in random access memory (RAM).

 

Core Web Server (PN) -  The Windows services that make up the core of IIS 7. The Core Web server provides the foundation for the modular architecture of IIS. core-based licensing (n) -  A licensing option where cores are licensed rather than users or devices.

 

corner join (n) -  Two lines that are joined at an angle. For objects that have sharp corners, such as rectangles, you can change the way the stroke looks at each corner point by applying one of three corner join styles: miter join, round join, and bevel join. corner point (n) -  An anchor point where the two handles are fully retracted, so they're sitting inside' the node itself and cannot be selected.'

 

corner radius (n) -  The radius that determines how much, if any, the corner of a rectangular object is actually curved or rounded-off'.'

 

correction area (n) -  An area that appears in the writing pad when you tap the recognized text that you want to correct. You can use it to rewrite an incorrectly recognized character or to replace a word with a suggested alternative.

 

correction comb (n) -  An area that appears in the writing pad when you tap the recognized text that you want to correct. You can use it to rewrite an incorrectly recognized character or to replace a word with a suggested alternative.

 

Corrections (PN) -  A set of features that enables users to improve the quality of their images with just one or two clicks. Galleries help the user optimize characteristics such as brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness.

 

correlate (v) -  In logging, to show which logged client-side events caused corresponding server-side events. Log data is ofen correlated as it is being consolidated to a database or log file.

 

correlated subquery (n) -  A subquery that references a column in the outer statement. The inner query is run for each candidate row in the outer statement. correlation (n) -  Creating relationships between an email activity and other records by using the information from email headers.

 

correlation ID (n) -  A randomly generated ID that is associated with a message and passed along for the lifetime of a given message.

 

correlation set (n) -  An instance of a correlation type; that is, the listed properties for a message that are used to determine whether it belongs to a given instance of an orchestration.

 

correlation type (n) -  A set of message properties that uniquely identifies a business process and which is used to correlate messages with orchestration instances. correspondent account (n) -  An account established by a banking institution to make transactions on behalf of another financial institution, usually for international transactions.

 

corrupt (v) -  To damage, in regard to files or data.

 

corrupted (adj) -  Damaged. Mostly used in regard to files or data.

 

corrupted heap pointer (n) -  An access violation that occurs most typically when a block is allocated in one heap and freed in another.

 

corrupted infix pattern (n) -  An access violation that occurs when a set of freed blocks

 

that have been marked non-accessible are touched by a program.

 

corrupted prefix pattern (n) -  An access violation that occurs with buffer underruns.

 

corrupted suffix pattern (n) -  An access violation that happens most typically with buffer

 

overruns.

 

Cortana (PN) -  The personal assistant feature on Windows Phone and Windows.

 

Cortana Home (PN) -  ?The place where Cortana shows cards to the user that include suggestions, questions, feedback, etc.

 

Cortana's Notebook (PN) -  ?The space where Cortana stores all of the information she knows about you.

 

co-sign (v) -  To digitally sign data along with one or more additional signatories. A

 

cosignature does not imply that other signatures are valid.

 

cost (n) -  The amount of money spent in producing or acquiring.

 

cost (n) -  The value of an economic resource that is quantified in monetary units and that is measured using an accounting valuation principle.

 

cost accounting (n) -  The branch of accounting concerned with identifying and evaluating the cost of producing a product.

 

cost accumulation method (n) -  The method used to classify and allocate transformation costs.

 

cost adjustment amount (n) -  The sum of the differences between the original purchase price of the goods and the final price, which includes any additional item charges, revaluation, or rounding amounts.

 

cost basis (n) -  The purchase price of an asset, including freight, tax, and other expenses, less any adjustments, such as Section 179 Expense Deduction and salvage value. cost center (n) -  An operating unit whose managers are accountable for budgeted and actual expenditures.

 

Cost Increase (PN) -  A calculated field that subtracts the total budgeted cost from the total actual cost and then divides that value by the total budgeted cost. This value is then multiplied by 100.

 

cost line (n) -  The part of a cost template that specifies one or more categories that form the basis of a cost estimate.

 

cost of goods sold (n) -  An accounting category used to sum the financial consequences of manufacturing products and carrying inventory.

 

cost per click (n) -  The amount an advertiser's account is charged each time the advertiser's ad is clicked by a search user or site visitor.

 

cost performance index (n) -  The ratio of budgeted costs of work performed to actual costs of work performed [BCWP/ACWP]. The cumulative CPI [sum of the BCWP for all tasks divided by the sum of the ACWP for all tasks] can be used to predict whether a project will go over budget.

 

cost project (n) -  An internal project for which costs of hours, expenses, and items can be registered, but not capitalized.

 

cost rate table (n) -  A collection of information about a resource's rates, including the standard rate, overtime rate, any per-use cost, and the date when the pay rate takes effect. You can establish up to five different cost rate tables for each resource.

 

cost resource (n) -  A resource that doesn't depend on the amount of work on a task or the duration of a task, such as airfare or lodging.

 

cost template (n) -  A method for applying estimates on fixed-price projects and investment projects.

 

cost variance (n) -  The difference between an expected cost and an actual cost. costed (adj) -  Pertaining to something for which an estimate or cost has been provided. costed (v) -  To calculate, assign, and allocate the cost of economic resources acquired, produced, or delivered by an organization.

 

costing (n) -  The process of calculating, assigning, and allocating the cost of economic resources acquired, produced, or delivered by an organization.

 

count window (n) -  A window with a variable window size that moves along a timeline with each distinct event start time.

 

count XPath (n) -  An XPath expression that returns a numeric value to be rendered within parentheses after the display name of the object.

 

countdown timer (n) -  A mechanism that measures the remaining time from a preset amount of time and sounds an alarm when this time has elapsed. counter (n) -  In programming, a variable used to keep count of something. counter (n) -  A global integer variable that is used in a runbook.

 

counter set (n) -  A set of system performance counters that are useful to monitor during a load test. Counter sets are organized by technology, for example, ASP.NET or SQL counter sets.

 

counter set map (n) -  An association between a counter set and a computer used during a load test. For example, a Web server might have ASP.NET, IIS, and .NET application counter set mappings.

 

counter threshold (n) -  The threshold at which alerts are triggered. There are two types of thresholds: warning and critical. Counter set definitions contain predefined thresholds for many key performance indicators.

 

Counterbalance Arrows (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show two opposing ideas or concepts. Each of the first two lines of Level 1 text corresponds to an arrow and works well with Level 2 text. Unused text does not appear, but remains available if you switch layouts.

 

counterfeit software (n) -  Software that a system builder does not obtain from an authorized distributor, or that a royalty OEM does not obtain from an authorized replicator. Counterfeit software usually has many of the following problems: missing drivers, missing documentation, viruses, bugs, and other defects. Installing legitimate Microsoft products helps ensure the quality of your products, prevents customer problems, and reduces requests for customer support.

 

countersign (v) -  To sign a document already signed by the other party.

 

countersignature (n) -  A signature of an existing signature and message or a signature of an existing signature. A countersignature is used to sign the encrypted hash of an existing signature or to time stamp a message.

 

counter-signature (n) -  A signature of an existing signature and message or a signature of an existing signature. A countersignature is used to sign the encrypted hash of an existing signature or to time stamp a message.

 

counting loop (n) -  In a program, a group of statements that are repeated, thereby incrementing a variable used as a counter (for example, a program might repeat a counting loop that adds 1 to its counter until the counter equals 10).

