D3D (PN) -  A virtualized representation of dedicated graphics hardware resources. Direct3D provides a standardized implementation of the common graphics processing pipeline.

 

D-4  -  A digital multiplexer used to convert 24 voice grade analog or data channels into

 

DS1.

 

DAC (n) -  A application that captures the SQL Server database and instance objects used by a client-server or 3-tier application.

 

DAC instance (n) -  A copy of a DAC deployed on an instance of the Database Engine. There can be multiple DAC instances on the same instance of the Database Engine.

 

DAC package (n) -  An XML manifest that contains all of the objects defined for the DAC; the package gets created when a developer builds a DAC project.

 

DAC package file (n) -  The XML file that is the container of a DAC package.

 

DAC placement policy (n) -  A PBM policy that comprises a set of conditions, which serve as prerequisites on the target instance of SQL Server where the DAC can be deployed.

 

DAC project (n) -  A Visual Studio project used by database developers to create and develop a DAC. DAC projects get full support from Visual Studio and VSTS source code control, versioning, and development project management.

 

DACL (n) -  An access control list that is controlled by the owner of an object and that specifies the access particular users or groups can have to the object. daemon (n) -  A program, usually associated with UNIX systems, that runs in the background and performs housekeeping or maintenance functions without user intervention or awareness.

 

DaFont  -  DaFont is an archive of freely downloadable fonts. Fonts are categorized by theme, and can also be sorted by name, date, and popularity.http://www.dafont.com/

 

DAG (n) -  A group of up to 16 Mailbox servers that host a set of databases and provide automatic database-level recovery from failures that affect individual servers or databases. dagger (n) -  The -€ character.

 

DAGGER (n) -  The -€ character.

 

daily backup (n) -  A backup that copies all selected files that have been modified the day the daily backup is performed. The backed-up files are not marked as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared).

 

Daily Report (PN) -  A report that is automatically generated by Windows Midmarket Server and sent to subscribed administrators via e-mail.

 

Daily Task List (n) -  The name of a pane at the bottom of the Calendar module where tasks are displayed. Tasks that are completed on a particular day stick' to the day and are shown as a record of what work was performed on that day. Tasks not completed roll over to the next day and accumulate until completed.'

 

Damage potential Reproducibility Exploitability Affected users Discoverability (oth) -  A ranking of the risk that is associated with a vulnerability or a security requirement. Dance (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 # 3.

 

Dance hall (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 # 125.

 

DAO (n) -  A programming interface to access and manipulate database objects.

 

DAR (n) -  A device that receives digital audio wirelessly from your computer and broadcasts it to TV sets or stereos around your home.

 

dark (n) -  A theme setting that consists of a black background.

 

dark fiber  -  Fiber-optic cable deployments that are not yet being used to carry network traffic. (The word ‘dark' refers to the fact that no light is passing through the optical fibers.)

 

Darkwave (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 # 50.

 

DAS (n) -  A component that receives events from the MOM Servers and inserts them into the database. Requests for data from the database and requests to insert data into the database typically go through the DAS.

 

DAS registry (n) -  The registry keys used by DAS.

 

dash (n) -  A short horizontal line used as a punctuation mark.

 

dashboard (n) -  A set of reports or other data that is arranged in a panel format on a single page, or series of pages, in a web browser or SharePoint site.

 

dashboard (n) -  A customizable landing page for a business application or workspace that uses Web Parts to display selected information. It can provide a comprehensive look at the information inside the application or workspace by consolidating lists, libraries, text, images and other data into a dynamic, customizable information portal.

 

dashboard (n) -  The all-up view in the Microsoft Azure Portal that provides the state of all of your services, deployments, storage accounts, and databases. The dashboard also provides access to usage reports, billing information, and management operations. dashboard (n) -  A part of the user interface that organizes and presents information for easy readability. Dashboards display simulated gauges, dials, etc. that resemble an automobile dashboard.

 

dashboard (n) -  A place in the Store, Hardware, Desktop app, Windows Store app, and Internet Explorer development sections of the Windows Dev Center where respective users can get reports and information that's specific to them.

 

dashboard (n) -  The service run by the Windows Store team that supports the end-to-end process for registering Windows Store developers and onboarding apps into the Windows Store catalog.

 

dashboard (n) -  The area within the Protection tab in the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) where stand-alone customers land.

 

dashboard (n) -  A subscreen within an entity that displays filtered information associated with that entity.

 

dashboard  -  A summary view of the status of multiple service level agreements (SLAs). Or a Web page that can contain one or more viewers that graphically represent business data.

 

Dashboard Designer (PN) -  A client application that you use to create and manage dashboards, scorecards, reports, and other PerformancePoint items prior to deploying them within a dashboard to a SharePoint site.

 

Dashboard Designer Installation Site (PN) -  A Monitoring Server component that facilitates the download of Dashboard Designer into each users computer. dashboard pack (n) -  A kind of management pack that allows new dashboards to be installed and used in Operations Manager to display monitoring data.

 

Dashboard Viewer for SharePoint Services (PN) -  Functionality in PerformancePoint Monitoring Server that makes it possible to display dashboard views that are defined in Dashboard Designer to users of a SharePoint site.

 

Dashboard Web Preview (PN) -  A Monitoring Server component that deploys a dashboard to a pre-configured preview Web site so that dashboard designers can see the completed dashboard prior to deploying it to a production SharePoint site.

 

dashboard widget (n) -  A user interface element in a dashboard view that is a

 

combination of a UI control, such as a pie chart or dial, and a data provider.

 

DAT (n) -  A magnetic-tape storage medium for recording digitally encoded audio information. In addition to the tape cassette, DAT indentifies a type of digital tape recorder and player.

 

data (n) -  A representation of facts, concepts or instructions in a formalized manner, suitable for communication, interpretation or processing.

 

Data  -  Any information created by a user, such as documents, pictures or sound recordings.

 

Data & analytics (PN) -  The Business subcategory containing apps to help businesses gather and analyze data.

 

Data Access Objects (n) -  A programming interface to access and manipulate database objects.

 

data access page (n) -  A Web page, published from Access, that has a connection to a database. In a data access page, you can view, add to, edit, and manipulate the data stored in the database.

 

data acquisition (n) -  The process of obtaining data from another source, usually one outside a specific system.

 

data adapter (n) -  An object used to submit data to and retrieve data from databases, Web services, and Extensible Markup Language (XML) files.

 

data administrator role (n) -  One of the PerformancePoint Server administrative roles. In addition to being able to perform all operations that a member of the modeler role can perform, a member of the data administrator role can perform all data integration operations in Planning Business Modeler. This includes synchronizing and loading dimensions, models, and associations, as well as exporting outgoing data and executing associations.

 

Data Analysis (PN) -  The group of Excel add-ins that support data analysis.

 

Data Analyzer Light (PN) -  A component that performs some of the simpler data processing tasks for the Web Analytics Web Part.

 

data annotation (n) -  An attribute that is added to a class or property to add information about its use or behavior.

 

Data API (PN) -  An API that contains controls and features for accessing, working with, and storing data and documents.

 

data at rest (n) -  A resource of the Data Lake service type of the Business Analytics service in Azure referring to inactive data which is stored physically in a repository. data backup (n) -  Any backup that includes the full image of one or more data files. data bar (n) -  A graphical bar (think bar charts) displayed in each cell. The length of the bar is related to the cell's value.

 

data bind (v) -  To connect items in a data source to user interface components (controls). This means that whenever the data changes, the interface components will optionally reflect those changes, and vice versa.

 

data binding (n) -  The process of creating a link between a property and a source. The source can be local or external.

 

data block (n) -  In text, ntext, and image data, a data block is the unit of data transferred at one time between an application and an instance of SQL Server. The term is also applied to the units of storage for these data types.

 

data bound control (n) -  An ASP.NET control that can be bound to a data source control to make it easy to display and modify data in your Web application. data buffer (n) -  An area in memory where data is temporarily stored while being moved from one location to another.

 

data bus (n) -  A mechanism in Orchestrator that passes information from one activity in a runbook to another activity.

 

data call (n) -  A phone connection to a service provider or a corporate server, for the purpose of viewing the Web, or transmitting data.

 

data capture (n) -  The process of saving on a storage medium a record of interchanges between a user and a remote information utility.

 

data card (n) -  A small card that provides mobile broadband Internet access. Removable data cards can be in the format of PC cards, USB cards, ExpressCards; data cards can also be embedded laptop modules.

 

data center (n) -  A facility used to house mission critical computer systems and associated components. It generally includes environmental controls (air conditioning, fire suppression, etc.), redundant/backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections and high security.

 

Data Center TCP (PN) -  A TCP-like protocol for data center networks which leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts.

 

Data Center Transmission Control Protocol (PN) -  A TCP-like protocol for data center networks which leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts.

 

data channel (n) -  A separate channel of an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) line that is used for ISDN signaling. For ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI), the D-channel is 16 kilobits per second (Kbps). For ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), the D-channel is 64 Kbps.

 

data cleaning (n) -  A part of the process of analyzing data, especially when data comes from multiple sources. The process must address errors such as incorrect spellings, different ways of labeling the same information, inconsistent field length, missing values, and conflicting data, such as having two part numbers for the same part.

 

data cleansing (n) -  The process of standardizing data, which includes conformance, detection, and removal of duplicate data. Data cleansing facilitates data integrity and accuracy.

 

data collection (n) -  The process of gathering information by sending and receiving HTML forms or InfoPath forms from Access.

 

data collection control function (n) -  An API function that provides sophisticated control over the data collection logger.

 

data collection logger (n) -  Software that logs profiling data to a performance data file. data collection package (n) -  A self-extracting executable (.exe) created by the Application Compatibility Manager (ACM) for deploying to each of your client computers. Each data collection package can include one or more compatibility evaluators, depending on what you are trying to evaluate.

 

data collector (n) -  An object that defines what data will be collected from a provider (such as a counter provider or event provider).

 

data collector (n) -  A set of compatibility evaluator modules that produce or gather data and then store the data locally in a raw or nearly raw form. All compatibility evaluators act as data collectors and are installed and deployed by ACT-DC.

 

Data Collector Set (n) -  A computer management tool used to group data collectors into sets that run on the same schedule.

 

data collector set (n) -  A group of data collectors stored as a single object.

 

data co-location (n) -  In DPM, a feature that enables protection of multiple data sources on a single volume or on the same tape. This allows you to store more data on each volume or tape.

 

Data Communications Equipment (n) -  One of two types of hardware that are connected by an RS-232-C serial connection, the other being a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device.

 

data 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. data conferencing (n) -  A method of real-time communication wherein participants share and collaborate on several data and document types. The session can be hosted on an in­house server, an Internet-based service, or both.

 

data connection (n) -  A connection that specifies the name, type, location, and, optionally, other information about a database file or server.

 

data connection (n) -  A connection that enables the transmission of data.

 

data connection file (n) -  A file that stores information about a connection to a data source, such as an Access database, spreadsheet, or text file, and that facilitates data source administration.

 

Data Connection Library (n) -  A document library, located on a site running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, that contains a collection of universal data connection (.udcx) and Office data connection (.odc) files.

 

data context (n) -  A convenient way to share data between multiple controls by establishing a scope within which all data-bound properties inherit a common source of data.

 

Data Control Language (n) -  The subset of SQL statements used to control permissions on database objects.

 

data convergence (n) -  Data at the Publisher and the Subscriber that matches.

 

data corruption (n) -  A process wherein data in memory or on disk is unintentionally changed, with its meaning thereby altered or obliterated.

 

data coverage (n) -  The geographical area of a mobile communications network or system.

 

Data Deduplication (PN) -  A feature that searches data on a selected volume to find and

 

remove duplicate records without compromising data fidelity or integrity.

 

data definition (n) -  The attributes, properties, and objects in a database.

 

data definition language (n) -  A language that defines all attributes and properties of a

 

database, especially record layouts, field definitions, key fields, file locations, and storage

 

strategy.

 

data description language (n) -  A language that defines all attributes and properties of a database, especially record layouts, field definitions, key fields, file locations, and storage strategy.

 

data diagram (n) -  A report type that maps shapes in a Visio diagram to data stored in lists, workbooks, or databases.

 

data dictionary (n) -  A database containing data about all the databases in a database system. Data dictionaries store all the various schema and file specifications and their locations. They also contain information about which programs use which data and which users are interested in which reports.

 

data dimension (n) -  A specific node created in the hierarchical view of the Tracking Profile Editor as an immediate child of the specific tracking profile in order to describe a logical grouping or dimension of data. Each data dimension is uniquely named and is made up of one or many data fields.

 

data discovery record (n) -  The file format (.ddr) and the actual file that is used by Configuration Manager to report discovery data to a Configuration Manager site database. data encryption (n) -  The process of converting readable data (plaintext) into a coded form (ciphertext) to prevent it from being read by an unauthorized party.

 

Data Encryption Standard (n) -  An encryption algorithm that uses a 56-bit key and maps a 64-bit input block to a 64-bit output block. The key appears to be a 64-bit key, but one bit in each of the eight bytes is used for odd parity, resulting in 56 bits of usable key. data enrichment (n) -  A feature that allows the user to choose an external data provider, and update the records in the CRM system based on the information from that data provider.

 

data entity (n) -  An information structure that represents the data characteristic of an entity.

 

data entry (n) -  The process of writing new data to computer memory.

 

data event (n) -  The X++ event that is raised when a data value in a table changes.

 

Data Execution Prevention (n) -  A security feature that monitors programs on a computer to determine if they use system memory safely. To do this, DEP software works alone or with compatible microprocessors to mark some memory locations as non-executable.' If a program tries to run code that is malicious or is not from a protected location

 

data explosion (n) -  The exponential growth in size of a multidimensional structure, such as a cube, due to the storage of aggregated data.

 

data export job (n) -  The movement of data that is generated in Planning Business

 

Modeler to a specified external database.

 

data feed (n) -  An XML data stream in Atom 1.0 format.

 

data field (n) -  A field that contains the result of a query to an external data source. data file (n) -  A file consisting of data in the form of text, numbers, or graphics, as distinct from a program file of commands and instructions.

 

data file (n) -  A collection of rows that have been inserted into durable memory-optimized table.

 

data flow (n) -  The movement of data through a group of connected elements that extract, transform, and load data.

 

data flow component (n) -  A component of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services that manipulates data.

 

data flow engine (n) -  An engine that executes the data flow in a package.

 

data flow task (n) -  The task that encapsulates the data flow engine that moves data between sources and destinations, providing the facility to transform, clean, and modify data as it is moved.

 

data form (n) -  A dialog box that displays one complete record at a time. You can use data forms to add, change, locate, and delete records.

 

data format (n) -  The structure or appearance of a unit of data, such as a field, or text in a message body.

 

data generation plan (n) -  A file that contains information about a particular database

 

schema and how Data Generator will generate data for it.

 

data graphic (n) -  A graphic element on a drawing that is associated with data.

 

Data Grid (PN) -  An instance of Excel that has minimal UI and that enables a user to insert or edit chart data within the context of a non-Excel Office document. data group (n) -  A defined set of data that is synchronized.

 

data integration (n) -  The process of cleaning and moving data from one system to another system.

 

data integrity (n) -  The accuracy of data and its conformity to its expected value, especially after being transmitted or processed. data item (n) -  A single unit of data.

 

data label (n) -  A label that provides additional information about a data marker, which represents a single data point or value that originates from a datasheet cell.

 

Data Lake (PN) -  A hyper scale repository for big data analytic workloads.

 

data layout (n) -  The arrangement and structure of data in a chart.

 

data limit (n) -  The amount of data the user can download/upload through the carrier's

 

network each month without being billed additional charges.

 

Data Link Control (n) -  An error-correction protocol in the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) responsible for transmission of data between two nodes over a physical link. Supported by Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, DLC is designed to provide access to IBM mainframe computers and to Hewlett-Packard printers connected to the network.

 

data loss prevention (PN) -  A collection of features that provides content-aware classification and applies a policy for sensitive data within email that is specific to an organization.

 

data loss tolerance (n) -  The maximum amount of data loss, measured in time, that is acceptable to business requirements.

 

Data Macros (PN) -  A feature that allows users to build business logic in a new and easy- to-use authoring environment. The declarative, macro-style logic will run on client and server and includes both UI-level and data-level actions.

 

data management (n) -  The category of services in Microsoft Azure that includes SQL Database, Blob, Table, and Queue services.

 

Data Management Gateway (PN) -  The gateway that allows IT to build connections to internal data sources so reports that are published to BI Sites in Office 365 will refresh either on-demand or on a scheduled basis, ensuring that customers are always looking at the latest view of their data.

 

data management service (n) -  The category of services in Microsoft Azure that includes SQL Database, Blob, Table, and Queue services.

 

data manipulation language (n) -  The subset of SQL statements that is used to retrieve and manipulate data. DML statements typically start with SELECT INSERT UPDATE or DELETE.

 

data map (n) -  A mapping between source files and Microsoft Dynamics CRM that can be used with either the Import Wizard or the Data Migration Wizard and take either the form of an import map or a data migration map.

 

data marker (n) -  A bar, area, dot, slice, or other symbol in a chart that represents a single data point or value.

 

data mart (n) -  A subset of the contents of a data warehouse that tends to contain data

 

focused at the department level, or on a specific business area.

 

data medium (n) -  The physical material on which computer data is stored.

 

data member (n) -  A child member associated with a parent member in a parent-child

 

hierarchy. A data member contains the data value for its parent member, rather than the

 

aggregated value for the parent's children.

 

data merge (n) -  The process of collating data from multiple sources to create a one final output.