 

Country (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 # 2.

 

country/region-specific (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hardware or software that uses characters or conventions unique to a particular country/region or group of countries/regions. Country/region-specific does not necessarily refer to spoken languages, although it does allow for special characters (such as accent marks) that are language- specific. Generally, the features considered country/region-specific include keyboard layout (including special-character keys), time and date conventions, financial and monetary symbols, decimal notation (decimal point or comma), and alphabetic sorting order. Such features are handled either by a computer's operating system or by application programs that offer options for tailoring documents to a particular set of national/regional or international conventions.

 

Courier Sender (n) -  A Configuration Manager communication mechanism that enables you to create and send package information to another Configuration Manager site through non-network channels.

 

course (n) -  A series of classes that cover aspects of a subject area.

 

course code (n) -  A number or code that an educational institution uses to identify a particular class.

 

Coursera (PN) -  An education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. courtesy copy (n) -  A directive to an e-mail program to send a complete copy of a given piece of mail to another individual. The use of cc mail addressing, as opposed to directly addressing the mail to a person, generally implies that the recipient is not required to take any action; the message is for informational purposes only. In a cc directive, the fact that this recipient received the mail is printed in the mail header and is thus known to all other recipients.

 

covariance (n) -  A statistical measure of the tendency of two variables to change in conjunction with each other. It is equal to the product of their standard deviations and correlation coefficients.

 

covariance (n) -  In programming languages, the ability to use a more derived type than that originally specified. Covariance in generic interfaces and delegates allows for implicit conversion of generic type parameters. Covariance is also supported for non-generic delegates for matching method signatures with delegate types.

 

cover (n) -  The photo displayed at the top of an album, and used to represent the whole album when albums are shown in list view. It is also used to describe the representative photo in a stack (of near duplicate photos).

 

cover inserter (n) -  An additional (usually optional) unit on high-end copy machines that allows users to insert pre-printed covers, tabs and chapter separators into documents. cover letter (n) -  A letter that serves to introduce accompanying documents to the recipient. Often refers to a letter sent with a resume when applying for a job. cover photo (n) -  The photo displayed at the top of an album, and used to represent the whole album when albums are shown in list view. It is also used to describe the representative photo in a stack (of near duplicate photos).

 

coverage collection (n) -  Information collected at run time about which blocks or lines of an application are executed at least once.

 

coverage map (n) -  A digital map indicating the area in which one can expect good cell­phone reception from a specific mobile operator.

 

COW (n) -  Page protection that allows multiple applications to map their virtual address spaces to share the same physical pages until an application needs to modify the page and have its own instance copy, which allows the virtual memory manager to save memory and execution time.

 

coworker shape (n) -  In an organization chart, a shape next to another shape that is connected to the same superior (or manager) shape.

 

CPA (oth) -  An organization that specifies payment formats for Canada.

 

CPF (n) -  An 11-digit identification number issued to Brazilians and resident aliens by the Brazilian Ministry of Revenue for identification and tax purposes.

 

CPI (n) -  A programming interface used to build and maintain unattended installation answer files and configuration sets by adding security fixes, changing drivers, and so forth.

 

CPI (n) -  The ratio of budgeted costs of work performed to actual costs of work performed [BCWP/ACWP]. The cumulative CPI [sum of the BCWP for all tasks divided by the sum of the ACWP for all tasks] can be used to predict whether a project will go over budget. CPM (n) -  A project management method of calculating the total duration of a project based on individual task durations and their dependencies.

 

cps  -  (Characters Per Second)- A measure of how quickly information, particularly text, is being transferred over a modem link or network. See also- bps.

 

CPU (n) -  The computational and control unit of a computer. The CPU is the device that interprets and executes instructions. Mainframes and early minicomputers contained circuit boards full of integrated circuits that implemented the CPU. Single-chip central processing units, called microprocessors, made possible personal computers and workstations.

 

CPU  -  (Central Processing Unit)- The nerve centre of the computer : everything flows through it. Often just called ‘the processor'. The best known PC processors are

 

Intel's- Pentium- and AMD'sAthlon.

 

CPU busy (n) -  A SQL Server statistic that reports the time, in milliseconds, that the central processing unit (CPU) spent on SQL Server work.

 

CPU cap (n) -  The maximum amount of CPU time that can be consumed by each processor to ensure that no application nor virtual machine blocks the system. This is mostly used in virtualization.

 

CPU capping (n) -  The use of CPU caps.

 

CPU speed (n) -  A relative measure of the data-processing capacity of a particular central processing unit (CPU), usually measured in megahertz.

 

CPU time (n) -  In multiprocessing, the amount of time during which a particular process has active control of the CPU (central processing unit).

 

CPU-bound (oth) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a situation in which the performance of a computer is limited by the number of arithmetic operations the microprocessor must perform. When a system is computation-bound, the microprocessor is overloaded with calculations.

 

Crack, cracked  -  A crack is a small program intended to defeat software's copy protection, thus allowing unlicensed copies to be made - stealing it, in effect. Software that is distributed with its copy protection disabled or bypassed has been ‘cracked'. cradle (v) -  To place a mobile device in a cradle to connect to a desktop computer. Craigslist  -  Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities featuring free online classified advertisements, with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, rA©sumA©s, and discussion

 

forums.- http://www.craigslist.org/

 

Craquelure (PN) -  A live effect that simulates fine cracks in paint or enamel on the surface of an object.

 

crash (v) -  For a system or program, to fail to function correctly, resulting in the suspension of operation.

 

crash (n) -  The failure of either a program or a disk drive. A program crash results in the loss of all unsaved data and can leave the operating system unstable enough to require restarting the computer. A disk drive crash, sometimes called a disk crash, leaves the drive inoperable and can cause loss of data.

 

Crash  -  When a computer program or operating system stops working completely or almost completely it (or the computer) is said to have ‘crashed'. When a computer crashes it usually needs to berebooted- before it can be used again. See also- lockup.

 

crash dump (n) -  A binary file that a programmer can load into a debugger to analyze the cause of the crash. It contains the contents of the memory when the crash occurred.

 

Crash Dump Type (n) -  Specifies the file format Dr. Watson will use to store the information. The Full format contains the entire memory space of the program, as well as the program image itself, the handle table, and other information that will be useful to the debugger. The Mini format may include the full memory and handle table, or it may simply contain information about a single thread. The Windows NT 4.0-compatible Full format provides you with the opportunity to use older tools to analyze the dump file.

 

Crash Dump Type is only available when you have selected the Create Crash Dump File check box.

 

crash recovery (n) -  The ability of a computer to resume operation after a disastrous failure, such as the failure of a hard drive. Ideally, recovery can occur without any loss of data, although usually some, if not all, data is lost.

 

Crate (PN) -  A compression container format (.cr8) in Windows that largely replaces the CAB format in all servicing scenarios. This format extends beyond servicing and is a compression solution for file sharing in general.

 

crawl (v) -  To compile and organize entries for a search engine or content index by reading Web pages or other content.

 

crawl (n) -  The process of scanning content to compile and maintain an index.

 

crawl log (n) -  A set of properties that provides information about the results of crawling a display URL. The information includes whether the crawl was successful, the content source to which the display URL belongs, and the level, message, time, and identifier for any errors that occur.

 

crawl rule (n) -  A set of preferences that applies to a specific URL or range of URLs that you can use to include or exclude items you want to crawl and specify the content access account to use when crawling that URL or range.