 

Data Merge Manager (PN) -  A feature that guides the user through organizing address data, merging it into a generic document, and printing the resulting personalized documents. It can be used to create form letters, mailing labels, envelopes or catalogs. data mining (n) -  The process of identifying commercially useful patterns or relationships in databases or other computer repositories through the use of advanced statistical tools. data mining extension (n) -  In Analysis Services, a statement that performs mining tasks programmatically.

 

data model (n) -  A collection of related object types, operators, and integrity rules that form the abstract entity supported by a database management system (DBMS). Thus, one

 

speaks of a relational DBMS, a network DBMS, and so on, depending on the type of data model a DBMS supports. In general, a DBMS supports only one data model as a practical rather than a theoretical restriction.

 

Data Movement Cloud (PN) -  A resource type of the Data Factory' service type of the ‘Business Analytics' service to transpose

 

Data Movement On Premises (PN) -  A resource type of the Data Factory' service type of the ‘Business Analytics' service to transpose

 

Data Outline (n) -  A window that you can display when a data access page is open in Design view.

 

data packet (n) -  A unit of information transmitted as a whole from one device to another on a network.

 

data pane (n) -  The area of the window that displays the result set of your query. data plan (n) -  A standardized service agreement between a cell phone user and a mobile operator that establishes data service details such as pricing, types of services, and bandwidth.

 

data point (n) -  An individual value plotted in a chart and represented together with other data points by bars, columns, lines, pie or doughnut slices, dots, and various other shapes called data markers. Data markers of the same color constitute a data series. data point (n) -  In the Charts And Graphs template, a control handle on the Line Graph shape that you can drag to change the values in the graph.

 

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

 

data processing (n) -  The manipulation of data to transform it into some desired result. data processing extension (n) -  A plug-in that processes data for a specific kind of data source (similar to a database driver).

 

Data Processor component (n) -  A component of the report server engine that processes data.

 

data protection (n) -  The process of protecting data from loss or corruption by centrally creating and maintaining replicas and shadow copies of the data. DPM is designed to provide short-term disk-based backup, to support rapid and reliable recovery of data.

 

Data Protection API (n) -  A set of routines, protocols, and tools that provides information confidentiality to user and system processes by applying password-based cryptographic protection at the local operating system level.

 

Data Protection Manager (n) -  Microsoft server software that supports continuous disk- based backup and recovery on Windows Server-based networks. data provider (n) -  A known data source specific to a target type that provides data to a collector type.

 

Data Provider (PN) -  An OLE DB provider that allows the user to create distributed applications targeting IBM DB2 databases.

 

data pump (n) -  A component used in SQL Server 2000 Transformation Services (DTS) to import, export, and transform data between heterogeneous data stores. data record (n) -  A data structure that is a collection of fields (elements), each with its own name and type. Unlike an array, whose elements all represent the same type of information and are accessed using an index, the elements of a record represent different types of information and are accessed by name. A record can be accessed as a collective unit of elements, or the elements can be accessed individually.

 

data region (n) -  A range of cells that contains data and that is bounded by empty cells or worksheet borders.

 

data region (n) -  A report item that provides data manipulation and display functionality for iterative data from an underlying dataset.

 

data retrieval service connection (n) -  A Web Service installed on Windows SharePoint Services for connecting to and retrieving data.

 

data roaming (n) -  The use of data connection in a roaming area. Generally making phone calls or using your data connection when the phone is roaming is more expensive, and the user will be charged additional fees for voice roaming calls.

 

data segment (n) -  The portion of memory or auxiliary storage that contains the data used by a program.

 

Data Selector (n) -  A wizard that lets users select, configure, and import data from a data source into a Visio diagram.

 

Data Selector Wizard (n) -  A wizard that lets users select, configure, and import data from a data source into a Visio diagram.

 

data series (n) -  Related data points that are plotted in a chart. Each data series in a chart has a unique color or pattern and is represented in the chart legend. You can plot one or more data series in a chart. Pie charts have only one data series.

 

data service provider (n) -  A business entity, typically a company, that provides up to date data to a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user.

 

Data Services (PN) -  The family of data services in Microsoft Azure.

 

data set (n) -  A collection of related information made up of separate elements that can be treated as a unit in data handling.

 

data source (n) -  In communications, the portion of a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device that sends data.

 

data source (n) -  A share, volume, database, storage group, or system state that is a member of a protection group.

 

data source (n) -  A disk, file, document, or other collection of information from which data is taken or moved.

 

data source control (n) -  An object that can be added to an ASP.NET Web page that encapsulates the logic required to connect to a data source, such as a database or XML file, and that can execute queries or other data-access commands. A data source control can in turn provide data to other controls on that page.

 

data source driver (n) -  A program file used to connect to a specific database. Each database program or management system requires a different driver. data source formatting (n) -  A type of conditional formatting that is configured within Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.

 

data source name (n) -  The collection of information used to connect an application to a particular ODBC database.

 

data source plug-in (n) -  A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to use different storage systems.

 

data source view (n) -  A named selection of database objects—such as tables, views, relationships, and stored procedures, based on one or more data sources—that defines the schema referenced by OLAP and data mining objects in an Analysis Services databases. It can also be used to define sources, destinations, and lookup tables for DTS tasks, transformations, and data adapters.

 

data space (n) -  A series of transforms that operate on data in a specific order.

 

data store (n) -  A repository of data that can be exposed to the Shell programming model as a container using a Shell data source.

 

data stream (n) -  The flow of data from a source to a single receiver that flows through a channel, as opposed to packets, which may be addressed and routed independently, possibly to multiple recipients.

 

data structure (n) -  An organizational scheme, such as a record or array, that can be

 

applied to data to facilitate interpreting the data or performing operations on it.

 

data synchronization (n) -  The process of reconciling the differences between data stored

 

in one location and a copy of the same data stored in another location.

 

data table (n) -  A range of cells that shows how changing certain values in your formulas

 

affects the results of the formulas.

 

data template (n) -  A tree of elements that is expanded into the scene whenever data of a particular type is found. The elements typically have properties bound to properties of the data object.

 

Data Terminal Equipment (n) -  In the RS-232-C hardware standard, any device, such as a remote access server or client, that has the ability to transmit information in digital form over a cable or a communications line.

 

data terminal ready (n) -  A signal used in serial communications sent, for example, by a computer to its modem to indicate that the computer is ready to accept an incoming transmission.

 

data theft (n) -  The collection and distribution or sharing of confidential information that is stored on a computer.

 

data tier (n) -  A layer that is part of a three-tier server software architecture that stores and persists data. Each logical server machine group contains an interface tier (a perimeter network), an application tier, and a data tier. This architecture provides high levels of scalability.

 

data transfer (n) -  The movement of information from one location to another, either within a computer (as from a disk drive to memory), between a computer and an external device (as between a file server and a computer on a network), or between separate computers.

 

data transfer bandwidth (n) -  Data transmissions to and from a Microsoft Azure datacenter as measured in GB. Data transfers are charged based on the total amount of data going in and out of the Azure services via the Internet in a specified 30-day period. Data transfers within a sub-region are free.

 

Data Transfer In at 200 Mbps (GB) (PN) -  The resource of the Networking service that enables data transfer at 200 Mbps (GB).

 

Data Transmission Unit (n) -  The average number of bits, characters or symbols, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system. data type (n) -  A property of a field that defines the kinds of data the field can store.

 

Data usage (PN) -  A pre-loaded app that allows users to better monitor and manage their data usage on their phone or PC. It can notify users when they are close to their cellular data limit and delay some data-intensive tasks until the phone or PC is connected to Wi-Fi. data validation (n) -  The process of ensuring that data meets specified criteria.

 

Data view (n) -  A databindable, customized view of a data for sorting, filtering, searching, editing, and navigation.

 

data viewer (n) -  A graphical tool that displays data as it moves between two data flow components at run time.

 

data visualization (n) -  A feature that enables the use of color, icons, or bars to help illustrate trends or show different values in a data range.

 

data warehouse (n) -  The database that stores operations data for long periods of time. This data is then used by the Operations Manager reporting server to build reports. By default, this database is named OperationsManagerDW.

 

Data Warehouse (n) -  The database that stores operations data for long periods of time. This data is then used by the Operations Manager reporting server to build reports. By default, this database is named OperationsManagerDW.

 

Data Warehouse Configuration Wizard (n) -  A configuration wizard, available from Commerce Server Setup that you use to configure a distributed installation of the Data Warehouse and your non-Commerce applications and Web servers.

 

data warehouse database (n) -  The database that stores operations data for long periods of time. This data is then used by the Operations Manager reporting server to build reports. By default, this database is named OperationsManagerDW.

 

Data Warehouse resource (n) -  A global-level Commerce Server resource that is managed through Commerce Server Manager. Use the Data Warehouse resource to specify the database connection string to the Data Warehouse database.

 

data warehouse server (n) -  The server that hosts the OperationsManagerDW database. Data Warehouse Unit (n) -  A billing meter for the usage of the SQL Data Warehouse service in Azure.

 

database (n) -  A collection of data formatted/arranged to allow for easy search and retrieval.

 

Database (PN) -  The Developer tools subcategory containing apps to help developers with database aspects of building an app.

 

Database  -  A- program- used for organising any kind of information on a computer into a searchable form, anything from a list of contacts to a complex stock control and accounts system.

 

database administrator (n) -  The person who manages a database. The administrator determines the content, internal structure, and access strategy for a database, defines security and integrity, and monitors performance.

 

database application (n) -  A set of objects that can include tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, and code modules that are designed to work together to make a database easier to use.

 

database attach upgrade (n) -  An upgrade that takes enables you to move to new hardware or a new farm.

 

database availability group (n) -  A group of up to 16 Mailbox servers that host a set of databases and provide automatic database-level recovery from failures that affect individual servers or databases.

 

database catalog (n) -  The part of a database that contains the definition of all the objects in the database, as well as the definition of the database.

 

database column value (n) -  The placeholder for a database field displayed inside a database results region.

 

Database Compare (PN) -  A Microsoft Office product that detects and categorizes changes between two databases to facilitate review and approval processes. database connection (n) -  A connection that specifies the name, type, location, and, optionally, other information about a database file or server.

 

database connection endpoint (n) -  An endpoint representing the connection to a database.

 

Database Connector (PN) -  An out-of-the-box BDC connector that ships with WSS. It provides connectivity between BCS and a database endpoint.

 

Database Console Command (PN) -  A set of instructions in the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) programming language to perform tasks on input parameters and return values.

 

Database Days (n) -  The number of days back in time to with data from any transaction can be recovered.

 

database development life cycle (n) -  A structured process that is imposed upon the development of the database portion of an application. It is essentially a subset of the software development life cycle that is specific to one or more databases in an application. database diagram (n) -  A graphical representation of any portion of a database schema. It can be either a whole or partial picture of the structure of the database. It includes tables, the columns they contain, and the relationships between the tables.

 

Database Documenter (PN) -  A tool that builds a report that contains detailed information about the objects in a database.

 

database engine (n) -  The program module or modules that provide access to a database management system (DBMS).

 

Database Engine Tuning Advisor (n) -  A tool for tuning the physical database design that helps users to select and create an optimal set of indexes, indexed views, and partitioning. Database Explorer (PN) -  A simple database administration tool that lets the user perform database operations such as creating new tables, querying and modifying existing data, and other database development functions.

 

database file (n) -  One of the physical files that make up a database.

 

database filter (n) -  A filter that allows Operations Manager to evaluate further rules but does not insert matching events into the database.

 

Database First (PN) -  A set of features in the Entity Framework for defining a model by first creating a database.

 

database grooming (n) -  The process of deleting old data to reduce the total database size. Database Hours (PN) -  The unit of measure for hours used of the SQL Database Premium edition.

 

database instance (n) -  An instance of a database environment, including the RDBMS

 

software, table structure, stored procedures and other functionality.

 

database language (n) -  The language used for accessing, querying, updating, and managing data in relational database systems.

 

database maintenance tool (n) -  One of a number of utilities that allow users to back up, restore, and check for errors in the Business Contact Manager for Outlook database. database management system (n) -  A layer of software between the physical database and the user. The DBMS manages all access to the database.

 

database manager (n) -  A layer of software between the physical database and the user. The DBMS manages all access to the database.

 

database migration (n) -  The movement of an existing database from one computer running SQL Server to another one within the same system.

 

database mirroring (n) -  Immediately reproducing every update to a read-write database (the principal database) onto a read-only mirror of that database (the mirror database) residing on a separate instance of the database engine (the mirror server). In production environments, the mirror server is on another machine. The mirror database is created by restoring a full backup of the principal database (without recovery).

 

Database Mirroring Monitor (PN) -  A tool used to monitor any subset of the mirrored databases on a server instance.

 

database mirroring partner (n) -  One in a pair of server instances that act as role­switching partners for a mirrored database.

 

database mirroring partners (n) -  A pair of server instances that act as role-switching partners for a mirrored database.

 

database object (n) -  A database component (for example, a table, index, trigger, view, key, constraint, default, rule, user-defined data type, or stored procedure in a database). database owner (n) -  The person who created the database, and has full control, including granting access permissions or deleting records. When a database has been restored, then the person who restored it becomes the owner.

 

database project (n) -  An offline representation of a database. Each database project contains the scripts that are required to deploy a new database or to update an existing database to a database server. A database project does not contain the data that resides in that database. Database projects are saved as .dbproj files.

 

database project (n) -  A collection of one or more data connections (a database and the information needed to access that database).

 

database refactoring (n) -  The process by which you can modify the names of database objects in such a way that all instances of those names within the database project are modified at the same time.

 

database reference (n) -  A path, expression or filename that resolves to a database. database replication (n) -  The process of creating two or more special copies (replicas) of an Access database. Replicas can be synchronized, changes made to data in one replica, or design changes made in the Design Master, are sent to other replicas.

 

database replication (n) -  A type of data replication in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager that uses SQL Server replication.

 

Database restore (v) -  A dialog box that enables the user to select the data file to use when restoring a database.

 

database role (n) -  A collection of users and groups with the same access to an Analysis Services database.

 

database schema (n) -  The names of tables, fields, data types, and primary and foreign keys of a database.

 

database script (n) -  A collection of statements used to create database objects. database server (n) -  A computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server and is used by an SMS/Configuration Manager site to store the site data.

 

database server (n) -  A DBMS (database management system) designed to be run in a client/server environment. These DBMS provide a stand-alone database engine that provides rich support for SQL and transactions. They are accessed through DBMS-based drivers. For example, Oracle, Informix, DB/2, or Microsoft SQL Server. database shard (n) -  A database partition generated as a product of splitting a large database into chunks in a distributed scalable database system.

 

database snapshot (n) -  A read-only, static view of a database at the moment of snapshot creation.

 

database structure (n) -  The names of tables, fields, data types, and primary and foreign keys of a database.

 

database unit (n) -  A unit of measure for the SQL Database resource.

 

database unit test (n) -  A unit test that validates whether a certain aspect of your database is working as you expect.

 

Database view (n) -  A read-only, static snapshot of a source database at the moment of the view's creation.

 

data-centered design (n) -  A design in which users interact with their data directly without having to first start an appropriate editor or application.

 

data-definition query (n) -  An SQL-specific query that contains data definition language (DDL) statements. These statements allow you to create or alter objects in the database. data-driven subscription (n) -  A subscription that takes generated output for subscription values (for example, a list of employee e-mail addresses).

 

dataflow (n) -  In a DFD model, an exchange of information between processes. Data flows represent discrete packets of data that flow into and out of processes. dataflow diagram (n) -  A tool for functional analysis that shows the general flow of information through a system or program.

 

datagram (n) -  One packet, or unit, of information that includes relevant delivery information, such as the destination address, that is sent through a packet-switching network.

 

datagram socket (n) -  A socket using the Windows Sockets API that provides a connectionless, unreliable flow of data.

 

data-link layer (n) -  Layer two of the OSI model. A layer that packages raw bits from the physical layer into frames (logical, structured packets for data). This layer is responsible for transferring frames from one computer to another, without errors. After sending a frame, the data-link layer waits for an acknowledgment from the receiving computer. data-overrun error (n) -  A state in which the sending computer is transmitting characters faster than the receiving computer can accommodate them. If this problem persists, reduce the bits-per-second (bps) rate.

 

datareader (n) -  A stream of data that is returned by an ADO.NET query.

 

dataset (n) -  A collection of related information made up of separate elements that can be treated as a unit in data handling.

 

Dataset Designer (PN) -  A designer which provides a set of visual tools for working with ADO.NET Datasets, and XML Schemas.

 

dataset parameter (n) -  A type of parameter that is created by the reporting framework when a dataset is created based on the Query property and the Dynamic Filters property of the dataset.

 

data-sharing session (n) -  A conversation that is used to share data between conversation members using a non-Communicator application or plug-in.

 

datasheet (n) -  Data from a table, form, query, view, or stored procedure, displayed in a row-and-column format.

 

Datasheet view (n) -  A window that displays data from a table, form, query, view, or stored procedure in a row-and-column format.

 

data-tier application (n) -  A application that captures the SQL Server database and instance objects used by a client-server or 3-tier application.

 

data-tier application instance (n) -  A copy of a DAC deployed on an instance of the Database Engine. There can be multiple DAC instances on the same instance of the Database Engine.

 

data-tier application package (n) -  An XML manifest that contains all of the objects defined for the DAC; the package gets created when a developer builds a DAC project. date (n) -  A SQL Server system data type that stores a date value from January 1, 1 A.D., through December 31, 9999

 

Date (n) -  An 8-byte, real data type used to store dates and times as a real number. Variables are stored as 64-bit numbers. The value to the left of the decimal represents a date, and the value to the right of the decimal represents a time. The Date data type can range from January 1, 1000 to December 31, 9999.

 

date expression (n) -  Any expression that can be interpreted as a date. This includes any combination of date literals, numbers that look like dates, strings that look like dates, and dates returned from functions.

 

date literal (n) -  Any sequence of characters with a valid format that is surrounded by number signs (#). Valid formats include the date format specified by the locale settings for your code or the universal date format.

 

Date Navigator (n) -  The small calendar that displays the current month in Calendar. It provides a quick and easy way to move appointments and to view other dates.

 

Date Only (PN) -  The behavior property of a Date and Time attribute where the date portion of the value is as specified in the UI and SDK and the time portion of the value is always 12:00 A.M.

 

date period code (n) -  A code that represents a period of time measured by starting and ending dates.

 

date picker (n) -  A control that developers use to allow a user to select a date.

 

date picker control (n) -  A control that developers use to allow a user to select a date. date range (n) -  The time span between the start and end dates. date separator (n) -  A character that is used to separate the day, month, and year when date values are formatted. The characters are determined by system settings or by the Format function.

 

date stamping (n) -  A software feature that automatically inserts the current date into a document.

 

Date/Time (n) -  A data type used to hold date and time information.

 

datetime (n) -  A data type used to hold date and time information.

 

Daughter Board  -  A circuit board that plugs into a larger circuit board, or motherboard. day pane (n) -  A section of the calendar window that displays information for a single date.

 

Day view (n) -  A calendar view that displays information for a single day.

 

daypart (n) -  The practice of dividing the day into several parts, during each of which a different type of radio programming or television programming appropriate for that time is aired.

 

Days Neglected (PN) -  A field in the Neglected Cases, Neglected Leads, and Neglected Accounts reports in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM user interface. The Days Neglected field is calculated from the number of days that the case, lead, or account has not received any type of activity.

 

dB (n) -  One tenth of a bel (named after Alexander Graham Bell), a unit used in electronics and other fields to measure the strength of a sound or signal. Decibel measurements fall on a logarithmic scale and compare the measured quantity against a known reference.

 

DB unit (n) -  A unit of measure for the SQL Database resource.

 

DBA name (n) -  The registration of an assumed, fictitious, or trade name under which a business operates, which must be included on U.S. tax reports. In the U.S., any business that operates under a name other than a personal or corporate legal name must register a DBA name with the appropriate government agency.

 

DBCC (PN) -  A set of instructions in the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) programming language to perform tasks on input parameters and return values.

 

DBCS (n) -  A character set that can use more than one byte to represent a single character. A DBCS includes some characters that consist of 1 byte and some characters that consist of 2 bytes. Languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean use DBCS.

 

dBi  -  A unit that is used to represent the gain of an antenna compared to the gain of an isotropic radiator.

 

DBMS (n) -  A layer of software between the physical database and the user. The DBMS manages all access to the database.

 

DC (n) -  In an Active Directory forest, a server that contains a writable copy of the Active Directory database, participates in Active Directory replication, and controls access to network resources.

 

DC (n) -  A data structure that defines the graphic objects, their associated attributes, and the graphic modes that affect output on a device.

 

DCB (n) -  An internal NT file system (NTFS) structure in which the file system maintains the state for an open instance of a directory file.

 

DCE (n) -  One of two types of hardware that are connected by an RS-232-C serial connection, the other being a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device.

 

D-channel (n) -  A separate channel of an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) line that is used for ISDN signaling. For ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI), the D-channel is 16 kilobits per second (Kbps). For ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), the D-channel is 64 Kbps.

 

DCM digest (n) -  A predefined XML schema that is used with the desired configuration management feature to create and validate configuration baselines and configuration items.

 

DCOM (n) -  The version of Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) specification that stipulates how components communicate over Windows-based networks. It permits the distribution of different components for a single application across two or more networked computers, running an application distributed across a network so that the distribution of components is not apparent to the user, and remotely displaying an application. Because DCOM is language-neutral, any language that uses COM components can also produce DCOM applications.

 

DCP (n) -  A self-extracting executable (.exe) created by the Application Compatibility Manager (ACM) for deploying to each of your client computers. Each data collection package can include one or more compatibility evaluators, depending on what you are trying to evaluate.

 

DCR (n) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a High Definition Television (HDTV) that conforms to the plug-and-play digital cable TV standard; thus, removing the need for a separate set-top box.

 

DCTCP (PN) -  A TCP-like protocol for data center networks which leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts.

 

DDE (n) -  An interprocess communication method that allows two or more applications running simultaneously to exchange data and commands.

 

DDE channel (n) -  An active link between Microsoft Windows programs over which data can be exchanged.

 

DDE conversation (n) -  The interaction between two applications that are communicating and exchanging data through special functions and code known as dynamic data exchange (DDE).

 

DDI (n) -  A set of functions that are implemented by the operating system for use by drivers.

 

DDL (n) -  A language that defines all attributes and properties of a database, especially record layouts, field definitions, key fields, file locations, and storage strategy.

 

DDL trigger (n) -  A special kind of trigger that executes in response to Data Definition Language (DDL) statements.

 

DDR  -  (Double Data Rate)- A fast type of- RAM- for a PC. DDR2 is a yet faster version. DDR SDRAM (n) -  A type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle (the rising and falling edges), effectively doubling the memory chip's data throughput.

 

deactivate (v) -  To remove the ability of a network object, such as a user account or a network-joined computer to access the resources that the server provides. Deactivating a network object does not delete the object from the active directory, nor does it delete any data that is associated with the object.

 

deactivate (v) -  A process, when an assigned user who is already activated in a role, decides to withdraw from the role access rights, and return back to the normal state of no access rights of this role.

 

dead code (n) -  Code that is not called during profiling.

 

dead gateway detection (n) -  The practice of the TCP/IP protocol in Windows 2000 and the Windows Server 2003 family to change the default gateway to the next default gateway in the list of configured default gateways when a specific number of connections retransmit segments.

 

dead key (n) -  A key that is used to modify the character that follows it, for example, by adding an accent mark or other diacritic.

 

dead-letter queue (n) -  For Message Queuing, a queue that stores nontransactional messages that are undeliverable or expired. These queues store failed messages on the computer on which the message expired. Messages in these queues are written to disk and are therefore recoverable.

 

deadline (n) -  A date within each assignment by which submission, review and approval should be completed.

 

deadline (n) -  A target date that indicates when you want a task to be completed and allows you to track the status of the task against that target without imposing a constraint on the schedule.

 

deadline date (n) -  A target date that indicates when you want a task to be completed and allows you to track the status of the task against that target without imposing a constraint on the schedule.

 

deadlock (n) -  In operating systems and database applications, a situation in which two or more processes cannot continue because each process is waiting for resources to be freed by the continuation of the other process.

 

deadlock (n) -  A situation when two users, each having a lock on one piece of data, attempt to acquire a lock on the other's piece.

 

deadlock (n) -  A situation in which a thread will not relinquish its exclusive access to a critical section.

 

deadlock  -  A condition under which a transaction cannot proceed

 

deadlock  -  Unresolved contention for the use of resources.

 

deadlock  -  A condition in which two independent threads of control are blocked, each waiting for the other to take some action.

 

deadlock-prone (adj) -  likely to produce a situation in which one of several threads is waiting for the other thread(s) to do something

 

deafness (n) -  Hearing impairment that results in complete loss of hearing.

 

deal (n) -  A discount, coupon, or other sorts of promotions.

 

deallocate (v) -  To free previously allocated memory.

 

Deals Hub (PN) -  ?A feature in the Windows Store for merchandising apps and collections.

 

Death metal (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 # 22.

 

debit (v) -  To enter an amount that increases an asset or expense account, or decreases the balance of a liability, owners' equity or income account; the left side of any T account.

 

debit (n) -  An entry on the left side of a T account or double-entry balance sheet that typically increases asset or expense accounts and decreases liabilities, owners' equity, or income accounts.

 

debit advice (n) -  An official notice of a bank debit transaction.

 

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

 

debriefing (n) -  An official or formal questioning session after event or an interview in which somebody is asked about or reports on a task, mission, or event after it has ended. debug (v) -  To detect, locate, and correct logical or syntactical errors in a program or malfunctions in hardware. In hardware contexts, the term troubleshoot is the term more often used, especially when the problem is a major one.

 

debug  -  To detect, diagnose, and eliminate errors in programs. Checking the logic of a program to isolate and eliminate the mistakes from a computer program or other software. debug engine (n) -  A component that allows finding and reducing the number of defects in a computer program in a run-time architecture, by working in conjunction with the interpreter or operating system and providing execution control, breakpoints, and expression evaluation.

 

Debug Interface Access SDK (n) -  An SDK that provides access to debug information stored in program database (.pdb) files generated by Microsoft post-compiler tools. debug session (n) -  The set of all processes, related or unrelated, that have been launched or attached to from a single instance of the IDE.

 

debug symbol (n) -  Information that expresses which programming-language constructs generated a specific piece of machine code in a given executable module. debug target (n) -  A debuggable execution context.

 

debug type (n) -  Debugging information generated by the compiler about every function or variable that will tell the debugger whether it is an integer, or a string, or a user defined type, etc. or it is the number of parameters, calling convention, and the type of the function's return value.

 

debug value (n) -  A specific value written to memory during allocation or deallocation, so that it will later be possible to tell whether or not it has become corrupted. debug zone mask (n) -  A named bit mask in application source code that is used to turn a debug zone on or off.

 

debuggee (n) -  A process or application upon which a debugger acts. The process that is being debugged.

 

debugger (n) -  A program designed to aid in detecting, locating, and correcting errors in another program by allowing the programmer to step through the program, examine the data, and monitor conditions such as the values of variables.

 

debugger display (n) -  The screen on an external monitor when you are calibrating a Surface unit.

 

debugger event (n) -  A diagnostic event in IntelliTrace that occurs within the Visual Studio Debugger when it is running your application.

 

debugging (n) -  The process of finding and fixing errors in a Visual Basic procedure or a macro. Debugging usually involves executing specific portions of the procedure or macro and analyzing them at various points.

 

debugging mode (n) -  The operational state of the tool during which problems within the selected application are detected and transferred to a debugger. deceptive trade practices (n) -  Practices that involve misleading or misrepresenting products or services to consumers and customers. In the U.S., these practices are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission at the federal level and typically by the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection at the state level.

 

decimal (n) -  A number in a counting system that is based on units of 10. Most commonly used to refer to a real number expressed in decimal notation (i.e. containing a .' between the integer part and the fraction part of the number).'

 

Decimal (adj) -  A data type that stores a signed, exact numeric value described as the number of digits appearing before and after the decimal point, with a maximum of 29 total digits. All possible digits cannot be represented if you are using the maximum number of digits.

 

decision (n) -  In an activity diagram, a guard condition that indicates different possible transitions from an action state. If one of these transitions leads to another decision, that decision is represented with the traditional diamond shape.

 

decision engine (n) -  Software or service able to process a large amount of data and provide reports that help users make more informed decisions.

 

decision maker (n) -  A person who is responsible for the administration of a business. decision support (n) -  Systems designed to support the complex analytic analysis required to discover business trends.

 

decision support system (n) -  A set of programs and related data designed to help with analysis and decision making. A decision support system provides more help in formulating decisions than a management information system (MIS) or an executive information system (EIS). It includes a database, a body of knowledge about the subject area, a language' used to formulate problems and questions

 

decision tree (n) -  A treelike model of data produced by certain data mining methods. Decision trees can be used for prediction. deck (n) -  A group of one or more cards.

 

deck (n) -  A storage device, such as a tape deck, or a group of such devices.

 

declaration (n) -  A binding of an identifier to the information that relates to it. For example, to make a declaration of a constant means to bind the name of the constant with its value. Declaration usually occurs in a program's source code; the actual binding can take place at compile time or run time.

 

declaration (n) -  A statement in which information is provided to government authorities for an official purpose, such as Intrastat reporting or tax reporting. declaration (n) -  A list of contracts and capabilities declared in the app manifest. Declarations section (n) -  The section of a module containing declarations that apply to every procedure in the module. It can include declarations for variables, constants, user- defined data types, and external procedures in a dynamic-link library.

 

Declarative Management Framework (PN) -  A policy based system of SQL Server management.

 

Declarative Management Framework Facet (PN) -  A set of logical pre-defined properties that model the behavior or characteristics for certain types of managed targets (such as a database, table, login, view,etc) in policy-based management.

 

declarative programming (n) -  Rule-based programming in which each rule is independent and the order in which rules are declared or executed is not significant. declarative referential integrity (n) -  FOREIGN KEY constraints defined as part of a table definition that enforce proper relationships between tables.

 

declarative security check (n) -  Declarative security information in metadata. Developers can use such declarations, which are usually written as custom attributes, to invoke several kinds of security functionality - require permissions to bind reference to the code, require permissions to derive a type, demand that callers have certain permissions, and so on. declarative test (n) -  An ordinary Web test that is generated by using the Web Test Recorder that is launched when a new Web test is created.

 

declarative workflow (n) -  A workflow that is defined by using workflow markup language contained in XAML-formatted files. The XAML files are deployed and stored in the database.

 

declare (v) -  To specify the name and type of a variable that will be used in a program. In most high-level programming languages, variables are declared at the beginning of sections of code.

 

Decline (v) -  The administrator's act of removing an update from the main view of updates so that the respective update is no longer displayed or available for deployment. Decline (PN) -  The button in Yammer that allows a user to refuse a network invitation. decloak (v) -  Remove the cloaked attribute from a project.

 

decoder (n) -  A device or program routine that converts coded data back to its original form.

 

decommission CA (v) -  To stop using CA

 

Decomposition Tree (PN) -  A data visualization tool that helps users analyze complex information using a hierarchical scheme.

 

decompress (v) -  To restore the contents of a compressed file to its original form. decompression (n) -  The process of reversing the procedure that is run by compression software. During decompression, the compressed data returns to its original file size and format so it can be accessed or played.

 

decompressor (n) -  A module or algorithm that decompresses data.

 

decorator (n) -  A type of control that is used in a style to apply effects to another element. Decorators can include a single child element, usually the element whose appearance they affect.

 

decoupled provider (n) -  A provider hosted in a separate process from WMI. Decoupled providers are the recommended way to instrument an application because the provider can control its own lifetime instead of being launched every time a user accesses the provider through WMI.

 

decrease (n) -  A transaction where items go out of inventory.

 

decrement operator (n) -  An operator that subtracts 1 from its operand depending on the position of the operator.

 

decrypt (v) -  To convert encrypted content back into its original form.

 

decryption (n) -  The process of converting encrypted content back into its original form to make it readable again. This is also called converting ciphertext back to plaintext.

 

Decryption  -  The act of restoring an encrypted file to its original state.

 

dedicated adapter (n) -  The network adapter that, when using multiple network adapters in each host of a Network Load Balancing cluster, handles network traffic not related to cluster operations (the traffic for individual hosts on the network). This adapter is programmed with the host's dedicated IP address.

 

dedicated administrator connection (n) -  A dedicated connection that allows an administrator to connect to a server when the Database Engine will not respond to regular connections.

 

dedicated connection (n) -  A communications channel that permanently connects two or more locations. Dedicated lines are private or leased lines, rather than public ones. T1 lines, which are used by many organizations for Internet connectivity, are examples of dedicated lines.

 

dedicated line (n) -  A communications channel that permanently connects two or more locations. Dedicated lines are private or leased lines, rather than public ones. T1 lines, which are used by many organizations for Internet connectivity, are examples of dedicated lines.

 

dedicated resource (n) -  A resource that is committed to or reserved for a specific purpose.

 

deduplication (n) -  The process of saving only one copy of duplicate items in the search results

 

deep copy (n) -  A copy of the contents of a data structure, including all its substructures. deep link (n) -  A link that takes you to a precise location, such as a slide within a presentation, a section of a document, or a specific page within a site, instead of to the main page of the web site.

 

deep linking (n) -  The process of creating a hyperlink to a specific page within a Web site or Web-based application instead of to the site's home page.

 

deep refiner (n) -  A refiner that is based on the aggregation of managed property statistics for all of the results of a search query.

 

Deep Zoom (PN) -  In Silverlight, a technology that enables users to interactively view high-resolution images. With Deep Zoom, users can zoom in, zoom out, and pan images rapidly.

 

Deeper Sleep  -  an Intel power management technology. It helps to deliver longer battery life by minimizing the power consumption of the processor during brief periods of inactivity by the user including microseconds between keystrokes.

 

default (oth) -  A value that is automatically used by a program when the user does not specify an alternative. Defaults are built into a program when a value or option must be assumed for the program to function.

 

Default  -  A default setting is one you haven't changed - what a program will do (or use) if you don't tell it any different. ‘Accept the defaults' means leave any settings as they are. default button (n) -  In some dialog boxes, the command button that is selected or highlighted when the dialog box is initially displayed. The default button has a bold border, indicating that it will be chosen automatically if you press ENTER. You can override a default button by clicking Cancel or another command button.

 

default capture mode (n) -  The capture mode that specifies whether capture variables that were not explicitly specified by the user are captured by value or by reference. default company service level agreement (n) -  A service level agreement that a company uses as a default.

 

default control style (n) -  The default property setting of a control type. You customize a control type before you create two or more similar controls to avoid customizing each control individually.

 

default data file (n) -  The .pst data file used as the main delivery location for your e-mail messages.

 

default database (n) -  The database the user is connected to immediately after logging in to SQL Server.