 

crawl scope (n) -  A collection of data stores (identifiable by URL) that represents content that the indexer crawls and indexes.

 

Crawl Scope Manager (PN) -  The set of interfaces that provides methods to inform the Windows Search engine about containers to crawl and items under those containers to include in or exclude from the catalog.

 

Crawler  -  A program that indexes pages on the World Wide Web for search engines. crawler impact rule (n) -  A rule that applies to a specific URL or range of URLs on which you can configure crawling to reduce the resources that are used on the server that is being crawled.

 

crawling account (n) -  An account used to crawl Web sites, servers and network resources included in a content index.

 

CRC (n) -  A procedure used in checking for errors in data transmission. CRC error checking uses a complex calculation to generate a number based on the data transmitted. The sending device performs the calculation before transmission and includes it in the packet that it sends to the receiving device. The receiving device repeats the same calculation after transmission. If both devices obtain the same result, it is assumed that the transmission was error free. The procedure is known as a redundancy check because each transmission includes not only data but extra (redundant) error-checking values. Communications protocols such as XMODEM and Kermit use cyclical redundancy checking.

 

create (v) -  To bring an object into existence by allocating the necessary storage space and giving values to its attributes.

 

Create Console Scope Wizard (n) -  A wizard that allows the user to define a console scope, the computer groups associated with the console scope, and the users associated with the console scope.

 

Create Deployment Package Wizard (n) -  A wizard you use in Mobile Deployment Manager to create a deployment package.

 

Create Installation Item Wizard (n) -  A wizard you use in Mobile Deployment Manager

 

to create an installation item.

 

create mode (n) -  The mode in which certain information is not available for edit on the page until the page is saved after creation. An example of this would be the opportunity record pages, where the opportunity has to be saved before products can be added.

 

Create New Group (PN) -  A menu item that creates a new group for the user's Contacts list.

 

Create Task Wizard (n) -  A wizard that allows the user to create new tasks that can be run in different locations, for example, in the Operator console or on an agent-managed computer.

 

Creative Asset Manager (PN) -  A Microsoft Advertising program that advertisers use to upload, organize, preview, and validate creatives.

 

creative content (n) -  The content that is to be placed on an advertising schedule. In the advertising industry, creative denotes ownership of the content. You cannot change any aspect of the ad without approval from the company that owns the ad you are running. creator (n) -  On the Apple Macintosh, the program that creates a file. Files are linked to their creators by creator codes; this link enables the operating system to open the creator application when a document file is opened.

 

creator (n) -  The entity primarily responsible for creating the content resource (that is, the author).

 

Credential Locker (PN) -  A feature of Windows where a user's credentials are securely stored.

 

Credential Manager (PN) -  A common credential store and interface that is used to save and manage user credentials, such as user names and passwords, so you can easily log on to Web sites and connect to other resources, such as computers.

 

credential prompt (n) -  A dialog box that appears when a user is requested to confirm whether an administrative process should be permitted to start. The user can approve the process by providing a user name and password for an administrator account, or the user can cancel the process by clicking Cancel.

 

Credential Provider (n) -  A tool that provides information, which includes identification and proof of identification, that is used to gain access to local and network resources. Credential Vault Service (PN) -  A behind-the-scene service that is part of Credential Manager and that actually does the work of creating and managing user credentials to allow users to log on across machines and sites.

 

credentials (n) -  Information that includes identification and proof of identification that is used to gain access to local and network resources. Examples of credentials are user names and passwords, smart cards, and certificates.

 

credentials lock (n) -  A type of device lock in Windows Mobile that requires the user to enter credentials to gain access to phone resources.

 

credit (v) -  To enter an amount that decreases the balance of an asset or expense account or increases a liability, owners equity or revenue account.

 

credit (n) -  An account entry that typically increases liabilities, owners' equity, or income, and decreases assets or expenses.

 

credit advice (n) -  An official notice of a bank credit transaction.

 

credit balance transaction (n) -  A transaction with an unapplied balance that decreases

 

the customer's or supplier's balance. Examples include credit memos, returns, payments, and receipts.

 

credit card (n) -  A type of payment card where the supplier is paid by the card issuer. The card holder then pays the card issuer.

 

credit card authorization (n) -  The process of verifying the credit card holder's identification and credit worthiness before a sales order is processed and fulfilled. credit card capture (n) -  The process of verifying the credit card holder's identification and credit worthiness when a sales order is fulfilled.

 

credit card preauthorization (n) -  The process of verifying the credit card holder's identification and credit worthiness before a sales order is processed and fulfilled. The merchant asks the credit card company to reduce the customer's credit line by the invoice amount without charging the account. The preauthorization usually expires after a fixed period of time defined by the credit card processor.

 

credit hold (n) -  A restriction placed by the vendor that prevents a business or customer from charging for work or goods.

 

Credit hold (n) -  A field name on the account form. The user can set this field to Yes or No depending on whether there is a hold on the account.

 

credit limit (n) -  A limit placed by a vendor on the monetary amount that a business or customer can charge.

 

Credit limit (n) -  A field name on the account form. The user enters the amount in dollars that represents the maximum limit of the account.

 

credit limit check (n) -  A calculation to determine whether a customer's outstanding balance is within the maximum credit allowed for that customer. credit note (n) -  An invoice with a negative amount.

 

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

 

criteria (n) -  Conditions you specify to limit which records are included in the result set of a query or filter.

 

Criteria pane (n) -  The area of the window that displays the criteria used to limit the records included in the result set of your query.

 

critical alert (n) -  An alert that indicates that a protection group requires immediate attention. Critical problems are caused by significant abnormal (unexpected) behavior that affects data protected by DPS.

 

critical exception (oth) -  An exception that leads 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 SOAP exceptions on the ASP.NET client.

 

critical file (n) -  A file that is crucial for the system to perform.

 

critical path (n) -  The series of activities that determines the duration of the project. In a deterministic model, the critical path is usually defined as those activities with float less than or equal to a specified value, often zero. It is the longest path through the project. critical path (n) -  The series of tasks that must be completed on schedule for a project to finish on schedule. Each task on the critical path is a critical task.

 

critical path method (n) -  A project management method of calculating the total duration

 

of a project based on individual task durations and their dependencies.

 

critical section (n) -  A segment of code which is not reentrant; that is, it does not support

 

concurrent access by multiple threads. Often, a critical section is used to protect shared

 

resources.

 

critical task (n) -  A task that must be completed on schedule for the project to finish on time. If a critical task is delayed, the project completion date might also be delayed. A series of critical tasks makes up a project's critical path.

 

critical update (n) -  A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security related bug.

 

CRL (n) -  A document maintained and published by a certification authority that lists certificates that have been revoked.

 

CRL issuer (n) -  The organization (CA) which issued the CRL.

 

CRM (n) -  The process of building profitable customer relationships through the delivery of highly targeted interactions at all customer touch points by aligning marketing, sales and service functions and systems.

 

CRM (PN) -  The Business subcategory containing apps to help companies manage customer relations and retention.

 

CRM Back End Server (PN) -  A back-end server in CRM that runs the server roles, incl. Asynchronous Processing Service, Sandbox Service, and SharePoint Integration Service. CRM Front End Server (PN) -  A front-end server in CRM that runs a number of server roles, incl. the Web Application Server, Organization Web Service, Discovery Web Service and Help Server.