 

Default delimiter (n) -  Field that specifies which character will be the default character used to separate data items when the data is being imported into Microsoft Dynamics

 

CRM.

 

default device (PN) -  The device that Lync and Communicator uses by default when the user places a call (either PBX telephone phone or computer through a VOIP connection). default document (n) -  The file that is sent by a Web server when it receives a request for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that does not specify a file name. This document can be generated automatically by the server, or it can be a custom file that is placed in that directory by the administrator.

 

default folder (n) -  A folder that exists by default in all users' mailboxes. The Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items, Calendar, and Contacts folders are default folders. default font (n) -  The font that a program uses by default to display text. default form (n) -  A form that is provided out of the box' for any entity

 

default gateway (n) -  A configuration item for the TCP/IP protocol that is the IP address of a directly reachable IP router. Configuring a default gateway creates a default route in the IP routing table.

 

default home page (n) -  The file that is sent by a Web server when it receives a request for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that does not specify a file name. This document can be generated automatically by the server, or it can be a custom file that is placed in that directory by the administrator.

 

default host (n) -  Administration objects that facilitate deployment and orchestration enlistment. These objects are identified in the BizTalk Server Administration console with a checkmark symbol. During the orchestration enlistment process, the default host is automatically used to host the orchestration, unless the user explicitly selects a different host.

 

default hyperlink (n) -  In an image map, the hyperlink that site visitors follow when they click an area of the picture where there are no hot spots.

 

default instance (n) -  The instance of SQL Server that uses the same name as the computer name on which it is installed.

 

default language (n) -  The human language that SQL Server uses for errors and messages if a user does not specify a language.

 

Default Location (PN) -  An area within the Windows Control Panel that allows the user to designate his home coordinates or address for location-aware functionalities. default location (n) -  Information that describes the current location of a computer. The location is entered manually in Default Location, and can be used by programs to determine the location of a computer when a location sensor is unavailable. default management point (n) -  The active management point for a site. This could also be an IP address of a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster that combines several management points. While additional management points can be configured, a management point must be designated as a default management point or part of the designated default NLB management point cluster, or it will not respond to client requests. default member (n) -  The dimension member used in a query when no member is specified for the dimension.

 

default name (n) -  The name automatically assigned to an object by a program or process when the user does not specify an alternative.

 

default network (n) -  In the Macintosh environment, the physical network on which the processes of a server reside as nodes and on which the server appears to users. The default network of the server must be one to which that server is attached. Only servers on AppleTalk Phase 2 internets have default networks.

 

default printer (n) -  The printer to which a computer sends documents if you select the Print command without first specifying which printer you want to use with a program.

 

You can have only one default printer; it should be the printer you use most often. default property (n) -  A property that you can set for a control so that each time a new control of that type is created, this property will have the same value.

 

default report (n) -  A type of report that does not allow a user to modify the layout but that does allow a user to filter and sort the data in the report.

 

default result set (n) -  The default mode that SQL Server uses to return a result set back to a client.

 

default role (n) -  A setting associated with a particular user role. Users who are not assigned to an existing role are automatically assigned to the role that is specified as the default.

 

Default Route  -  Entry in a routing table that can redirect any frames for which the table has no definitive listing for the next hop.

 

default shape (n) -  A virtual shape that contains default formatting properties for new shapes. Each presentation contains one default shape.

 

default skin (n) -  A control skin that automatically applies to all controls of the same type when a theme is applied to a page.

 

default solution (n) -  A catch-all' solution that contains a reference to all unprotected components.'

 

default subnet mask (n) -  A subnet mask that is used on an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) class-based network. The subnet mask for Class A is 255.0.0.0. The subnet mask for Class B is 255.255.0.0. The subnet mask for Class C is 255.255.255.0.

 

default template (n) -  The boilerplate document used whenever you start a new document.

 

default tile (n) -  The tile that a developer defines in the manifest. It's the app tile before it receives its first update notification. It consists of just a logo as an image, plus an optional short name.

 

default unit (n) -  The unit of measure used to display a value if no units of measure are explicitly specified.

 

default user (n) -  The profile that serves as a basis for all user profiles. Every user profile begins as a copy of the default user profile.

 

default value (n) -  A value that is automatically entered in a field or control when you add a new record. You can either accept the default value or override it by typing a value. default verb (n) -  The verb that represents the action that is executed when a user double­clicks a file in Windows Explorer.

 

default workbook template (n) -  The Book.xlt template that you create to change the default format of new workbooks. Excel uses the template to create a blank workbook when you start Excel or create a new workbook without specifying a template. default worksheet template (n) -  The Sheet.xlt template that you create to change the default format of new worksheets. Excel uses the template to create a blank worksheet when you add a new worksheet to a workbook.

 

default zone (n) -  The zone to which all Macintosh clients on the network are assigned by default.

 

defection (n) -  The removal of a server from multiserver operations.

 

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (n) -  The U.S. government agency that provided the original support for the development of the interconnected networks that later grew into the Internet.

 

defer (v) -  To postpone a payment or delivery.

 

deferred enforcement mode (n) -  The enforcement mode in which client computers immediately receive NAP notifications if they are not in compliance with network health requirements, but do not have their access restricted until the specified time and date. deferred event (n) -  In a statechart or activity diagram, an event that must be postponed for later use while another activity is under way. You can show a deferred event for a state by including the event among the state's internal transitions.

 

deferred input VAT (n) -  The calculated value-added tax (VAT) amount that is not due until the invoice is paid. This amount is posted to an unrealized purchase VAT account and can be claimed only after the receipt of a receipt/tax invoice or a tax invoice.

 

deferred loading (n) -  A pattern of data loading where related objects are not loaded until a navigation property is accessed.

 

deferred output VAT (n) -  The calculated value-added tax (VAT) amount that is not due until the invoice is paid. This amount is posted to an unrealized sales VAT account and can be claimed only after a receipt or tax invoice is printed.

 

deferred query (n) -  A LINQ query that is not evaluated until it is iterated over, either with a foreach statement (C#) or a For Each statement (Visual Basic), or by manually using the underlying GetEnumerator and MoveNext methods.

 

deferred transaction (n) -  A transaction that is not committed when the roll forward phase of recovery completes and that cannot be rolled back during database startup because data needed by roll back is offline. This data can reside in either a page or a file. Define (v) -  A menu option that becomes available when a user right-clicks a word. It opens the chosen definitions provider and displays information for the word selected. defined name (n) -  A word or string of characters in a formula that represents a cell, range of cells, formula, or constant value.

 

definition (n) -  A verbal representation of a concept which serves to differentiate it from related concepts and allows humans to recognize and agree on the concept. definition update (n) -  A broadly-released and frequent software update containing additions to a product's definition database. Definition databases are often used to detect objects with specific attributes, such as malicious code, phishing Web sites, or junk e-mail. definitions (n) -  Files that are used to help detect harmful or unwanted software and to prevent it from installing or running on your computer.

 

definitions callout (n) -  A callout that is invoked through contextual UI to display reference data, such as definitions and synonyms, for the word selected. defragmentation (n) -  The process of rewriting parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a hard disk to increase the speed of access and retrieval.

 

degradation (n) -  In computer systems, a reduction in level of performance or service. Degradation in microcomputer performance is indicated by slow response times or frequent pauses for disk access because memory is insufficient to hold an entire program plus the data the program is using.

 

DEGREE SIGN (n) -  The -° character

 

degree symbol (n) -  The -° character

 

dehydrate (v) -  To save the state of a running orchestration to persistent storage and remove it from memory when the orchestration has been idle for a certain length of time. deinterlace (v) -  To combine two interlaced fields into a single frame that is not interlaced.

 

delamination (n) -  A problem with the Surface display when the diffuser (or one of its

 

layers) detaches from the top of the Surface unit along one edge.

 

delay (n) -  The amount of time between the scheduled start of a task and the time when

 

work should actually begin on the task; it is often used to resolve resource overallocations.

 

There are two types of delay: assignment delay and leveling delay.

 

delayed group call (n) -  A group call that first rings the group owner, and then after a

 

specified number of seconds rings the call group in addition to the group owner.

 

delegate (n) -  A type that references a method. Once a delegate is assigned a method, it

 

behaves exactly like that method. Delegates are roughly similar to function pointers in

 

C++; however, they are type-safe and secure.

 

delegate (n) -  Someone granted permission to access items or perform functions on another user's behalf.

 

delegate (n) -  A security impersonation level used to allow remote access involving more than one network hop.

 

delegate (n) -  Someone who has been specified by a manager (or other person) to make or receive calls on their behalf. Delegates can change call forwarding settings and add other delegates. Delegates are automatically given -CrTeam Access,-C? which allows them to contact the -Crmanager-C? even when his or her presence is set to Do not Disturb. delegate control (n) -  A control on a page or master page that can be replaced with another control or content.

 

delegated administrator (n) -  A partner (authorized by the Microsoft Partner Network) who has been granted administrative permissions by a Microsoft Online Services customer. The delegated administrator can access the customer's account in the Microsoft

 

Online Services Administration Center and perform all the administrative tasks (add or delete users, reset passwords, etc.) on behalf of the customer.

 

delegated administrator (n) -  A Microsoft partner who is associated with one or more companies and authorized to provide certain administrative tasks for said companies. A delegated administrator may be the same or different than a customer's subscription advisor. Referred to within Microsoft as a -Circlelegated administrator partner (DAP).-€? Delegated Administrator user role (PN) -  A user role that allows the user to create new Delegated Administrator and Self-Service user roles and add or remove members to the Administrator user role, but not modify VMM settings.

 

delegated authentication (n) -  A method of authentication by which a trusted server (or service) is enabled to act as the client when it connects to third-tier application resources. delegated evaluator (n) -  A filter that uses a custom method to evaluate the specified data. delegated registration model (n) -  A registration model in which a person other than the certificate subscriber initiates the certificate transaction. The certificate subscriber then completes the transaction by providing a supplied one-time password.

 

delegation (n) -  An assignment of administrative responsibility to a user, computer, group, or organization.

 

delegation (n) -  The process of passing on the approval of a document to a substitute approver within the context of a NAV document approval process. delegation setting (n) -  A configuration element that specifies which features of a Web site or Web application to delegate to Web site and Web application administrators in IIS Manager. You can delegate features as read only, read/write, not delegated, and so on. delegation state (n) -  The condition, at any particular time, of the delegation setting. Delegation state examples include read only, read/write, not delegated, and so on. delegation wizard (n) -  A wizard used to distribute precise elements of the administrator's workload to others.

 

delete (v) -  To eliminate text, a file, or part of a document with the intention of removing the information permanently.

 

Delete (v) -  A button, option, or other UI element that permanently removes the selected text or objects.

 

Delete a Contact... (oth) -  A UI element that opens a list of contacts so the user can select one to remove from the user's contact list.

 

Delete a Group (oth) -  A menu item that removes a group and its contacts from the user's Contacts list.

 

DELETE clause (n) -  A part of a DML Statement that contains the DELETE keyword and associated parameters.

 

delete gesture (n) -  In Tablet PC Input Panel, an action gesture or a revision gesture that performs the same action as pressing the DELETE key on the keyboard.

 

Delete Group (PN) -  A menu item that removes a group and its contacts from the user's Contacts list.

 

Delete Group and Contacts (oth) -  An item on the right-click menu for a group that removes the selected group and its contacts from the user's contact list.

 

DELETE key (n) -  On IBM and PC-compatible computers, a key whose function changes depending on the application program. Usually it erases the character under the cursor,

 

although in some applications it can erase selected text or graphics.

 

delete level (n) -  In Data Transformation Services, the amount and kind of data to remove from a data warehouse.

 

delete query (n) -  A query (SQL statement) that removes rows matching the criteria you specify from one or more tables.

 

Deleted Items folder (n) -  A folder that stores items deleted by the user.

 

delimited flat file (n) -  A data file that contains one or more records separated by a record delimiter. Each delimited record contains one or more fields separated by a common field delimiter.

 

delimited identifier (n) -  An object in a database that requires the use of special characters (delimiters) because the object name does not comply with the formatting rules of regular identifiers.

 

delimited text file (n) -  A file containing data where individual field values are separated by a character, such as a comma or a tab.

 

delimiter (n) -  One or more special characters used to separate peers in a delimited structure, at any level (fields, records, and so on). deliver (v) -  To provide or give.

 

deliverable (n) -  Any measurable, tangible, verifiable outcome, result, or item that must

 

be produced to complete a project or part of a project.

 

delivery (n) -  A product sent to a customer.

 

delivery address (n) -  The location to which goods are to be sent.

 

delivery channel (n) -  A pipeline between a distributor and a delivery service.

 

delivery channel type (n) -  The protocol for a delivery channel, such as Simple Mail

 

Transfer Protocol (SMTP) or File.

 

delivery extension (n) -  A plug-in that delivers reports to a specific target (for example, e­mail delivery).

 

delivery note (n) -  A business document that documents the delivery of products between two parties.

 

delivery protocol (n) -  The set of communication rules used to route notification messages to external delivery systems.

 

delivery queue (n) -  A queue that is used to hold messages that being delivered to a Mailbox server or remote location. A delivery queue is created for each unique message destination.

 

delivery schedule (n) -  A schedule for the planned delivery of products.

 

delivery status notification (n) -  A notification made up of a DSN code and a DSN message, that reports the result of an attempt to deliver an e-mail message. delta file (n) -  A file which contains references to those rows in the data file that have been deleted.

 

delta inventory (n) -  A hardware or software inventory cycle that creates a delta inventory file containing all the information that was added, removed, or changed since the previous inventory. The delta inventory file is smaller than the complete inventory file. delta inventory file (n) -  A file generated during inventory cycles that occur after the initial complete inventory, containing only hardware or software properties that were added, removed, or changed since the previous inventory cycle.

 

delta replication (n) -  The copying of only the changed files in a Configuration Manager package when an update has been made to the package.

 

demand during lead time (n) -  The average daily demand for a product multiplied by the average lead time.

 

demand forecast (n) -  A prediction of future product demand.

 

demand forecasting (n) -  A business process that estimates future demand and creates demand forecasts based on historical transaction data.

 

Demand Management (PN) -  A feature that captures and manages work proposals in a single location. Proposals move through a customizable, multi-stage governance process that may include review, selection of proposals for approval, and tracking the execution of approved proposals through to completion.

 

demand plan (n) -  The estimated future demand for a product family. A demand plan is similar to a sales forecast, but if the demand cannot be met, the sales will be less than the demand.

 

demand planner (n) -  The employee who is responsible for creating a demand plan. demand-dial interface (n) -  A logical interface that represents a demand-dial connection (a PPP link) that is configured on the calling router. The demand-dial interface contains configuration information such as the port to use, the addressing used to create the connection (such as a phone number), authentication and encryption methods, and authentication credentials.

 

demi-bold (adj) -  Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 600 according to the OpenType specification.

 

demo (n) -  A partial or limited version of a software package distributed free of charge for advertising purposes. Demos often consist of animated presentations that describe or demonstrate the program's features.

 

demo (n) -  A computer in a store that is available for customers to test, to see if they wish to buy it.

 

demo (n) -  A demonstration of a product or service that a customer interacts with to see how features work.

 

demo version (n) -  A partial or limited version of a software package distributed free of charge for advertising purposes. Demos often consist of animated presentations that describe or demonstrate the program's features.

 

demographic information (n) -  Information such as age, education, income, and gender about the population in particular areas.

 

demote (v) -  To move an item to a lower level within a tree structure.

 

demultiplexing (n) -  The separating of multiple signals, which were combined into a common physical signal for simultaneous transmission across a single physical channel, back into multiple signals.

 

denial (n) -  The event in which a permission is not granted. By denying a permission, a method can prevent its callers from exercising the privilege represented by that permission. If a method on the call stack denies permission A, a stack walk checking for permission A will fail unless a valid assertion is found on the stack between the method doing the denial and the method that initiated the check for permission A. denial of service attack (n) -  An attempt by a malicious (or unwitting) user, process, or system to prevent legitimate users from accessing a resource (usually a network service) by exploiting a weakness or design limitation in an information system. denial-of-service attack (n) -  An attempt by a malicious (or unwitting) user, process, or system to prevent legitimate users from accessing a resource (usually a network service) by exploiting a weakness or design limitation in an information system. denormalize (v) -  To introduce redundancy into a table to incorporate data from a related table.

 

density (n) -  The degree of darkness of an image.

 

Deny (PN) -  The button in Yammer that allows a group administrator to deny access to a particular group of users that have requested access to that group.

 

DEP (n) -  A security feature that monitors programs on a computer to determine if they use system memory safely. To do this, DEP software works alone or with compatible microprocessors to mark some memory locations as non-executable.' If a program tries to run code that is malicious or is not from a protected location

 

Department (PN) -  An instance of Parature that houses the data, files, and information for one client or organization. Clients and organizations can have and operate multiple Departments for various purposes and each Department has its own segregated Support Portal by default. Departments owned by the same client or organization are capable of sharing certain information; to learn more about sharing information between Departments, consult the Parature Knowledgebase.

 

department code (n) -  A unique alphanumeric name used to identify a department. department organization code (n) -  A code that represents the department in which an employee performs a job.

 

dependence (n) -  The state in which one entity relies upon specific hardware, software, or specific events for its own definition or functionality.

 

dependency (n) -  A directed relationship between two objects, such as components, objects, or features. For example, if feature A depends on feature B, B is a dependency of

 

A.

 

dependency graph (n) -  A code map to visualizes direct relationships across code and shows how the code fits together without reading through files and lines of code. dependency property (n) -  In Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, a property represented by a DependencyProperty identifier that is registered with the property system. Dependency properties can be defined only by DependencyObject types, which typically expose the identifier as a public static field. The property system determines their effective value based on a precedence evaluation of all possible value sources.