 

CRM Mobile Customization (n) -  A tool used to create views that are available to all mobile users. Each view defines a subset of data that is designed to fit on the screen of the mobile device, and can include data from any Microsoft CRM attributes in supported record types. CRM Mobile Customization is also used to customize forms used by the CRM Mobile application on the device.

 

CRM Mobile perimeter network components (n) -  The Microsoft CRM Mobile components that are installed on a perimeter network IIS server in either the standard or traditional perimeter network configuration to provide secure registration and synchronization when Microsoft CRM Mobile is available over the Internet.

 

CRM Mobile server components (n) -  Components that you use to register devices, perform the initial provisioning, and perform synchronization of data between the mobile device and the Microsoft CRM server for a variety of network configurations. Includes two tools for system administrators: CRM Mobile Customization and Mobile Deployment Manager

 

CRM-Exchange E-mail Router (PN) -  A software component that provides an interface between the Microsoft CRM system and Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003. crop (v) -  To trim the vertical or horizontal edges of an object. Pictures are often cropped to focus attention on a particular area.

 

crop mark (n) -  A mark that shows where a publication page will be trimmed. cross hair (n) -  Intersecting lines used by some computer input devices to locate a particular x-y-coordinate.

 

cross hatch (n) -  Shading made up of regularly spaced, intersecting lines.

 

cross join (n) -  A logical operator which joins each row from the first (top) input with each row from the second (bottom) input. It can also be called a Cartesian join, since it returns the Cartesian product of the two tables.

 

cross reference object (n) -  An object in which Active Directory stores information about directory partitions and external directory services.

 

cross sell (n) -  A specific type of related sell that suggests to users a product related to the product(s) they already have in their baskets.

 

cross-database ownership chaining (n) -  An ownership chain that spans more than one database.

 

cross-docking (n) -  A distribution practice in which items flow from receiving to shipping, with limited or no storage required.

 

cross-domain barrier (n) -  An Internet Explorer security feature that stops scripts and Document Object Model (DOM) objects from executing across domains. cross-domain library (n) -  A JavaScript library available in apps for SharePoint to allow cross-domain client-level communication.

 

crossfade (n) -  A method of smoothly moving from one video clip or photo to another. With a crossfade transition, the frames in the playing clip fade out as the frames in the new clip fade in. In the film industry, the same process is called a dissolve.

 

cross-foot (v) -  To add amounts across a row (horizontally). The resulting total can be checked against a total obtained by footing (adding amounts vertically). cross-forest authentication (n) -  An authentication feature that enables secure access to resources when the user account is in one forest and the computer account is in another forest. This feature allows users to securely access resources in other forests, using either Kerberos or NTLM, without sacrificing the single sign-on and administrative benefits of having only one user ID and password maintained in the user's home forest. cross-forest member (n) -  A member of a security group whose user account is in a different forest from the group account.

 

cross-functional flowchart (n) -  A type of flowchart that shows the relationship between a business process and the functional units (such as departments) responsible for that process.

 

cross-hatching (n) -  Shading made up of regularly spaced, intersecting lines. Cross­hatching is one of several methods for filling in areas of a graphic. crossing extent (n) -  The extent of a crossing file occupying space on the volume of the owning file.

 

cross-model association (n) -  A relationship that allows users to define links between reference data elements to enable fact data movement.

 

cross-model mapping (n) -  A one-to-one correspondence that a business rule can establish between members or dimensions of two separate models.

 

Crossover (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 # 139.

 

crossover cable (n) -  A type of cable that facilitates network communications. A crossover cable interconnects two computers by reversing their respective pin contacts.

 

cross-page posting (n) -  In ASP.NET Web pages, the process of submitting a page to a specified target page in contrast to submitting the page to itself. cross-platform (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a software application or hardware device that can be run or operated on more than one system platform. cross-premises deployment (n) -  A deployment model in which part of a tenant organization's mailboxes, files, or other services, are hosted and part of them are not hosted but instead exist in the organization's own on-premises deployment. cross-project link (n) -  A relationship in which the start or finish date of a task depends on a task in another project.

 

cross-site publishing (n) -  A content publishing model in which multiple sites select and republish content that is authored and managed in a single source location. cross-site request forgery (n) -  An attack where a malicious website makes an HTTP request to a target website in such a way that the website thinks that the request is part of a legitimate user's session.

 

cross-slide (n) -  A touch-optimized technique for selecting or moving an item within a content area that is pannable in one direction only.

 

crosstab query (n) -  A query that calculates a sum, average, count, or other type of total on records, and then groups the result by two types of information: one down the left side of the datasheet and the other across the top.

 

crosstab report (n) -  Printed information about tasks and resources over a specified time period. There are five predefined crosstab reports in Project: Cash Flow, Crosstab, Resource Usage, Task Usage, and Who Does What When.

 

cross-validation (n) -  A method for evaluating the accuracy of a data mining model. cross-varying dimension (n) -  In OLAP terminology, a listing of all valid tuples by rule. Crow's Foot (n) -  A specification language for describing data structures. You can use the Crow's Foot entity and relationship shapes to diagram the structure of databases.

 

CRT (n) -  The basis of the television screen and the standard microcomputer display screen. A CRT display is built around a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns whose electron beams rapidly sweep horizontally across the inside of the front surface of the tube, which is coated with a material that glows when irradiated. Each electron beam moves from left to right, top to bottom, one horizontal scan line at a time. To keep the screen image from flickering, the electron beam refreshes the screen 30 times or more per second. The clarity of the image is determined by the number of pixels on the screen.

 

CRT  -  (Cathode Ray Tube)- The imaging technology used in older desktop monitors. Provides an excellent colour display, but is extremely bulky and is widely being replaced by flatscreens.

 

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

 

crushed microdots (n) -  Microdots that are distorted or damaged between the diffuser layers of the Surface display.

 

crypto agility (n) -  The ability of software to support customer-preferred algorithms for encryption, hashing, entropy and digital signatures.

 

Crypto API Diagnostics (PN) -  A utility that can only be enabled by an administrator and which logs events associated with an applications use of certificates.

 

crypto escrow key (n) -  A secondary encryption key that provides the ability for an authorized IT Helpdesk administrator to open an encrypted document when the password is lost.

 

crypto key (n) -  A piece of data that is required to initialize a cryptographic algorithm. crypto set (n) -  A specific group of cryptography settings. crypto-accelerator board (n) -  A hardware device that speeds up cryptographic operations by offloading operations to a special processor on the board.

 

CryptoAPI (n) -  An (API) that is provided as part of Microsoft Windows. CryptoAPI provides a set of functions that allow applications to encrypt or digitally sign data in a flexible manner while providing protection for the user's sensitive private key data. Actual cryptographic operations are performed by independent modules known as (CSPs). CryptoAPI 2.0 (n) -  The API that supports PKI and X.509 certificates, such as certificate chain validation, certificate stores, and signature verification.

 

CryptoAPI Component Object Model (PN) -  A Microsoft ActiveX control that provides a Component Object Model (COM) interface to Microsoft CryptoAPI, which exposes a select set of CryptoAPI functions to application developers.

 

cryptographic agility (n) -  The ability of software to support customer-preferred algorithms for encryption, hashing, entropy and digital signatures. cryptographic algorithm (n) -  A mathematical function used for encryption and decryption. Most cryptographic algorithms are based on a substitution cipher, a transposition cipher, or a combination of both.

 

cryptographic digest (n) -  The result of a one-way hash function that takes a variable- length input string and converts it to a fixed-length output string. This fixed-length output string is probabilistically unique for every different input string and thus can act as a fingerprint of a file. It can be used to determine whether a file was tampered with. cryptographic key (n) -  A piece of data that is required to initialize a cryptographic algorithm.