 

dependency tree (n) -  A diagram for visualizing the dependency relationships between resources.

 

dependent (n) -  A cell that contains a formula that refers to another cell. For example, if cell D10 contains the formula =B5, cell D10 is a dependent of cell B5. dependent (n) -  A role assumed by one person, place, or thing that participates in a relationship.

 

dependent animation (n) -  An animation that changes the value of a property and runs on the UI thread.

 

dependent change management activity (n) -  A change management activity that is used to link change requests to a release record.

 

dependent client (n) -  For Message Queuing, a computer that requires synchronous access to a Message Queuing server to perform all standard message queuing operations, such as sending and receiving messages and creating queues.

 

dependent component (n) -  A component that requires the current component to work properly. For example, a dependent component of a global Option Set is an -€reattribute- €? that references that Option Set.

 

dependent module (n) -  A module that contains dependencies from other modules. dependent party (n) -  A party who assumes a dependent role when it participates in a relationship with another party.

 

dependent program (n) -  A program that requires that another program run first. dependent workflow (n) -  A workflow instance that is generated by a parent workflow instance.

 

deploy (v) -  To put into use.

 

deploy (v) -  To build a DAC instance, either directly from a DAC package or from a DAC previously imported to the SQL Server Utility.

 

deploy (v) -  To roll out a software package as a cloud service in Microsoft Azure. Users can make staging or production deployments of the cloud service. deployed environment (n) -  A group of virtual machines located on a team project host group and controlled by Microsoft Test Manager. A deployed environment can be running or stopped.

 

deployment (n) -  The process of distributing and installing a software program throughout an entire organization.

 

deployment (n) -  The process of moving the configuration files for a virtual machine from the Virtual Machine Manager library to a virtual machine host.

 

deployment (n) -  A version of the Microsoft Azure cloud service deployed to the staging

 

or production environment.

 

deployment (n) -  The result of a deployment.

 

Deployment Administration Server (PN) -  In Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a server that encompasses the Deployment Manager Tool and Deployment Service.

 

Deployment Agent (PN) -  The deployment agent component is a Windows service that lives on the Target Servers where the application components managed by release management are installed.

 

Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment (PN) -  The shortcut used to open a command prompt that includes predefined system variables for Windows ADK tools. Deployment Designer (PN) -  The designer used to create and manage Deployment Diagrams.

 

deployment diagram (n) -  The diagram used to define and evaluate deployment for applications in an application system. The deployment diagram (.dd) file contains information based on the System Definition Model (SDM).

 

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (PN) -  A framework that provides a single point for IT professionals and OEMs to service and maintain Windows images offline through a scriptable command line utility and an easily extensible infrastructure.

 

Deployment Manager (n) -  A set of system administrator tools for configuring and monitoring a software application and its servers. It supports deploying updates throughout the system.

 

deployment manifest (n) -  The file used in ClickOnce applications that describes the current version of this deployment, and whether it should be installed on the client computer or only run online.

 

deployment package (n) -  A set of files that can be delivered as a unit to a client computer or device for installation.

 

deployment purpose (n) -  An application state that is associated with the deployment of software, such as Available or Required.

 

deployment report (n) -  A report in XML- or HTML-format that is associated with a deployment diagram. You can use these reports to create installation and deployment scripts.

 

deployment type (n) -  A technology that is used to deploy an application to devices. A deployment type is contained within an application; for example, Windows Installer could be a deployment type for the -CrVisio 2007-C? application.

 

deposit (n) -  Funds added to an account.

 

deposit (v) -  To add money to an account.

 

deposit slip (n) -  A form that shows the date and the items that make up a deposit, including receipt and payment information, the currency, check and coin totals and the amount of cash received.

 

depository financial institution (n) -  The bank or financial institution that the payment format file is transmitted to for processing.

 

deprecated (adj) -  Pertaining to a software feature or programming object that is outdated and should not be used. A deprecated item is currently supported for backward compatibility, but it might become obsolete and unsupported in the future. deprecated object (n) -  An object from a previous version of an operating system that is going to be invalid or obsolete in the current OS version.

 

depreciation (n) -  An allocation of part of the original value of a fixed asset to current income during a specific period. Depreciation represents the declining value of the fixed asset as a cost of the specified period.

 

depreciation (n) -  The expiration of a portion of the original cost of a fixed asset during a specific time period.

 

depreciation book (n) -  A specific book used for reporting purposes that contains all depreciation transactions for assets that are valid for that book.

 

depreciation convention (n) -  One of several predefined rules for calculating depreciation in the year of the acquisition of the asset and the year of the disposal of the asset. deprovision (v) -  To remove an account from a connected data source. depth axis (n) -  The third axis in a three-dimensional coordinate system, used in computer graphics to represent depth.

 

depth bias (n) -  A value that controls the drawing order for polygons along- the z-axis (depth of view).

 

depth buffer (n) -  A buffer that stores a depth value for each pixel in a scene. Pixels with a small z-value overwrite pixels with a large z-value.

 

depth of field (n) -  The measurement of the area in front of and behind the subject that is in focus.

 

depth stencil (n) -  In three-dimensional graphics, a buffer to limit the area of rendering when handling Z-coordinates. dequeue (v) -  To remove from a queue.

 

dereference (v) -  In programming, to access information at the address contained by a pointer. The syntax for dereferencing varies among computer languages. dereference (v) -  To programmatically access a memory address assigned to a pointer variable or reference variable.

 

derivation rule (n) -  A rule to determine a classifier for classifying the financial consequences of an accounting event.

 

derived class (n) -  In object-oriented programming, a class created from another class, called the base class. A derived class inherits all the features of its base class. It can then add data elements and routines, redefine routines from the base class, and restrict access to base-class features.

 

derived class (n) -  A class that assumes a child role when it participates in an inheritance relationship with a parent (or base) class whose methods can be extended or redefined and whose member access can be restricted.

 

derived column (n) -  A transformation that creates new column values by applying expressions to transformation input columns.

 

derived depreciation book (n) -  A specific book used to copy transactions entered for a value model to the specific depreciation book. Can be used when assets are acquired so that the acquisition transaction needs to be entered only once instead of for each value model and depreciation book.

 

derived element (n) -  An element, such as an attribute or association, that can be calculated or derived from other information. For example, an age attribute for the class Person can be derived if you know the Person's date of birth.

 

derived input (n) -  The set of input events that are derived from input primitives. This set is loosely defined as an identifiable pattern of input primitives over a limited period of time. Like input primitives, derived input does not require application context to be identified. Derived input includes such things as touch and flick.

 

derived key (n) -  A cryptographic key created by a call to CryptDeriveKey. A derived key can be created from a password, or any other user data. Derived keys allow applications to create session keys as needed, eliminating the need to store a particular key.

 

derived production (n) -  A subproduction order that is created based on the main production order.

 

derived session key (n) -  A session key created by an application as needed. Before creating a derived session key, an application prompts the user for a password. derived table (n) -  A table that assumes a child role when it participates in an inheritance relationship with another table.

 

DES (n) -  An encryption algorithm that uses a 56-bit key and maps a 64-bit input block to a 64-bit output block. The key appears to be a 64-bit key, but one bit in each of the eight bytes is used for odd parity, resulting in 56 bits of usable key.

 

descendant (n) -  In a tree data structure, a node that is one or more steps farther from the root (one or more levels lower) than the ancestor node.

 

descent (n) -  The pixel offset of the bottom of an element with respect to its baseline. description area (n) -  The area in the results pane that describes the purpose of the selected snap-in.

 

description bar (n) -  The bar above the results pane. Contains the name of the selected node.

 

deserialization (n) -  The process of converting an object from a serial storage format to binary format in the form of an object that applications can use. This happens when the object is retrieved from the cache cluster with the Get client APIs.

 

deserialize (v) -  To change from serial (by bit) to parallel (by byte).

 

Design (n) -  A format used by the Bentley MicroStation CAD program to store drawing files.

 

Design (PN) -  The Sway feature that allows users to make Style- and Structure-based changes to their sway.

 

Design Accents (PN) -  A gallery of design elements that can be used to embellish publications.

 

design element (n) -  An item (such as a page, frameset, item type, form, view, script file, text file, cascading style sheet, or image) that contributes to an overall pattern, scheme, or layout.

 

design grid (n) -  The grid that you use to design a query or filter in query Design view or in the Advanced Filter/Sort window. For queries, this grid was formerly known as the QBE grid.

 

Design Manager (PN) -  A feature that guides the user through the process of using an HTML editor to design and customize a SharePoint site.

 

Design Master (n) -  The only member of the replica set in which you can make changes to the database structure that can be propagated to other replicas.

 

design mode (n) -  The InfoPath design environment in which you can create or modify a form template.

 

design once (adj) -  Characterized by the ability to design, build, code, and publish an element a single time and have it function in more than one environment.

 

Design panel (PN) -  The Sway panel that provides users with all the Style and Structure options.

 

design pattern (n) -  A design pattern in architecture and computer science is a formal way of documenting a solution to a design problem in a particular field of expertise. design set (n) -  A collection of publications that share a consistent color scheme, font scheme, and design.

 

design surface (n) -  The main area of the Macro Designer where macro actions are placed to be made into a macro.

 

design template (n) -  A file that contains the styles in a presentation, including the type and size of bullets and fonts; placeholder sizes and positions; background design and fill; color schemes; and a slide master and optional title master.

 

design time (n) -  The time during which you create and modify the design of the objects and code in your application.

 

Design tools (PN) -  The Developer tools subcategory containing apps to help developers with design aspects of building an app.

 

Design view (n) -  A window that shows the design of these database objects - tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, and data access pages. In Design view, you can create new database objects and modify the design of existing ones.

 

Design view (n) -  A window that shows a visual representation of the code behind a web page.

 

Design view (n) -  A window that shows a visual representation of a document on the artboard.

 

design workspace (n) -  A user interface area where general authoring tasks are performed. designated account (n) -  The Microsoft Exchange Server user account that is the sender of control messages.

 

designated router (n) -  An OSPF router that forms adjacencies with all other routers on a

 

multiple access network.

 

designer (n) -  A visual design surface.

 

Designer (PN) -  The portion of InfoPath used to design forms.

 

design-time control (n) -  An ActiveX control that is used while designing or editing a Web page. Design-time controls are installed on the client computer. desired configuration management (n) -  A Configuration Manager feature that provides a set of tools and resources for assessing and tracking configuration compliance of client computers in the enterprise.

 

desired zone (n) -  The zone in which AppleTalk network integration appears on the network.

 

desk phone (n) -  A telephone that sits on a desk and is to be used with Lync Server and Office Communications Server.

 

deskband (n) -  A customized toolbar that can be added to the regular program taskbar and that contains shortcuts to frequently performed tasks.

 

desktop (n) -  The work area on a computer screen that simulates the top of an actual desk. The desktop contains the Recycle Bin and other icons (shortcuts to programs, files, folders, and various types of documents such as letters, reports, or pictures) that you can arrange on the electronic desktop just as you would arrange real objects on top of a desk. desktop (n) -  The work area on a computer screen that contains different groups- of apps or content open and available for different tasks or aspects of your life. Each group of items is called a desktop or virtual desktop.

 

Desktop  -  A computer designed to sit on a desk (as opposed to a laptop). InWindows, it also means the screen you see when you aren't running any programs, with ‘My Computer', the Recycle Bin and so on.

 

desktop  -  A computer designed to sit on a desk (as opposed to a laptop). In Windows, it also means the screen you see when you aren't running any programs, with ‘My Computer', the Recycle Bin and so on.

 

desktop alert window (n) -  A window that pops up on the Windows desktop in response to an event, for example, receiving email.

 

desktop app (n) -  An application that is meant to run on a desktop computer.

 

desktop app bar (n) -  The workspace at the bottom of the application that displays alerts and notifications.

 

desktop application (n) -  An application that is meant to run on a desktop computer. desktop 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.

 

desktop background (n) -  In a graphical user interface such as Windows, a pattern or picture in the screen background that can be chosen by the user.

 

desktop composition (n) -  A feature, introduced in Windows Vista, that enables individual windows to be drawn to off-screen surfaces in video memory instead of being drawn directly to the primary display device.

 

desktop dashboard account (n) -  An account that is required to certify desktop apps for Windows.

 

desktop device app (n) -  A device app built in C++/Win32/COM.

 

desktop experience (n) -  The experience a user has when actively engaged with the computer.

 

Desktop Experience (PN) -  The feature that installs in-box Windows Client applications and adds missing components that enable other applications written for Windows Client to work on Windows Server.

 

desktop gadget (n) -  A gadget that users can display on their desktop, rather than on the Windows Sidebar. Examples are clocks, news headlines, slide shows, and weather forecasts.

 

Desktop Gadget Gallery (PN) -  An organizer used to add, uninstall, and search for desktop gadgets.

 

desktop ISP sign-up offer (n) -  A set of HTML pages that offer the end user the opportunity to sign up for Internet access. To view the offer, the end user clicks a link from the OEM link on the Start menu.

 

Desktop Language Pack (PN) -  A free add-on that users can use to switch the language that's displayed in the Visual Studio user interface.

 

Desktop Management Interface (n) -  A system for managing the configurations and status of PCs on a network from a central computer. In DMI an agent program runs in the background on each machine and returns information or performs some action (as specified by a file on that machine) in response to a query received from the central computer. The actions to be performed by the agent might include watching for errors and reporting them to the central computer as they occur; for example, a printer might be set up to report to the central computer when paper runs out or jams. DMI was developed by the DMTF (Desktop Management Task Force), a consortium of computer equipment manufacturers, and competes with SNMP (although the two can coexist on the same system).

 

desktop pattern (n) -  In a graphical user interface such as Windows, a pattern or picture in the screen background that can be chosen by the user.

 

desktop program (n) -  An application that is meant to run on a desktop computer. desktop program (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.

 

desktop publishing (n) -  The use of a computer and specialized software to combine text and graphics to create a document that can be printed on either a laser printer or a typesetting machine.

 

desktop registration (n) -  The opportunity given to the end user to register with Microsoft

 

and the OEM, if the user failed to register during Windows Welcome.

 

desktop session (n) -  A period of time when one user is logged on to a computer. When a

 

user logs on to a computer, the session is created. When that user logs off, the session is

 

ended.

 

desktop sharing (n) -  A feature that allows a user to display his or her desktop to a meeting or to conversation participants.

 

desktop theme (n) -  A collection of visual elements and sounds for your computer desktop or device User Interface. A theme determines the look of the various visual elements of your User Interface, such as windows, icons, fonts, and colors, and it can include sounds.

 

desktop toolbar (n) -  A toolbar that docks to the desktop, similar to the taskbar.

 

Desktop Viewer (PN) -  A viewer that displays generated reports and lets users add comments to a report, create charts or graphs from report data, view various levels of a financial report, and export the report to other file types.

 

desktop window (n) -  A system-defined window that paints the background of the screen and serves as the base for all windows displayed by all applications.

 

Desktop Window Manager (PN) -  A component of Windows that manages window policies, behaviours and visual appearance.

 

despooler (n) -  An SMS thread component that processes instruction files sent from the sender component of the parent site and performs actions based on such instruction files. destination (n) -  The location (drive, folder, or directory) to which a file is copied or moved.

 

destination (n) -  The SSIS data flow component that loads data into data stores or creates in-memory datasets.

 

destination (n) -  A synchronization provider that provide its current knowledge, accept a list of changes from the source provider, detect any conflicts between that list and its own items, and apply changes to its data store.

 

destination adapter (n) -  A data flow component that loads data into a data store. destination area (n) -  The range of cells that you select to hold the summarized data in a consolidation. The destination area can be on the same worksheet as the source data or on a different worksheet. A worksheet can contain only one consolidation.

 

destination company account (n) -  The legal entity that is the recipient of a liability in an intercompany economic transaction.

 

destination computer (n) -  The computer that will be distributed to customers on which you install Windows. You can either run Windows Setup on the destination computer or copy a master installation onto a destination computer.

 

destination distribution line (n) -  The distribution line for the destination company on an allocation transaction.

 

destination document (n) -  A document to which information is copied or moved. destination file (n) -  The file that a linked or embedded object is inserted into, or that data is saved to. The source file contains the information that is used to create the object. When you change information in a destination file, the information is not updated in the source file.

 

destination inventory location (n) -  An inventory location where materials required by a final kanban production activity or transfer activity are received. destination model (n) -  The model to which data will be moved.

 

destination provider (n) -  A synchronization provider that provide its current knowledge, accept a list of changes from the source provider, detect any conflicts between that list and its own items, and apply changes to its data store.

 

destination set (n) -  A set into which a resource moves because of a request that changes that resource's attributes.

 

destination subscription (n) -  A new subscription that is created as a result of a conversion or a merge.

 

destination-based sales tax (n) -  A sales tax levied in some states in the United States on a product based on the destination in which the buyer takes ownership or receives the product.

 

destruction marker (n) -  In a collaboration diagram, a marker used to indicate object

 

roles and association roles, or links, that are destroyed during the operation.

 

destructor (n) -  A function used to destruct instances of classes.

 

detach (v) -  To remove uninstalled application files from a destination computer.

 

detach (v) -  To stop exposing a surfaced virtual disk to the user.

 

detail area (n) -  The part of PivotTable view that contains detail and total fields.

 

detail data (n) -  For automatic subtotals and worksheet outlines, the subtotal rows or

 

columns that are totaled by summary data. Detail data is typically adjacent to and either

 

above or to the left of the summary data.

 

detail field (n) -  A field that displays all rows, or records, from the underlying record source.

 

Detail section (n) -  A report section used to contain the main body of a form or report. This section usually contains controls bound to the fields in the record source, but can also contain unbound controls, such as labels that identify a field's contents.

 

detail unit (n) -  A reporting unit that draws information directly from the general ledger. Detail view (PN) -  The Sway feature that allows a user to click on content and see it full screen.

 

detailed inventory (n) -  The reading of the header area of a tape in the library to identify the on-media identifier (OMID) on each tape.

 

Detailed Process (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used with large amounts of Level 2 text to show a progression through stages.

 

details info part (n) -  An info part that relates directly to the open entity or the selected entity (the line in focus in the content area). If a details info part relates to a line in either a document or a list, the information in the info part changes when the user selects a new line.

 

details pane (n) -  A pane that displays details about an item selected in another portion of the user interface. For example, in Microsoft Management Console (MMC), the details pane is the right pane that displays details for the selected item in the console tree.

 

Details pane (n) -  The lower left pane in the DPM Administrator Console. The Details pane provides detailed information about an item selected in the Display pane. detectable (adj) -  Pertaining to a state in which computers on a network can be located by other computers and devices on the same network in order to communicate. This state is determined by a firewall setting, which also affects access to shared files and printers. Detected Events (PN) -  A feature that identifies a possible meeting request or event in an email message and enables the user to take action on it from within the message. detection tool (n) -  The software code used by antivirus or anti-spyware programs to find malicious software or potentially unwanted software on a computer.

 

Detective (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).

 

detectoid (n) -  A logical condition that is evaluated on a client computer to detect the presence of software, drivers, or their updates. A detectoid is identified by a Globally unique identifier (GUID) and described by metadata. It is represented as an update with no associated content.

 

detectoid (n) -  An XML document consisting of applicability rules and used to factor out common applicability rules for packages.

 

detectoid (n) -  An application that detects data and state changes related to a particular security application.

 

determinant (n) -  In database design theory, any attribute or combination of attributes on which any other attribute or combination of attributes is functionally dependent. deterministic (adj) -  In computing, being able to predict an outcome or to know in advance how data will be manipulated by a processing system. A deterministic simulation, for example, is one in which a certain input always produces the same output. detrended price oscillator formula (n) -  A formula that calculates the difference between the daily price and the moving average. This is useful for identifying cycles and overbought and oversold price levels.

 

Develop Skills Needs - Hiring Plan - Hiring Forecast (n) -  A template that provides a framework for the general activities, from a Human Resources departmental perspective, that are undertaken to perform an analysis of forecasted skills needs and the potential hiring and/or training plans needed to address the gap between needed skills and available skills.

 

developer (n) -  An individual who designs and develops software.

 

developer account (n) -  An account that is required to submit an app in the Windows Store.

 

Developer BizTalk unit (n) -  A unit of measure for the compute capacity and memory used by the Developer tier of Microsoft Azure BizTalk Services.

 

Developer Command Prompt for VS2013 (n) -  A command-line interpreter for developers in Visual Studio 2013.

 

developer license (n) -  A license for developers so they can launch an app to test it before submitting it to the Windows Store

 

Developer Site (PN) -  ??A site template that is designed to help developers to test the apps they are building and get feedback about their apps from others.

 

Developer Support (PN) -  The lowest Microsoft Azure support plan that includes basic support plus support for billing and subscription management-related issues as well as break-fix issues; response time is within 8 hours.

 

Developer tools (PN) -  An app category that contains apps to help developers create apps. developer unit (n) -  A Surface unit that is optimized for developers to create new Surface applications. A developer unit includes software that is required to develop applications with the Surface SDK, including Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition, Microsoft Expression Web, and Microsoft XNA Framework. In contrast, a commercial unit is optimized for user environments and includes only the software that is needed to run Surface applications.

 

development (n) -  Any computer code or materials, other than Products, Fixes or Pre­existing Work, developed by Microsoft or in collaboration with Customer, which is provided to Customer in the course of performance of a Statement of Services. Development Accelerator Core (PN) -  An integrated set of Microsoft components, templates, and guidance designed to solve specific customer business problems. Development Accelerator Extended (PN) -  An integrated set of Microsoft components, templates, and guidance designed to solve specific customer business problems. development cycle (n) -  The process of application development from definition of requirements to finished product, including the following stages: analysis, design and prototyping, software coding and testing, and implementation.

 

Development kits (PN) -  The Developer tools subcategory containing apps to help developers with many aspects of building an app.

 

Development Server (PN) -  The web server that ships with Visual Studio.

 

development task (n) -  An assigned unit of development work usually created to build part of a scenario or quality of service requirement. The development task describes the objective of the developer in the context of an iteration.

 

Development Tools Environment (n) -  A set of interfaces that enable developers to programmatically achieve several of the key tasks achievable from the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

 

development workstation (n) -  The computer that runs Platform Builder and is used to develop code for Portable Media Center.

 

device (n) -  Any piece of equipment that can be attached physically or wirelessly to a network or computer, for example, printers, keyboards, external disk drives, or other peripheral equipment.

 

device (n) -  A handheld portable telephone that operates through a radio network. device (n) -  The server, laptop, desktop, or mobile device on which Configuration Manager runs.

 

device (n) -  A piece of equipment that is running an operating system.

 

Device Access API (PN) -  A set of COM interfaces that a device companion app can use to send requests, to a specialized device, synchronously or asynchronously. device adapter (n) -  An ASP.NET page framework class that adapts the behavior of mobile pages and controls based on the target device.

 

device agent (n) -  An application that a desktop application deploys and executes on a smart device. Usually, a device agent communicates or exchanges data with the desktop application that deployed it.

 

device bar (n) -  The minimum requirements a LUN device has to meet in order to be included in MPIO transfers.

 

Device Bay (n) -  An industry specification that defines a mechanism for adding and upgrading computer peripheral devices without opening the chassis. device capability (n) -  A device functionality available through the HasCapability method or the <Choice> element.

 

Device Center (n) -  An application designed for managing Microsoft Windows Mobile-® devices via a Windows Vista client computer. When the mobile device is connected to the computer by cable, cradle, infrared, or wireless LAN, the mobile user uses Windows Mobile Device Center to create a partnership between the desktop computer and the mobile device to configure the device, manage settings, add & remove applications, and synchronize data. After the partnership is created, the mobile user can manage the device using any of the connection mechanisms. While connected, the mobile user can also use the Windows Vista client computer without a partnership to do such things as browse the device and configure settings for the device.

 

device channel (n) -  In a site collection, a group of settings that is configured to include certain mobile devices based on defined criteria, and that can be mapped to a SharePoint master page to optimize a publishing site for those devices.

 

Device Channels (PN) -  A SharePoint feature that enables a single publishing site to be rendered differently for different mobile devices in order to optimize the user experience. device claim (n) -  A statement that a device makes to indicate that it can be trusted to access secure resources, such a folder on a file share.

 

device conflict (n) -  A conflict that occurs when the same system resources have been allocated to two or more devices. System resources include interrupt request (IRQ) lines, direct memory access (DMA) channels, input/output (I/O) ports, and memory addresses. device context (n) -  A data structure that defines the graphic objects, their associated attributes, and the graphic modes that affect output on a device.

 

device coordinate (n) -  The coordinate used by the physical device being drawn on, such as a screen or sheet of paper.

 

device definition (n) -  The characteristics of a device available through the

 

MobileCapabilities class and the DeviceSpecific control.

 

device driver (n) -  Software that enables hardware or peripherals (such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard) to work with your computer or mobile device. device driver interface (n) -  A set of functions that are implemented by the operating system for use by drivers.

 

Device Driver Wizard (PN) -  A wizard that helps a driver developer get the new driver packages up and going quickly in Visual Studio.

 

device encryption (n) -  The use of encryption to protect local device data from offline hardware attacks.

 

Device Encryption (PN) -  The out-of-the-box encryption capabilities that- are automatically included- on PCs running Windows RT. -

 

device experience (n) -  The combination of device, device driver, device metadata, and Windows Store device app.

 

device family (n) -  ?The combination of API contracts, user experience, and system characteristics and behaviors that a developer can expect when targeting an app to a particular type of device.

 

device filter (n) -  A section of the Web.config file where you specify values for specific

 

mobile devices. These values are used to create device-specific content.

 

device font (n) -  A font residing in or intended for a printer. Font cartridges are available

 

for laser printers that allow your printer print additional fonts. Printer fonts are distinct

 

from screen fonts, which are designed for displaying text on a computer

 

device handle (n) -  A piece of software code or an ID that allows a user to

 

programmatically access the mobile device.

 

Device Handling (per device) (PN) -  The unit of measure for handling of storage devices in the framework of the Microsoft Azure Import/Export service.

 

device ID (n) -  A unique ASCII string for the device created by enumerators to identify a hardware device and used to cross-reference data about the device stored in the registry. Distinguishes each logical device and bus from all others on the system.

 

device independent pixel (oth) -  A unit of measure that equals 1/96 of an inch. device independent unit (oth) -  A unit of measure that equals 1/96 of an inch. device license (n) -  A software license assigned to a client computer; it allows any authorized person access to the software by using that computer.

 

device lock (n) -  A feature that provides enhanced protection for data by locking the device and requiring user authentication through a password. device management (n) -  The exchange of requests and responses that control and configure the operational state of a device. Device management requires the use of a Communication Class interface.

 

device management point (n) -  A Configuration Manager site system that communicates with mobile device clients and that must be hosted on a Configuration Manager management point.

 

Device Manager (n) -  An administrative tool that you can use to manage the devices on your computer. Using Device Manager, you can view and change device properties, update device drivers, configure device settings, and uninstall devices.

 

device metadata package (n) -  A .cab file that can only have one locale support and that provides all the hardware display components in order for your device information to be shown in the Control Panel.

 

Device Metadata Retrieval Client (PN) -  A feature that provides an interface for acquiring rich metadata in order to support showing device detail information in the Device Center and the Device Stage.

 

device name (n) -  A user-defined description of a particular device.

 

device password (n) -  A passcode that a user enters on a mobile device that supports the Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The device password unlocks the device and allows access to the data stored on the device.

 

device PC (n) -  A computer that is part of a OneCare circle but is not a hub PC or a monitor PC. A device PC has no privileges to monitor or make changes to any other computer in the OneCare circle.

 

device registration (n) -  The process of verifying a user's credentials and the server certificate, as well as to register information about the device on the server.

 

Device Security Manager (PN) -  A feature in Visual Studio that allows you to configure device security and manage certificates on Windows Mobile-based devices. device stack (n) -  A chain of device objects that represent the drivers for a device. Each device stack contains a device object for each driver that is part of handling input/output (I/O) to a particular device. The parent bus driver has a physical device object (PDO), the function driver has a functional device object (FDO), and each filter driver has a filter device object (DO).

 

Device Stage (PN) -  A Windows feature that provides a rich environment for configuring and interacting with devices connected to your PC such as mobile phones, printers and cameras.

 

Device Sync options (n) -  A dialog for synchronizing photos to a device.

 

device type (n) -  A value from a developer-defined list that specifies the types of devices that a given application will support.

 

device type (n) -  Descriptor of the type of network device used in a table view of devices. Devices (PN) -  The link to the website where customers add computers (both PCs and Macs), mobile phones, and digital photo frames so they can access their synced folders and connect remotely to their devices.

 

Devices (PN) -  The charm that provides access to the devices commands.

 

Devices (PN) -  The unit of measure for storage devices in Azure.

 

Devices charm (n) -  A user interface element that provides access to external devices like media players or printers.

 

device-specific module (n) -  A storage array manufacturer's module that incorporates knowledge of the manufacturer's hardware and interacts with the MPIO driver. The DSM plays a crucial role in device initialization and I/O request handling, including I/O request error handling.

 

DFE (n) -  Method for calculating folic acid intake taking into account the lower availability of mixed folates in food compared with synthetic tetrahydrofolate used in food enrichment and supplements.

 

DFI (n) -  The bank or financial institution that the payment format file is transmitted to for processing.

 

DFS (n) -  A service that allows system administrators to organize distributed network shares into a logical namespace, enabling users to access files without specifying their physical location and providing load sharing across network shares.

 

DFS folder (n) -  In Distributed File System (DFS), an object in a namespace that virtualizes multiple shared folders (referred to as folder targets), or in the case of folders without targets, adds hierarchy to the namespace.

 

DFS namespace (n) -  In Distributed File System (DFS), a virtual grouping of shared folders potentially located on different servers that appears to users as a single shared folder with a series of subfolders. The underlying structure of the namespace can consist of multiple shared folders that are located on different servers and in multiple sites.

 

DFS Replication (PN) -  A feature based on a replication engine that can replicate data between multiple servers over limited-bandwidth network connections.

 

DFS topology (n) -  The overall logical hierarchy of the Distributed File System (DFS), including elements such as roots, links, shared folders, and replica sets, as depicted in the

 

DFS administrative console. This is not to be confused with the DFS namespace, which is the logical view of shared resources seen by users.

 

DFSS (PN) -  A method, used for scheduling threads, that dynamically scales quotas based on load instead of requiring the administrator to explicitly specify quotas. It also adds the flexibility of aggregating thread quotas based on sessions instead of just users.

 

DGN (n) -  A format used by the Bentley MicroStation CAD program to store drawing files.

 

DHCP (n) -  A TCP/IP service protocol that offers dynamic leased configuration of host IP addresses and distributes other configuration parameters to eligible network clients. DHCP provides safe, reliable, and simple TCP/IP network configuration, prevents address conflicts, and helps conserve the use of client IP addresses on the network.

 

DHCP client (n) -  Any network-enabled device that supports the ability to communicate with a DHCP server for the purpose of obtaining dynamic leased IP configuration and related optional parameters information.

 

DHCP Enforcement (n) -  A technology comprised of a DHCP NAP ES component and a DHCP NAP EC component and which allows DHCP servers to enforce system health requirements any time a computer attempts to lease or renew an IP address configuration on the network.

 

DHCP Failover (PN) -  A feature that allows for configuration of two DHCP servers in a failover relationship so that continuous availability of DHCP service to clients is ensured. DHCP guard (n) -  A feature that protects against a malicious VM representing itself as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server for man-in-the-middle attacks. DHCP Manager (PN) -  The primary tool used to manage DHCP servers. The DHCP Manager is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) tool that is added to the Administrative Tools menu when the DHCP service is installed.

 

DHCP NAP EC (n) -  A NAP Enforcement Client for DHCP-based IPv4 address configuration that uses industry standard DHCP messages to exchange system health messages and limited network access information.

 

DHCP NAP enforcement client (n) -  A NAP Enforcement Client for DHCP-based IPv4 address configuration that uses industry standard DHCP messages to exchange system health messages and limited network access information.

 

DHCP NAP enforcement server (n) -  A NAP Enforcement Server for DHCP-based IP address configuration that uses industry standard DHCP messages to communicate with DHCP NAP ECs on NAP clients.

 

DHCP NAP ES (n) -  A NAP Enforcement Server for DHCP-based IP address

 

configuration that uses industry standard DHCP messages to communicate with DHCP NAP ECs on NAP clients.

 

DHCP server (n) -  A computer running the Microsoft DHCP service that offers dynamic configuration of IP addresses and related information to DHCP-enabled clients.

 

DHTML (n) -  An extension of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) that adds multimedia, database access, and an object model that programs can use to change styles and attributes of page elements (objects) and to replace existing elements (objects) with new ones.

 

DIA SDK (n) -  An SDK that provides access to debug information stored in program database (.pdb) files generated by Microsoft post-compiler tools.

 

diacritic (n) -  A mark placed over, under, or through a character, usually to indicate a change in phonetic value from the unmarked state.

 

diacritical mark (n) -  A mark placed over, under, or through a character, usually to indicate a change in phonetic value from the unmarked state.

 

diagnostic content (n) -  The set of files that represent a set of diagnostics that the end user will run to troubleshoot and resolve a problem.

 

diagnostic data adapter (n) -  An assembly that has functionality to enable a user to either collect diagnostic data to understand what is happening on a system when a test is running, or perform actions on the system while a test is running.

 

diagnostic event (n) -  Any event that happens during a run of your application that can be recorded by IntelliTrace.

 

Diagnostic Execution Wizard (PN) -  A wizard that provides a guide for the end user to troubleshoot and resolve a problem.

 

diagnostic manager (n) -  The process (agent) that runs on a role instance and provides remote access to configure the diagnostic monitor also running on the role instance. diagnostic monitor (n) -  The process (agent) running on a role instance that collects log data for troubleshooting a cloud service deployment.

 

diagnostic package (n) -  The set of files that represent a set of diagnostics that the end user will run to troubleshoot and resolve a problem.

 

Diagnostic Policy Service (n) -  A service in Windows that improve reliability by detecting impending failures and taking action to handle them by either initiating automatic corrective action or logging the appropriate diagnostic information for later root cause analysis, and/or notifying the user of an impending failure.

 

diagnostic provider (n) -  A component that monitors and collects statistics about a system. Those statistics can be compared to a set of thresholds to assess system performance, identify and resolve problems, and perform other diagnostic and administrative tasks.

 

Diagnostic Service Host (n) -  A service that hosts the WDI (Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure) components that need to run in Local Service context and enables problem detection, troubleshooting and resolution for Windows components.

 

Diagnostic System Host (n) -  A service that hosts the WDI (Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure) components that need to run in Local System context and enables problem detection, troubleshooting and resolution for Windows components.

 

Diagnostics (n) -  A feature of Windows that checks for problems associated with network connections.