 

cryptographic service provider (n) -  An independent software module that performs

 

cryptography algorithms for authentication, encoding, and encryption.

 

cryptographic set (n) -  A specific group of cryptography settings.

 

cryptography (n) -  The study or analysis of codes and encoding methods used to secure

 

information. Cryptography is used to provide confidentiality, data integrity, authentication

 

(entity and data origin), and nonrepudiation.

 

Cryptography Application Programming Interface (n) -  An (API) that is provided as part of Microsoft Windows. CryptoAPI provides a set of functions that allow applications to encrypt or digitally sign data in a flexible manner while providing protection for the user's sensitive private key data. Actual cryptographic operations are performed by independent modules known as (CSPs).

 

Cryptography Next Generation (PN) -  A replacement of the CryptoAPI that enables support for Suite B cryptographic algorithms such as elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). CS Authentication resource (n) -  A Commerce Server resource with global-level properties, managed through Commerce Server Manager. Use CS Authentication to configure authentication options for a site.

 

CSAT Index (n) -  A survey solution to allow users to understand and act on customer feedback.

 

CSDL (n) -  An XML-based language that is used to define the entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and association sets of a conceptual model.

 

CSF (n) -  A development framework for the targeted delivery of content. The Content Selection Framework (CSF) provides the components you use to build a business-specific messaging system. CSF provides a platform for making high-speed decisions to target content to users.

 

CSFM option (n) -  An area on the Spam Filter page that gives IT administrators the ability to select various content attributes of a message that either increase the potential for the message to be quarantined as spam (the spam score') or absolutely quarantine messages that contain specific attributes.'

 

CSLIP (n) -  A version of SLIP using compressed Internet address information, thereby making the protocol faster than SLIP.

 

C-SLIP (n) -  A version of SLIP using compressed Internet address information, thereby making the protocol faster than SLIP.

 

CSM (n) -  See client-side monitoring. CSM is a common tag used when client-side monitoring is turned on for an application. For example, CSM Collector.

 

CSM (PN) -  The set of interfaces that provides methods to inform the Windows Search engine about containers to crawl and items under those containers to include in or exclude from the catalog.

 

CSM Collector (oth) -  A part of the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) feature that receives client events and statistics from end users.

 

CSO (PN) -  An Internet directory service that matches users' own names with e-mail addresses, generally at colleges and universities. The CSO service, which can be reached through Gopher, was originally developed at the Computing Services Office at the University of Illinois.

 

CSOM (n) -  A set of APIs for SharePoint products. These APIs are based on the server object model, and can be called from clients such as desktop PCs and mobile devices.

 

CSP (n) -  An independent software module that performs cryptography algorithms for authentication, encoding, and encryption.

 

CSP (PN) -  The Microsoft program that allows external partners to sell, set up, and manage Office 365 accounts for small businesses, as well as set their own terms.

 

CSR (oth) -  An employee who provides service to the customers of the organization or business unit through the opening and resolution of cases, among other activities.

 

CSR (n) -  Technology that enables rendering operations to be handled by the client.

 

CSRF (n) -  An attack where a malicious website makes an HTTP request to a target website in such a way that the website thinks that the request is part of a legitimate user's session.

 

CSS (n) -  A Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) specification developed by The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that allows authors of HTML documents and users to attach style sheets to HTML documents. The style sheets include typographical information on how the page should appear, such as the font of the text in the page. This specification also directs the way in which the style sheets of the HTML document and the user's style will blend.

 

CSS (n) -  A feature in Commerce Server 2006 that updates Web site changes from one environment to another, for example, from a testing environment to a production environment. These changes can include Web site pages, configuration settings, and database resources.

 

CSS  -  (Cascading Style Sheets)- A set of- HTML- commands used to control the style of web pages, much more complex than the tag-set it is intended to replace, but also more powerful and particularly useful for retaining a uniform style across a large website. Generally only used by professional web designers.

 

CSS selector (n) -  The name of the element type to which the display information applies. CSTA (n) -  An international standard established by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) that specifies an application's interface and protocols for monitoring and controlling calls and devices in a communications network.

 

CSV (n) -  A data file consisting of fields and records, stored as text, in which the fields are separated from each other by commas.

 

CSV (PN) -  A feature that simplifies the configuration and management of Hyper-V virtual machines in failover clusters. With CSV, on a failover cluster that runs Hyper-V, multiple virtual machines can use the same disk yet fail over independently of one another. CSV provides increased flexibility for volumes in clustered storage-€”for example, it allows you to keep system files separate from data to optimize disk performance, even if the system files and the data are contained within virtual hard disk files.

 

CSV import file (n) -  A comma separated value (CSV) file used to provision many new users at one time.

 

CSVLK (PN) -  A unique volume license key used to activate a key management service (KMS) host or to enable volume software licenses to be issued and managed from Active Directory.

 

CT (n) -  A technique that produces a computer-processed X-ray image of a cross section of an internal organ or tissue.

 

CTAS (PN) -  A T-SQL feature (parallelized operation) that creates a new table based on the output of a SELECT statement used when table was not created earlier and needs to be created when data from one table needs to be inserted into a newly created table from another table, with same data types as that of the selected columns.

 

CTE (PN) -  A temporary result set that is defined within the execution scope of a single SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or CREATE VIEW statement, similar to a derived table in that it is not stored as an object and lasts only for the duration of the query but different from a derived table, as possibly being self-referencing and referenced multiple times in the same query.

 

CTI (n) -  The practice of using a computer to control one or more telephone and communications functions.

 

CTI (PN) -  A company that provides reporting compliance services.

 

CTI event (n) -  A special punctuation event that indicates the completeness of the existing events.

 

CTL (n) -  A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client authentication or secure e-mail. CTO (n) -  Pertaining to the process of manufacturing a computer according to a customer's specification by customizing a pre-existing image of a master installation.

 

CTP (n) -  The portion of product output from available operations resources and available input product required to fulfill a specific customer requirement.

 

CTRL (n) -  A key that, when pressed in combination with another key, gives the other key an alternative meaning.

 

CTRL key (n) -  A key that, when pressed in combination with another key, gives the other key an alternative meaning.

 

Ctrl+Break (oth) -  A key or combination of keys used to tell a computer to halt, or break out of, whatever it is doing. On IBM PCs and compatibles under DOS, pressing the Pause/ Break or Scroll Lock/Break key while holding down the Ctrl key issues the break command (as does Ctrl-C). On Macintosh computers, the key combination that sends a break code is Command-period.

 

CTS (n) -  A control packet that a destination station sends to indicate its readiness to receive data. A destination station responds to a request to send (RTS) by transmitting a CTS.

 

CTS (n) -  The specification that determines how the common language runtime defines, uses, and manages types.

 

CUA (n) -  A client program such as Microsoft Outlook. Calendar information can be sent between calendar user agents that comply with the iCalendar specification. cube (n) -  A set of data that is organized and summarized into a multidimensional structure that is defined by a set of dimensions and measures.

 

Cube Build Service (PN) -  A service that manages the OLAP cubes for Project Server reporting.

 

cube definition (n) -  Information, stored by the OLAP Cube Wizard in an .oqy file, that defines how to construct an OLAP cube in memory using data retrieved from a relational database.