 

diagram (n) -  A performance management tool for visually presenting an organization's or organizational unit's objectives and goals, their groupings of objectives and goals, and their mappings of objectives and goals to themes, initiatives, KPIs, targets, business processes, and action plans. Each item in the visualization contains a set of metadata, which itself is customizable.

 

diagram designer (n) -  A visual design surface that is used to create diagrams, for

 

example, logical datacenter diagrams, class diagrams, and so on.

 

diagram effect option (n) -  An animation enhancement that lets you apply effects to a diagram piece by piece; for example, from top to bottom of a pyramid diagram. diagramming feature (n) -  A feature that enables customers to build diagrams. dial (v) -  To enter numbers on a telephone or mobile device in order to make a phone call. dial (n) -  A circular control with one or more sliders that a user moves to change values. Dial by Name (n) -  A feature that enables a caller to enter a person's name using the keys on a telephone.

 

dial in manually (v) -  Dial in to the audio conferencing provider from your physical telephone when the audio conferencing provider service cannot call you. dial location (n) -  The country code, area code, and specific dialing requirements for the place you are dialing from. Once you have created a dial location, you can select it to apply the dialing requirements to all your calls. To change dialing locations, select or create a different one.

 

Dial Pad (n) -  A button on Phone Controls that opens a numeric keypad where you can click keys to enter information over the phone.

 

dial pad (n) -  A numeric keypad that is part of a device, is displayed on a device, or is in a computer program that you use to enter information in the context of a phone call. dial plan (n) -  A grouping of telephony users with some specific properties, such as unique telephone extension numbers, that allow the Private Branch eXchange (PBX) to determine what action to take with dialed digits.

 

dial tone (n) -  A sound emitted by the receiver of a telephone that indicates that a number can be dialed.

 

dialect (n) -  The syntax and general rules used to parse a string or a query statement. dialed number identification service (n) -  A service that provides a string of digits that the telephone network passes to the ACD to indicate the number that the caller dialed. dialer (n) -  A form of trojan that causes systems equipped with modems to dial phone numbers without the consent of the user. In most cases, the phone numbers dialed are premium rate numbers which result in unexpected charges on the affected user's phone bill.

 

dialer (n) -  An electronic device attached to a telephone to call preselected numbers

 

automatically when activated.

 

dialer (n) -  An app to make a phone call.

 

dial-in conferencing (n) -  A feature that merges public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Voice over IP (VoIP) conferences, which allows participants to dial in to a conference from anywhere as an authenticated user without having to be on the corporate network. Typically, a local number is provided to avoid long-distance fees. dial-in permission (n) -  Permission to access a network remotely.

 

Dialing (PN) -  A status notification that the device is in the process of dialing a phone number.

 

dialing command (n) -  A command you tell your modem to dial to perform certain actions. For example, ATX3D will switch the modem from voice to data, ATH will hang up the phone, etc.

 

dialing keys (n) -  A set of characters that Live Meeting uses to simulate pauses or telephone keystrokes so that it can automatically dial an audio conferencing partner and connect to a meeting. For example, a comma represents a pause.

 

dialing rules (n) -  A feature that allows the user to define a set of rules that are used repeatedly when dialing from a specific place.

 

DialKeys (n) -  A software keyboard application that enables users to interact with their touch-enabled computer when a hardware keyboard is not attached.

 

DialKeys style (n) -  An appearance and layout that can be selected by the user and applied to the DialKeys keyboard.

 

dialog (n) -  In computing, the exchange of human input and machine responses that forms

 

a conversation' between an interactive computer and the person using it.'

 

dialog (n) -  A type of process that displays the input forms and the data that a user needs

 

at each step while interacting with a customer or following a process that requires user

 

input.

 

dialog bar (n) -  A control bar that contains standard Windows controls. A dialog bar has dialog-box characteristics in that it contains controls and supports tabbing between them, and it uses a dialog template to represent the bar. Dialog bars can be aligned to the top, bottom, left, or right side of a frame window.

 

dialog box (n) -  A secondary window that allows users to perform a command, asks users a question, or provides users with information or progress feedback.

 

Dialog Box Launcher (n) -  A specific Office icon that is used within a group to launch a related dialog box.

 

dialog sheet (n) -  A workspace for creating Forms — or Dialog windows — that serve as VBA-driven User Interface tools. The controls that can be added to them facilitate, restrict, or focus data entry and, if properly used, ensure that entered data goes to the right places.

 

dialog unit (n) -  A device-independent measure to use for layout. One horizontal unit is equal to one-fourth of the average character width for the current system font. One vertical unit is equal to one-eighth of an average character height for the current system font. dial-out conferencing (n) -  A feature whereby the A/V Conferencing Server calls the user, and the user answers the phone to join the conference.

 

Dialup  -  An early kind of internet connection, using a phone line and amodem. Much slower than broadband, it has to make a phone call to the server and establish a connection before you can use it.

 

dial-up  -  This is a telephone line that is connected to a server. When it is called, tones are exchanged between the server and the devise calling in order to attach. dial-up connection (n) -  A connection to other computers or to the Internet using a device that uses the telephone network.

 

Dial-Up Networking (n) -  A Windows CE-based application that enables remote users to connect to a network.

 

dial-up networking (n) -  Connecting to other computers or to the Internet by using a modem and a telephone line.

 

diamond-shape relationship (n) -  A chain of attribute relationships that splits and rejoins but that contains no redundant relationships. For example, Day->Month->Year and Day- >Quarter->Year have the same start and end points, but do not have any common relationships.

 

DIB sequence (n) -  In DirectShow Editing Services, a series of device-independent bitmap (DIB) files rendered in a sequence as video frames.

 

DICOM (n) -  A non-proprietary data interchange protocol, digital image format, and file structure standard for biomedical images.

 

DICT  -  dictionary network protocol created by the- DICT Development Group dictation mode (n) -  A speech mode that converts your dictated words into typed text, and then inserts the text into a program.

 

dictation time (n) -  The quota of words the user can dictate to the phone in a period of 24 hours.

 

dictionary (n) -  A collection of properties.

 

dictionary (n) -  A set of words that a recognizer uses to determine matches and alternates. dictionary (n) -  A collection of keys or key and value pairs that is used for content or query processing in search.

 

dictionary attack (n) -  A method of guessing a user's password or PIN by trying every word in the dictionary until successful.

 

Dictionary property (n) -  A property whose value can be set to the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the dictionary, an error message, or an empty string if no dictionary URI is found.

 

Did You Mean feature (PN) -  A module that suggests alternate words in response to a user search. Suggested words reflect spelling corrections or alternate forms of a word that are more likely to return results.

 

dieresis (n) -  The sign -" ‘ marking a division of one syllable into two

 

Diet Tracker (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to track eating patterns to make healthier food choices and identify food habits.

 

dietary folate equivalents (n) -  Method for calculating folic acid intake taking into account the lower availability of mixed folates in food compared with synthetic tetrahydrofolate used in food enrichment and supplements.

 

dietary intake (n) -  A set of guidelines for the daily intake of vitamins, protein, fats and fiber that include recommended daily allowances.

 

difference additive (n) -  A type of concentration adjustment method which means simply consuming more or less of a material based on its concentration.

 

differencing chain (n) -  A linked set of differencing drives, in which a differencing drive can have another differencing drive as a parent.

 

differencing virtual hard disk (n) -  A virtual hard disk that stores the changes or differences' to an associated parent virtual hard disk for the purpose of keeping the parent intact. The differencing disk is a separate .vhd file that is associated with the .vhd file of the parent disk. Changes continue to accumulate in the differencing disk until it is merged to the parent disk.'

 

differential backup (n) -  A backup containing only changes made to the database since the preceding data backup on which the differential backup is based. differential base (n) -  The most recent full backup of all the data in a database or in a subset of the files or filegroups of a database.

 

Differentiated Services Code Point (n) -  A marking in the registry that enables packets that pass through network devices that operate on Layer 3 information (such as routers) to have their relative priorities differentiated from one another.

 

differentiating factor (n) -  The part of a scenario that determines its uniqueness from other scenarios.

 

diffuse material (n) -  A type of material that determines the color of the 3D object with direct light (white light) applied to it much like the paint on a wall. diffuser (n) -  A layer in the Surface tabletop that enables images to be displayed on the Surface screen. The diffuser is also the surface where the Vision System tracks contacts on the Surface screen.

 

diffusion (n) -  The property of a cryptographic algorithm that ensures that a change in a few input bits leads to potential changes in many of the output bits. dig deeper (oth) -  A content descriptor that introduces related and advanced topics in Visual Studio documentation.

 

Digest Access protocol (n) -  A lightweight authentication protocol for parties involved in communications that are based on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).

 

Digest authentication (n) -  An authentication method that prompts the user for a user name and a password, also called credentials, which are hashed with other data before being transmitted over the network. Digest authentication is available only on domains that have domain controllers that are running Microsoft Windows Server operating systems.

 

digest delivery (n) -  A method of sending notifications that combines multiple notifications within a batch and sends the resulting message to a subscriber.

 

DigiD (oth) -  A standard security code issued by the Netherlands government to businesses and private citizens for interacting electronically with the government (for submitting tax returns or other documents electronically, requesting information, checking on status, etc.).

 

DigiD-token (n) -  The token that DigiD provides when a request for authentication is submitted.

 

digit (n) -  One of the characters used to indicate a whole number (unit) in a numbering system. In any numbering system, the number of possible digits is equal to the base, or radix, used. For example, the decimal (base-10) system has 10 digits, 0 through 9; the binary (base-2) system has 2 digits, 0 and 1; and the hexadecimal (base-16) system has 16 digits, 0 through 9 and A through F.

 

digital (adj) -  In computing, a characteristic of data that is represented as binary digits (zeros and ones).

 

Digital  -  Literally ‘to do with numbers'. Often used to describe a device using computer technology to replace older, traditional technologies. For example, a digital camera is one that stores images electronically rather than on chemical film.

 

digital audio receiver (n) -  A device that receives digital audio wirelessly from your

 

computer and broadcasts it to TV sets or stereos around your home.

 

digital audio renderer (n) -  A device that receives digital audio wirelessly from your

 

computer and broadcasts it to TV sets or stereos around your home.

 

digital audio tape (n) -  A magnetic-tape storage medium for recording digitally encoded

 

audio information. In addition to the tape cassette, DAT indentifies a type of digital tape

 

recorder and player.

 

digital broadcasting (n) -  The transmission of digital media from one point to many points over diverse digital networks.

 

Digital Cable Ready (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a High Definition Television (HDTV) that conforms to the plug-and-play digital cable TV standard; thus, removing the need for a separate set-top box.

 

digital 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. Digital Dashboard (PN) -  A Microsoft framework that User Portal uses as its foundation. digital download code (n) -  The app as a card' capability that retailers purchase from Microsoft and sell to consumers.'

 

digital envelope (n) -  Private messages encrypted using the recipient's public key. Enveloped messages can only be decrypted by using the recipient's private key, allowing only the recipient to understand the message.

 

digital fingerprint (n) -  A long, random-looking string of letters and numbers (with punctuation marks for readability) that is used to authenticate the real-world identities of Groove contacts you see in workspaces and contact lists.

 

Digital ID (n) -  A combination of a digital certificate and a public and private encryption key set.

 

digital image (n) -  A pictorial graphic such as a digital photograph or illustration.

 

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (n) -  A non-proprietary data interchange protocol, digital image format, and file structure standard for biomedical images.

 

digital ink (n) -  The writing or drawing strokes that you make with your stylus. digital license (n) -  A package of signed XML files which Software Licensing Services (SLS) recognizes and uses to activate the product.

 

Digital Living Network Alliance (PN) -  An alliance of leading companies in the consumer electronics, mobile and personal computer industries focused on delivering an interoperability framework of design guidelines based on open industry standards to complete the cross-industry digital convergence. Microsoft is a member of this alliance. Digital Locker (PN) -  A Microsoft web-based service that provides customized accounts to users so that they can select, purchase, download, and update software applicable to Microsoft Windows from multiple retailers.

 

digital photo (n) -  An image that has been captured electronically with a digital camera or scanner.

 

digital rights management (n) -  Any technology used to protect the interests of owners of digital content and services (such as copyright owners). Typically, authorized recipients or users must acquire a license in order to use the content.

 

digital rights management component (n) -  The component of a player that handles all functions of digital rights management, such as decrypting packaged files or initiating license acquisition.

 

Digital Roam (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to use the device outside the usual service area or when traveling outside of the home' service area defined by a service provider. Roaming service can be digital or analog.'

 

digital signature (n) -  Data that binds a sender's identity to the information being sent. A digital signature may be bundled with any message, file, or other digitally encoded information, or transmitted separately. Digital signatures are used in public key environments and provide authentication and integrity services.

 

Digital Signature Algorithm (n) -  The U.S. government standard for digital signatures, as specified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in FIPS 186, Digital Signature Standard. DSA is based on signature encryption based on a public and a private key.

 

Digital Subscriber Line (n) -  A type of high-speed Internet connection using standard telephone wires.

 

digital video (n) -  Video images and sound stored in a digital format.

 

Digital Video Broadcasting (PN) -  A set of standards that define the use of satellite, cable, and terrestrial frameworks already in place to enable digital broadcasting. digital video disk (n) -  A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics rather than magnetic means for reading data. Optical disk storage commonly used for audio, video, and computer data. DVDs range in capacity from 4.7 GB to 17 GB, and can store significantly more than a CD-ROM. digital video recorder (n) -  A hardware device that records broadcast television programming in a digital format. A DVR often saves video to a buffer, which enables viewers to pause a live broadcast or replay video from the buffer.

 

Digitale Identiteit (oth) -  A standard security code issued by the Netherlands government to businesses and private citizens for interacting electronically with the government (for submitting tax returns or other documents electronically, requesting information, checking on status, etc.).

 

digitally signed (adj) -  Having a digital signature.

 

digitizer (n) -  A high-resolution hardware device that recognizes input from a pen or fingers.

 

digitizing tablet (n) -  A device used to input graphics position information in engineering, design, and illustration applications. A flat rectangular plastic board is equipped with a puck or a pen (also called a stylus) and sensing electronics that report the position of the puck or stylus to the computer, which translates that data into a cursor position on the screen.

 

DIGRAM FOR HEAVENLY EARTH (n) -  The Unicode character U+1D301, which represents a Tai Xuan Jing symbol.

 

Dijkstra  -  Algorithm sometimes used to calculate routes given link and nodal state topology database.

 

dim (v) -  To cause text or an image to visually fade.

 

dimension (n) -  A structural attribute of a cube that organizes data into levels. For example, a Geography dimension might include the members Country, Region, State or Province, and City.

 

dimension (n) -  A classifier that characterizes the magnitude or extent of a quantifiable property of an object or activity.

 

Dimension (n) -  A representation of Parature field response data that is used in Premium

 

Reports.

 

dimension association (n) -  A relationship between source model dimensions and destination model dimensions. One or more of these can exist for each model association. dimension derivation rule (n) -  A rule to determine a ledger dimension for classifying the financial consequences of an accounting event.

 

dimension expression (n) -  A valid Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) expression that returns a dimension.

 

dimension filter (n) -  In a column definition, the list of dimensions that limit the data that is displayed for a report.

 

dimension granularity (n) -  The lowest level available to a particular dimension in relation to a particular measure group. The natural' or physical grain is always that of the key that joins the main dimension table to the primary fact table.'

 

dimension hierarchy (n) -  A logical tree structure that organizes the members of a dimension such that each member has one parent member and zero or more child members.

 

dimension level (n) -  The name of a set of members in a dimension hierarchy such that all members of the set are at the same distance from the root of the hierarchy. For example, a time hierarchy may contain the levels Year, Month, and Day.

 

dimension member (n) -  A single position or item in a dimension. Dimension members can be user-defined or predefined and can have properties associated with them. dimension member property (n) -  A characteristic of a dimension member. Dimension member properties can be alphanumeric, Boolean, or Date/Time data types, and can be user-defined or predefined.

 

dimension set (n) -  A named group of accounts or dimensions that contains either account

 

values for the account or dimension values for a single dimension.

 

dimension table (n) -  A table in a data warehouse whose entries describe data in a fact

 

table.

 

dimension value (n) -  A unique identifier for a given dimension. The length of a dimension value is variable. The values for a given dimension can have different numbers of characters. For example, a division dimension might have values San Francisco and Denver.

 

dimension value set (n) -  A named group of dimension values.

 

dimensional (adj) -  Pertaining to data that is distributed or organized on two or more axes. dimensionality (n) -  OLAP data cube axes. For instance, if the OLAP data shows transition by time sequence, the data has a dimensionality of time.

 

Dimension-based configuration (n) -  A configuration technology used to create product variants by selecting values for product dimensions.

 

dimensionless measurement (n) -  A measurement whose dimension is one and whose unit of measure is either a dimensionless unit of measure or the unit one.

 

Dimensions workspace (n) -  In PerformancePoint Planning Business Modeler, a user interface area that displays a summary of a specific dimension.

 

DIMM (n) -  A type of memory board comprised of RAM chips mounted on a circuit board with a 64-bit data path and pins on each side that are on different circuits and that respond to different signals.

 

DIMM  -  (Dual In-line Memory Module; pr. ‘dim') A module of- RAM(memory) for a PC, replacing the older- SIMM- specification.

 

dimmed (adj) -  Pertaining to the state of a control in which normal functionality is not available to a user.

 

DIP (oth) -  A unit of measure that equals 1/96 of an inch.

 

diphtheria and tetanus toxoids vaccine (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against diphtheria and tetanus.