 

cube role (n) -  A collection of users and groups with the same access to a cube. A cube role is created when you assign a database role to a cube, and it applies only to that cube. cubic Bezier curve (n) -  A curve described by two endpoints and two control points. cue (n) -  An icon depicting a stack of papers that represent filtered lists. The cue appears in the Activities home part on the Role Center. The height of each cue roughly represents the number of entities in the underlying list; as the number of entities increases, the height of the cue increases.

 

Cult (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 # 58.

 

culture (n) -  In managed code, a class of information about a particular nation or people including their collective name, writing system, calendar used, and conventions for formatting dates and sorting strings.

 

cumulative threshold (n) -  The maximum limit of a cumulative transaction value, up to which a tax on the transaction value is not calculated.

 

cumulative update (n) -  A roll-up update that contains all previous critical on-demand hotfixes to date.

 

curate (v) -  Edit or confirm a sentiment value for a post.

 

curfew (n) -  The time or times during the day that a child is restricted from using the computer.

 

currency (n) -  Any form of money, including bills and coins, used as a medium of exchange.

 

Currency (n) -  An 8-byte, fixed-point data type that is useful for calculations involving money or for fixed-point calculations in which accuracy is extremely important. The Currency data type is used to store numbers with up to 15 digits to the left of the decimal point and 4 digits to the right. The type-declaration character in Microsoft-© Visual Basic­© is an at sign (@). Currency can range from -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807.

 

currency (n) -  A medium of exchange in circulation that is not limited to money. currency code (n) -  An alphanumeric identifier that represents a currency unit. currency conversion (n) -  The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into equivalent currency (usually the reporting currency of the parent company), in order to prepare consolidated financial statements in the native currency of the parent company.

 

currency conversion rate (n) -  The multiplier used for converting the base currency of the Web site to the buyer currency or supplier currency.

 

Currency Converter (PN) -  A calculator tool that converts the value or quantity of one currency into the relative values or quantities of other currencies. currency exchange (n) -  The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into equivalent currency (usually the reporting currency of the parent company), in order to prepare consolidated financial statements in the native currency of the parent company.

 

currency LCID (n) -  A value that identifies the locale for currency handling. The default value is zero, which uses the default locale ID of the server.

 

currency locale identifier (n) -  A value that identifies the locale for currency handling. The default value is zero, which uses the default locale ID of the server. currency symbol (n) -  A symbol selected to designate a specific currency. currency translation (n) -  The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into equivalent currency (usually the reporting currency of the parent company), in order to prepare consolidated financial statements in the native currency of the parent company.

 

currency unit (n) -  A discrete division of currency value.

 

current ( Adverb )  -  Pertaining to an account status indicating that payments are up-to- date.

 

current cell (n) -  The selected cell in which data is entered when you begin typing. Only one cell is active at a time. The active cell is bounded by a heavy border.

 

Current Conversations group (n) -  A group, at the top of the Contact List, used to show any ongoing or open instant messaging conversations.

 

current cost (n) -  The most recent price of a product or service.

 

current directory (n) -  The first directory in which the operating system looks for programs and data files and stores files for output.

 

current liability (n) -  An obligation that is due within a short period of time, usually one year or less, and which will be paid out of current assets.

 

current period (n) -  A dynamic cycle property that you set to define either the start or end of the data period for the cycle.

 

current record (n) -  The record in a recordset that you can modify or retrieve data from. There is only one current record in a recordset, but a recordset may have no current record, for example, after a record has been deleted from a dynaset-type recordset. current region (n) -  The block of filled-in cells that includes the currently selected cell or cells. The region extends in all directions to the first empty row or column. current time increment event (n) -  A special punctuation event that indicates the completeness of the existing events.

 

current user (n) -  The authenticated user during processing operations in a front-end Web server and a back-end database server.

 

current version (n) -  Version of a file most recently stored in a Visual SourceSafe database. The current version of the file has the highest version number. curriculum vitae (n) -  A detailed summary of one's academic and work history and experience, including information about research, publications, and/or academic or personal interests and achievements.

 

curriculum vitae (n) -  A summary of one's academic and work history, usually submitted with a job application.

 

curried delegate (n) -  A delegate that is handled through curried functions.

 

cursor (n) -  A representation on the screen of the mouse pointer location. In a document or file, it usually appears as a blinking vertical line to indicate where you can insert text or graphics. In other applications, it can appear as a cross or as an arrow.

 

cursor (n) -  An entity that maps over a result set and establishes a position on a single row within the result set.

 

Cursor  -  The representation of the mouse on the screen. It may take many different shapes. Example: I-beam, arrow pointer, and hand.

 

cursor blink rate (n) -  The rate at which the cursor indicating the active insertion point in a text window, or other display element, flashes on and off.

 

cursor controller (n) -  The button and arrows on a mobile keyboard that enable customers to move the text cursor within text.

 

cursor data type (n) -  A special data type used to reference a cursor.

 

cursor degradation (n) -  The return of a different type of cursor than the user had declared.

 

cursor key (n) -  Any of four keys labeled with arrows pointing up, down, left, and right, used to move the cursor vertically or horizontally on the display screen or, in some programs, to extend the highlight.

 

cursor library (n) -  A part of the ODBC and DB-Library application programming interfaces (APIs) that implements client cursors

 

curve (n) -  In DirectMusic, a continuous series of events with a start and end value, such

 

as volume fade.

 

curve (n) -  A rounded line.

 

curve (n) -  A shape representing a single path in a coordinate system. This is an abstract type; its implementations define how to interpolate between control points.

 

cusp (n) -  A peak, angle, radical change of direction or endpoint of a stroke.

 

custodian (n) -  Someone who has full access to all the information in a record, with the ability to see, change, share, and delete any of that information. custodian access (n) -  The highest level of access.

 

custom action (n) -  A dropdown menu item or ribbon component that is added to a site page.

 

custom adapter (n) -  A custom piece of code that a developer writes and places before a receive pipeline or after a send pipeline to interface with adapters and/or applications. Custom Animation list (n) -  The list of animation sequences for a slide. Items are listed in the order in which they are added, and include icons that indicate timing in relation to other animation events.

 

custom attribute (n) -  A class used to represent custom metadata.

 

custom build rule (n) -  A build rule defined by the user, typically to call a tool that is not part of the normal Visual Studio build process.

 

custom calculation (n) -  A method of summarizing values in the data area of a PivotTable report by using the values in other cells in the data area. Use the Show data as list on the PivotTable Field dialog for a data field to create custom calculations.

 

custom client control (n) -  A custom control authored by a user or a third-party software vendor in Windows Forms applications.

 

custom collection (n) -  A collection of audio files (for example, songs) that is represented by an interactive object in Music and that you set up in Windows Media Player. In contrast, albums are predefined collections of songs from a CD or digital download. custom color (n) -  A color in the Visio application that is stored with a shape as an RGB or HSL value rather than as an index to the document's color palette. A custom color is saved only with the shape to which it is applied.

 

custom color palette (n) -  A set of colors on a palette with up to 256 specific color entries. Custom Columns (n) -  A grouping of column headings on a report.

 

Custom Connector (PN) -  A .NET assembly created using Visual Studio that provides custom connection logic.

 

custom control (n) -  A form component, such as a template part or ActiveX control, that isn't included with InfoPath by default. Form designers can add or remove custom controls by using the Controls task pane.

 

custom control (n) -  A control authored by a user or a third-party software vendor. custom device (n) -  A microphone and speaker combination configured by the user in Lync and Office Communicator.

 

custom dialog box (n) -  A modal pop-up form you create to ask the user for additional information or to display a message.

 

custom dialog control (n) -  A control that developers use to create a custom dialog. custom dictionary (n) -  A user dictionary that contains a list of words not in the application dictionary that an author wants the spelling checker to accept as correct. custom domain (n) -  A domain name whose purpose is to express the individuality of the person on whose behalf it is registered. Custom domains are often subdomains, and contrast with domain names which resolve to an organization (e.g. a company) or a service that organization offers.

 

custom driver access (n) -  Device IO Control to 3rd party driver, a form of restricted device interface access for privileged apps

 

custom editor (n) -  An editor that allows you to view, edit, compare, or merge content inside a SourceSafe database.

 

custom expression (n) -  A property value that is hand-edited.

 

Custom expression (n) -  An expression in some scripting language describing how a value is to be transformed in flowing from an attribute of an entry in one directory to an attribute of an entry in another.

 

custom extraction dictionary (n) -  A user defined dictionary that lists single words or phrases that the system matches to words in the content in either a case-sensitive way or a case-insensitive way, depending on the type of dictionary that is used.

 

custom field (n) -  A field you can create. A custom field can be a blank, combination, or formula field.

 

custom form (n) -  A form that you customize to better fit your needs.

 

custom group (n) -  An item of a custom group field. A custom group contains two or more items from a row or column field.

 

custom group field (n) -  A field in the row or column area that contains custom groups as its items.

 

custom install (n) -  A type of installation that allows the user to specify certain installation settings and options, such as which components will be installed. custom installation (n) -  A type of installation that allows the user to specify certain installation settings and options, such as which components will be installed. custom locale (n) -  A locale that supports international properties, providing a more culturally appropriate user experience than those furnished with the standard locales shipped by Microsoft with the operating system. The use of custom locales enables administrators to extend the set of locales provided by Microsoft or to replace the data in a locale that ships with Windows; for example, currency symbols or names of the months of the year.

 

custom logo (n) -  An organization's logo that an administrator can upload to replace the Office 365 logo in the upper-left corner of the website.

 

custom map (n) -  A map that you add to your application, as opposed to a map that is available by default (in the application).

 

custom order (n) -  User-defined sort order. For example, you could define a custom sort order to display values in the EmployeeTitle column on the basis of the title's seniority. custom OS image (n) -  The user-customized virtual hard disks (VHDs) that define the operating environment hosted by the VM role.

 

custom palette (n) -  A set of colors on a palette with up to 256 specific color entries. Custom Panel pane (n) -  A client element that displays optional streaming media feeds to presenters and attendees.

 

custom path expression (n) -  When data binding to a CLR data source or another object, a data path or binding expression that is hand-edited.

 

custom phrase (n) -  A word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to evaluate the content of an e-mail message and apply appropriate filter processing. custom plug-in (n) -  A type of plug-in created by a third-party vendor that is tightly integrated with the Windows Media Services platform architecture.

 

custom price (n) -  The price calculated according to specific pricing rules that apply to products in a virtual catalog. There are three types of custom prices: percentage off, fixed amount off, and explicit price.

 

custom profile (n) -  A group of settings, defined by an end user, for configuring the encoder output.

 

custom properties dialog box (n) -  A custom property sheet that allows users to set properties for an ActiveX control.

 

custom property (n) -  A characteristic or parameter of an object or device that can be defined by the user.

 

custom property (n) -  A metabase property that is not predefined in the metabase schema (MBSchema.xml) and is created programmatically to meet a specific need. custom recipient (n) -  In Exchange 5.5 and earlier, a custom recipient is a user who is not hosted by Exchange. In Exchange 2003, such users can be added to Active Directory as contacts, Windows users, or users whose Windows accounts are disabled. In any case, they are mail-enabled, but not mailbox-enabled, because their mailboxes are hosted on another messaging system.

 

custom repeat (n) -  A recurring meeting that does not have a standard pattern of daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

 

Custom Report (n) -  A representation of statistics and data that is organized and created by a CSR.

 

custom rollup (n) -  An aggregation calculation that is customized for a dimension level or member, and that overrides the aggregate functions of a cube's measures. custom rule (n) -  In a role, a specification that limits the dimension members or cube cells that users in the role are permitted to access.

 

custom server control (n) -  A custom control authored by a user or a third-party software vendor in Web Forms (ASP.NET pages)

 

custom show (n) -  A presentation within a presentation in which you group slides in an existing presentation so that you can show that section of the presentation to a particular audience.

 

custom solution (n) -  A collection of components that have been packaged together to provide a cohesive solution to a customer problem.

 

Custom Spam Filter Management option (n) -  An area on the Spam Filter page that gives IT administrators the ability to select various content attributes of a message that either increase the potential for the message to be quarantined as spam (the spam score') or absolutely quarantine messages that contain specific attributes.'

 

custom subnet mask (n) -  A subnet mask that is not based on the Internet address classes. Custom subnet masks are commonly used when subnetting.

 

custom table (n) -  A type of filter that enables users to choose from a list and then drive dashboard content from multiple data sources.

 

custom task pane (n) -  An .html file whose content is displayed in a window next to a form. Custom task panes can provide form-specific commands and Help content.

 

Custom Task Wizard (n) -  A wizard that will help users to define a custom task for their workflow. Custom Task can be used to collect information from workflow participants.

 

That information will be stored in the Tasks list for the site and can be used later in the workflow via workflow lookup.

 

custom theming (n) -  The process of customizing the look and feel of the site to reflect the company's style. An administrator can customize the logo, change the background image and theme colors, and change the home page's URL

 

custom toolbar (n) -  A toolbar that you create for your application.

 

custom update (n) -  An update, patch, or upgrade to software other than those available through Microsoft Update.

 

custom variable (n) -  A variable provided by package developers.

 

custom volume (n) -  A volume that is not in the DPM storage pool and is specified to

 

store the replica and recovery points for a protection group member.

 

customer (n) -  A person or company to whom your company sells products or services.

 

customer (n) -  The account or contact with which a business unit conducts a business

 

transaction.

 

Customer (n) -  A person or organization that uses any of the products or services that your organization provides and who takes advantage of the support resources you provide through Parature.

 

customer account statement (n) -  A form that can be sent to customers that includes the customer's balance and amount due for the statement period. customer advance (n) -  A payment received from a customer in anticipation of the delivery of items or of the performance of a service.

 

Customer and Orders Manager (n) -  The Commerce Server Business Management user interface that you use to view customer and order status information and display all the associated details.

 

customer data (n) -  All data, including all text, sound, image files, or software, given to Microsoft by, or on behalf of, Customer or its Affiliates through use of an Online Service or in connection with Professional Services.

 

customer discount (n) -  A price reduction for a particular customer.

 

Customer Experience Improvement Program (PN) -  A Microsoft program that invites customers to provide Microsoft with more detailed information about how the software is used including the type and frequency of errors, software and hardware performance, and feature usage. This information is anonymous and voluntary, and is used strictly for the purposes of software development.

 

Customer Feedback (n) -  A tab in the Array Managment feature that enables the user join the Customer Experience Improvement Program.

 

customer group (n) -  A classification of customers that share key characteristics. customer invoice (n) -  A source document that documents a customer payment request. When a payment is received, it can be matched to the invoice.

 

customer lead (n) -  A potential customer who must be contacted by a salesperson and either qualified or disqualified as a sales opportunity. Leads will be converted into accounts, contacts, or opportunities if they are qualified. Otherwise they are deleted or archived.

 

customer loyalty program (n) -  A structured program that rewards customers with incentives or other benefits for loyal buying behavior.

 

customer pool (n) -  A query that defines a group of customers that can be displayed and managed for collections or aging processes.

 

customer relations management (n) -  The business area related to managing a company's interactions with its customers, including sales, service, and delivery of product. Software solutions are designed and implemented specifically to manage this business area.

 

customer relationship (n) -  An association between a customer (account or contact) and a partner (account or contact).

 

customer relationship management (n) -  The process of building profitable customer relationships through the delivery of highly targeted interactions at all customer touch points by aligning marketing, sales and service functions and systems.

 

customer retention (n) -  The ability to maintain customer loyalty.

 

Customer Satisfaction Index (n) -  A survey solution to allow users to understand and act on customer feedback.

 

customer service (n) -  A wide variety of activities intended to ensure that customers receive the goods and services they require to satisfy their needs or wants in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

 

customer service (n) -  A business department that deals with routine inquiries and complaints from customers.

 

customer service center (n) -  A business department that deals with routine inquiries and complaints from customers.

 

customer service representative (n) -  An employee who provides service to the customers of the organization or business unit through the opening and resolution of cases, among other activities.

 

Customer Service Representative (CSR) (n) -  A Parature Service Desk user and support agent.

 

customer statement (n) -  A form that can be sent to customers that includes the customer's balance and amount due for the statement period. customer support (n) -  A business department that deals with routine inquiries and complaints from customers.

 

customer trade agreement (n) -  A fixed-price agreement that a company enters into with one or more customers in relation to sales prices or discounts for costs associated with the completion of a project (labor, expenses, and fees).

 

customer verification (PN) -  The validation that a customer's credentials meet the criteria to access and use a resource.

 

customer verification program (n) -  An application or tool to validate a customer's credentials.

 

customer-specific volume license key (n) -  A unique volume license key used to activate a key management service (KMS) host or to enable volume software licenses to be issued and managed from Active Directory.

 

customizable component (n) -  A solution component that, once protected and installed, can be modified, but not deleted, by a solution.

 

customization (n) -  The modification of, or additions to, hardware or software to fit the needs of a specific business or customer.

 

customize (v) -  To modify or assemble hardware or software to suit the needs or preferences of the user.

 

Customize (PN) -  The Sway button that provides users with a menu of different style modifications that can be applied to their sway.

 

customized scorecard (n) -  A scorecard that is created without using a template. cut (v) -  To remove part of a document, usually placing it temporarily in memory so that the cut portion can be inserted (pasted) elsewhere.

 

cut and paste (n) -  A procedure in which the computer acts as an electronic combination of scissors and glue for reorganizing a document or for compiling a document from different sources. In cut and paste, the portion of a document to be moved is selected, removed to storage in memory or on disk, and then reinserted into the same or a different document.

 

cutover migration (n) -  An e-mail migration process that provisions new cloud-based mailboxes and then migrates mailbox data to the cloud from a non-premises Exchange server. Cutover' refers to the fact that all on-premises mailboxes are migrated in preparation for moving the entire e-mail organization to the cloud

 

Cut-through  -  Technique for examining incoming packets where Ethernet switch looks only at first few bytes of packet before forwarding or filtering it. Faster than looking at whole packet but allows some bad packets to be forwarded.

 

CV (n) -  A detailed summary of one's academic and work history and experience, including information about research, publications, and/or academic or personal interests and achievements.

 

CV (n) -  A summary of one's academic and work history, usually submitted with a job application.

 

CVV (n) -  A code that credit card companies use to authorize credit card charges. For example, American Express uses a four-digit number on the front of the credit card, and Visa, MasterCard, and Discover use a three-digit number on the back.

 

cxn (n) -  A linkage between a group of on-premises (local) endpoints and the role instances for a Microsoft Azure deployment. A connection enables the endpoints in the group to connect to instances in the Microsoft Azure deployment, and vice versa. cyan (n) -  A color that is essential to the CMY color model and the CMYK color-mxing method.

 

cyan-magenta-yellow-black (n) -  A color model for commercial printing that produces a wide range of colors by mixing varying percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks.

 

CyberSource Corp (PN) -  An eCommerce services company that provides electronic payment and fraud prevention services.

 

Cyberspace  -  Loosely speaking, the internet, and virtual places thereon. Cyber is used as a prefix meaning related to computers or the internet.

 

Cybersquatter  -  Someone who buys up internet domain names in order to sell them on at a profit.

 

cycle (n) -  A user-defined period of time during which you can schedule form data entry, review, or approval, or report review or approval through assignments, or schedule server actions, also known as jobs. Cycle also defines the time period for which data can be submitted.

 

Cycle (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout type that includes layouts designed to show a continual process.

 

cycle chart (n) -  A chart that surfaces cyclical patterns in data by comparing the performance for certain time periods, such as days of the week or months, over time. cycle counting (n) -  An inventory counting method where items that are stored in different warehouse locations are counted to verify the on-hand inventory levels and to facilitate inventory-level corrections.

 

cycle definition (n) -  Essentially, a template used to create cycle instances. Any edits to the cycle definition are applied to every subsequently-created cycle instance that is based on that cycle definition.

 

cycle diagram (n) -  A diagram that is used to show a process that has a continuous cycle. cycle end date (n) -  The defined end of a period of time during which cycle items are active and can be acted upon.

 

cycle end date (n) -  The final date of the active period on which the variable

 

compensation award is based.

 

cycle instance (n) -  A specific occurrence of a cycle definition.

 

Cycle Matrix (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show the relationship to a central idea in a cyclical progression. Each of the first four lines of Level 1 text corresponds to a wedge or pie shape, and Level 2 text appears in a rectangular shape to the side of the wedge or pie shape. Unused text does not appear, but remains available if you switch layouts.

 

cycle start date (n) -  The defined beginning of a period of time during which cycle items are active and can be acted upon.

 

cycle start date (n) -  The beginning date of the active period on which the variable compensation award is based.

 

cycle time (n) -  The time taken to complete an activity.

 

cyclic protection (n) -  A type of protection between two DPM servers where each server protects the data on the other.

 

cyclic redundancy check (n) -  A procedure used in checking for errors in data transmission. CRC error checking uses a complex calculation to generate a number based on the data transmitted. The sending device performs the calculation before transmission and includes it in the packet that it sends to the receiving device. The receiving device repeats the same calculation after transmission. If both devices obtain the same result, it is assumed that the transmission was error free. The procedure is known as a redundancy check because each transmission includes not only data but extra (redundant) error­checking values. Communications protocols such as XMODEM and Kermit use cyclical redundancy checking.

 

cyclical redundancy check (n) -  A procedure used in checking for errors in data transmission. CRC error checking uses a complex calculation to generate a number based on the data transmitted. The sending device performs the calculation before transmission and includes it in the packet that it sends to the receiving device. The receiving device repeats the same calculation after transmission. If both devices obtain the same result, it is assumed that the transmission was error free. The procedure is known as a redundancy check because each transmission includes not only data but extra (redundant) error­checking values. Communications protocols such as XMODEM and Kermit use cyclical redundancy checking.

 

cylinder chart (n) -  A variation on a column chart that uses cylinder shapes instead of rectangular columns.

 

cylindrical projection (n) -  The result of projecting an image onto a cylinder.