 

diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and accellular pertussis vaccine (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (also known as whooping cough). The term acellular means that the pertussis component is cell-free, which improves safety by reducing the incidence of side effects.

 

diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (also known as whooping cough). direct access (n) -  A way of accessing properties and methods supplied by WMI in a script as if they were automation properties and methods of an object instance. direct access (n) -  The ability of a computer to find and go directly to a particular storage location without having to search sequentially from the beginning location. The human equivalent of random access would be the ability to find a desired address in an address book without having to proceed sequentially through all the addresses. A computer's semiconductor memory (both RAM and ROM) provides random access. Certain types of files stored on disk under some operating systems also allow random access. Such files are best used for data in which each record has no intrinsic relationship to what comes physically before or after it, as in a client list or an inventory.

 

direct access storage device (n) -  A data storage device by which information can be accessed directly, instead of by passing sequentially through all storage areas. For example, a disk drive is a DASD, but a tape unit is not, because, with a tape unit, the data is stored as a linear sequence.

 

direct cable connection (n) -  A link between the input/output (I/O) ports of two computers created with a single cable rather than a modem or other interfacing devices. In most cases, a direct cable connection is made with a null modem cable.

 

direct compensation (n) -  The fixed and variable compensation awarded to an employee in exchange for services rendered.

 

direct connect (n) -  The state of being connected to a back-end database, so that any changes you make to a database diagram automatically update your database when you save the diagram or selected items in it.

 

direct cost (n) -  A cost that can be directly allocated to a cost object, such as a material purchase for a specific product.

 

direct debit (n) -  A payment instrument for the debiting of a payer's payment account whereby a payment transaction is initiated by the payee on the basis of authorization given by the payer.

 

direct delivery (n) -  The delivery of goods directly from the vendor to the customer. Direct Dial number (n) -  A phone number allocated for the Skype user, allowing the user to call pre-configured landlines or mobile phones. A type of Skype To Go number. direct e-mail (n) -  The distribution of marketing materials in e-mail over an intranet or the

 

Internet, usually to a large number of recipients. The e-mail goes directly from the organization to each recipient individually, giving the appearance of the communication being sent personally.

 

direct event handling (n) -  An event handling strategy that does not involve routing. Direct Formatting Guides (PN) -  A feature which, when activated, highlights the areas of text where styles, such as bold or italic, have been manually applied.

 

direct hosting (n) -  For Microsoft networking, the sending of file and print sharing traffic using the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol (also known as the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol) without the use of network basic input/output system (NetBIOS). Direct hosting for the Microsoft redirector (the Workstation service) and file server (the Server service) is supported over both TCP/IP and Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX). Although direct hosting may be more efficient, a direct hosting client can connect only to a direct hosting server.

 

direct mail (n) -  A mail message that is targeted toward specific users that meet the specific requirements of a marketing campaign.

 

direct mail campaign (n) -  A marketing campaign to distribute e-mail message ads to a targeted group of users. The objective is to achieve a high response rate from the mailings. 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.

 

Direct Mailer database (n) -  A SQL Server database that contains e-mail message bodies, event data, and job data. Commerce Server Setup installs the Direct Mailer database Commerce Server Direct Mailer is installed. The database is installed on the same computer as Direct Mailer. Use Commerce Server Manager to specify the connection string from Direct Mailer to the Direct Mailer database.

 

Direct Mailer job file (n) -  A text file that specifies information about the Direct Mailer job such as whether it delivers personalized message bodies, the format of mail message headers, and the location of the list of recipients. A Direct Mailer job file is used only for the stand-alone mode of Direct Mailer.

 

Direct Mailer Pipeline (n) -  The infrastructure that processes a list of direct mail recipients. It links stages and pipeline components.

 

direct membership rule (n) -  A collection membership rule that targets an individual resource, such as a user, user group, or an SMS/Configuration Manager client. This allows you to gather a diverse group of resources.

 

direct memory access (n) -  A technology that allows certain devices, such as hard disks and CD or DVD drives, to transfer information directly through the computer's memory without using the computer's processor. DMA improves the performance of the device and frees the computer's processor so it can perform other tasks.

 

direct message (n) -  A message sent through a social network between two users, where only the involved users are allowed to read the message.

 

direct method (n) -  A method of deriving the net income provided by operating activities from the components of operating cash receipts and payments, instead of adjusting the net income for items.

 

direct price (n) -  A price that is associated with a specific product in a catalog rather than with a pricing category.

 

Direct Push (n) -  A technology that ensures that a mobile device automatically retrieves new e-mail from the Microsoft Exchange server. Direct Push uses a longstanding HTTPS connection that is maintained by the mobile device to push new e-mail messages,

 

Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks notifications from the server to the device.

 

direct report (n) -  An employee who in the organizational hierarchy is immediately below the manager in question and who can either be a manager or an individual contributor. direct response mode (n) -  The default mode in which SQL Server statistics are gathered separately from the SQL Server Statistics display.

 

direct routing (n) -  An event routing strategy where the event instance does not move in the tree and behaves like a standard common language runtime event.

 

Direct Selection (PN) -  A tool that lets you select and manipulate an individual anchor point or segment on a vector path.

 

direct synchronization (n) -  A method used to synchronize data between replicas that are connected directly to the local area network and are available through shared network folders.

 

Direct3D (PN) -  A virtualized representation of dedicated graphics hardware resources. Direct3D provides a standardized implementation of the common graphics processing pipeline.

 

DirectAccess (PN) -  A Windows feature that provides a direct connection to a corporate network for people working outside of the office. It is a superior alternative to VPN. DirectComposition (PN) -  A Windows API that enables user experiences that are smooth and fluid and allow developers to compose content from multiple rendering libraries to the same top-level window, removing the dependency on a specific rendering or user interface framework to create a general solution that can satisfy a broad range of scenarios. (This API is not for Windows Store app development.)

 

DirectDraw (PN) -  Software that helps display two-dimensional visual effects on a computer monitor. Computer games, 2-D graphics packages, and Windows system components (such as digital video codecs) all use DirectDraw.

 

directed discovery (n) -  The discovery of resources or devices on a network beyond the local subnet.

 

Directed to Older Children - Fantasy Violence (oth) -  A TV ratings system used by TV networks in the United States to indicate to viewers that a particular show is designed for children age 7 and older, but may include more intense fantasy violence.

 

DirectInput (n) -  Software that makes it possible for game control devices, such as joysticks and gamepads, to work with your computer.

 

direction (n) -  The orientation of an asymmetrical association. Direction is specified with FromRole and ToRole attributes of a NavigationProperty or ReferentialConstraint element in a schema.

 

direction code (n) -  A value in a fax or phone activity that indicates the direction of the message. Typically the values are incoming or outgoing.

 

directional light (n) -  A light source that is attached to a frame but appears to illuminate all objects with equal intensity, as if it were at an infinite distance from the objects. Directional light has orientation but no position, and it is commonly used to simulate distant light sources, such as the sun.

 

directional map (n) -  A map created with transportation and mass transit shapes, such as highways, parkways, intersections, road and street signs, routes, railroad tracks, transit terminals, rivers, and buildings.

 

directional pad (n) -  The Action button and associated Direction keys that allow the user to move up, down, right, left, and center to perform an action.

 

directions (n) -  In the Maps application, instructions for how to get from one location to another, either driving or walking.

 

directive (n) -  An instruction in a text template that tells the engine and the host how to process the template.

 

directive prologue (n) -  A JavaScript syntactic unit that defines the mode for the code block to which it applies.

 

Director (n) -  An Office Communications Server that authenticates remote users and inbound traffic from federated partners and that routes traffic to the appropriate Enterprise Edition pool for further processing.

 

directory (n) -  An information source that contains data about users, computer files, or other objects. In a file system, a directory stores information about files. In a distributed computing environment (such as a Windows domain), the directory stores information about objects such as printers, fax servers, applications, databases, and users. directory (n) -  A catalogue of all Skype users.

 

Directory  -  An area on a disk for storing files, particularly in- DOS. Usually called a- folder- in Windows.

 

directory browsing (n) -  A feature that automatically provides a default Web page of available directories and files to browsers that submit a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that does not specify a particular file.

 

directory character (n) -  A character that is used to denote the directory, for instance ' or ‘/' or ‘:'. Depending on what OS you're running on e.g. c:\bin\dos\ would be a directory on your machine.'

 

directory control block (n) -  An internal NT file system (NTFS) structure in which the file system maintains the state for an open instance of a directory file.

 

Directory Extension (n) -  A software component designed to enable application developers to extend the directory and develop richer applications without worrying about the limitations imposed by an external store.

 

directory harvest attack (n) -  An attempt to collect valid e-mail addresses from a particular organization so that the e-mail addresses can be added to a spam database. directory ID (oth) -  An identifier that is given to a customer record to indicate that the customer is the same as a corresponding customer record in another company that shares the same directory ID.

 

Directory Management Service (n) -  A service used to manage distribution lists. directory partition (n) -  A contiguous subtree of Active Directory that is replicated as a unit to other domain controllers in the forest that contain a replica of the same subtree. In

 

Active Directory, a single domain controller always holds at least three directory partitions: schema (class and attribute definitions for the directory), configuration (replication topology and related metadata), and domain (subtree that contains the per- domain objects for one domain). Domain controllers running Windows Server 2003 can also store one or more application directory partitions.

 

directory replication (n) -  The copying of a master set of directories from a server (called an export server) to specified servers or workstations (called import computers) in the same or other domains. Replication simplifies the task of maintaining identical sets of directories and files on multiple computers because only a single master copy of the data must be maintained.

 

directory server (n) -  A computer that lists the names and e-mail addresses of people who are running NetMeeting and who are logged on to the server. This information is used to connect to their computers.

 

directory service (n) -  A service that provides access to data and objects in a directory or network environment.

 

Directory Services (PN) -  A feature of the Hosted Filtering service that verifies intended recipients against an approved user list before e-mail is processed for spam, viruses, and other malicious software.

 

Directory Services Markup Language (n) -  An open, extensible, standards-based format for publishing directory service schemas and exchanging directory contents.

 

Directory Services options (n) -  The options on the Directory Services page for how mail to users in the Directory Services user lists is handled: Pass Through, Reject Test, Reject, Group Filtering, and Intelligent Routing.

 

Directory Services Upload mode (n) -  The method of adding new users to an

 

organization's service. There are three upload modes: Administration Center mode, Directory Synchronization Tool mode, and Secure FTP mode.

 

directory store (n) -  The physical storage for Active Directory directory partition replicas on a specific domain controller. The store is implemented using the Extensible Storage Engine.

 

directory synchronization (PN) -  The process of matching user accounts and mail- enabled contacts and groups from the local Active- Directory directory service.

 

Directory Synchronization Tool mode (n) -  A mode for uploading an address list file to Directory Services via the Directory Synchronization Tool. This is one of the three upload modes in EHS. It automatically synchronizes the on-site e-mail address list with the organization's hosted services.

 

directory system agent (n) -  The Active Directory process that manages and provides access to stored directory information.

 

directory tree (n) -  A hierarchy of objects and containers in a directory that can be viewed graphically as an upside-down tree, with the root object at the top. Endpoints in the tree are usually single (leaf) objects, and nodes in the tree, or branches, are container objects. A tree shows how objects are connected in terms of the path from one object to another. DirectPlay (PN) -  Software that supports game connections over a modem, the Internet, or a LAN. DirectPlay helps start multiplayer games, preserves game data from session to session, and enables voice communication.

 

DirectShow (PN) -  Software that allows your computer to capture video, play DVDs, edit and mix video, use hardware-accelerated video decoding, and to tune into analog or digital television signals.

 

DirectSound (PN) -  Software that improves audio performance on a computer. DirectSound is designed to enable mixing and other playback features in movie and computer game sound, regardless of the audio software or hardware on a particular computer.

 

DirectX (n) -  A set of Microsoft technologies that provide developers with the tools needed to create sophisticated multimedia applications on Windows-based computers. directX  -  A set of multimedia APIs that Microsoft provides.

 

DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (PN) -  The infrastructure that manages low-level graphics-related tasks, such as output adapter and swap chain configuration, and provides a common framework for managing virtualized graphics components and resources. DirectX Immediate Mode (PN) -  A rendering API in which client calls directly cause rendering of graphics objects to the display

 

DirectX Media Object (n) -  A COM object that processes multimedia data streams from buffers allocated by the client.

 

DirectX Retained Mode (PN) -  A COM-based scene graph API.

 

dirty (n) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the condition where something has changed in memory but the change has not been saved to a more permanent storage device such as a disk.

 

dirty bit (n) -  A bit used to mark modified data in a cache so that the modifications may be carried over to primary memory.

 

dirty page (n) -  A buffer page that contains modifications that have not been written to disk.

 

dirty range (n) -  An area in a markup container where changes have occurred. dirty read (n) -  A read that contains uncommitted data.

 

disable (v) -  To make a device, component, or feature nonfunctional. For example, if you disable a device in a hardware configuration, you cannot use the device when your computer uses that hardware configuration. Disabling a device frees the resources that were allocated to the device.

 

Disable for Yammer (PN) -  Control in the Post Rule Configurations area on the ribbon that disallows Yammer posts on a record.

 

disabled (adj) -  Pertaining to the state of a control in which normal functionality is not available to a user.

 

disabled control (n) -  A control that appears dimmed on a form or data access page. A disabled control cannot get the focus and will not respond to mouse clicks. disabled index (n) -  Any index that has been marked as disabled. A disabled index is unavailable for use by the database engine. The index definition of a disabled index remains in the system catalog with no underlying index data.

 

disabled user account (n) -  A user account that does not permit logging on.

 

disallowed vendor (n) -  A vendor that is not authorized to supply products to one or more legal entities. disassembly (n) -  disassembly (n) -  The act of taking apart components, resources, or items.

 

disaster recovery (n) -  The process of gaining back access to the data, hardware and software necessary for critical business operations after a natural or human-induced disaster.

 

disc (n) -  A round, flat piece of nonmagnetic, shiny metal encased in a plastic coating, designed to be read from and written to by optical (laser) technology. disc burner (n) -  A device used to copy files to recordable CDs and DVDs. discard (v) -  To remove something.

 

discard (v) -  To remove a file from the Microsoft Office Document Cache without deleting it on the server.

 

discard changes (v) -  To remove a user's changes from the Microsoft Office Document Cache without deleting the file on the server or removing the latest version downloaded from the server from the Office Document Cache.

 

discharge (n) -  The point at which the patient leaves the hospital.

 

discharge instruction (n) -  The medical instructions given to a patient after being discharged from a hospital.

 

discharge summary (n) -  A clinical report prepared by a health professional at the end of a hospital stay that describes the patient's main complaint, the therapy administered, and recommendations on discharge.

 

discipline (n) -  A particular specialization that categorizes activities and guidance within a process according to a common theme; these may relate to one or to many roles. disclaimer (n) -  A notice that warns that the manufacturer of the product limits liability in certain situations/uses.

 

disclaimer (n) -  Text that is added to e-mail messages in transport to provide information that supports the sending organization's compliance policies, warnings about unknown or unverified e-mail senders, or other information as determined by the sending organization. Exchange Server 2007 allows the administrator to use transport rules to target disclaimers based on specific criteria.

 

disclose (v) -  To reveal knowledge or information.

 

Disco (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 # 4.

 

disconnect (v) -  To break a connection.

 

disconnected (adj) -  Pertaining to a connection, session, or call that has, unintentionally or not, ended.

 

discontinued (adj) -  The quality of a product or service that Microsoft no longer offers or supports.

 

discount (n) -  A specific type of promotion in which customers are invited to save money on specific products or product groups if they meet certain specified conditions. discount (n) -  A reduction in the selling price of products or services usually offered by the seller when the buyer agrees to meet specific conditions.

 

discount (n) -  A fixed amount or percentage deducted from a quoted price or price total. discount list (n) -  A group of price reductions that can be applied to a product based on volume purchased.

 

discount period (n) -  The time period within which a customer can discount their payment obligation.

 

discount variance (n) -  The difference between an expected discount and an actual discount.

 

discoverable (adj) -  Pertaining to a state in which a computer or device can be detected and recognized by another computer or device.

 

discoverable mode (n) -  A mode in which a Bluetooth device will let any other Bluetooth device discover and connect with it.

 

discovered group (n) -  Any computer group found by Operations Manager.

 

discovery (n) -  The usually pretrial disclosure of pertinent facts or documents by one or both parties to a legal action or proceeding.

 

discovery (n) -  The process of finding content related to an investigation, litigation, or audit so that it can be properly tracked and maintained.

 

discovery (n) -  An element in a management pack that defines logic for locating monitored objects and their properties and relationships between different objects. Discovery and Risk Assessment (PN) -  A Microsoft Office product that identifies business-critical Excel spreadsheets and Access databases by discovering files across network shares and SharePoint libraries, and that provides flexible risk assessment and categorization based on relevance, materiality and business impact.

 

discovery data (n) -  A set of properties that identifies an SMS/Configuration Manager resource. For example, discovery data for an SMS/Configuration Manager client can include the IP address of the network connection, the operating system type and version, and the SMS/Configuration Manager unique identifier that is assigned to the client. discovery data record (n) -  The file format (.ddr) and the actual file that is used by Configuration Manager to report discovery data to a Configuration Manager site database. discovery mailbox (n) -  A special type of mailbox in which copies of the mailbox search results are stored.

 

Discovery Management (PN) -  The role group that gives users the permissions needed to use Multi-Mailbox Search.

 

discovery manager (n) -  A person who has a business need to search the mailboxes in their organization for e-mail and other message types that contain specific keywords. discovery method (n) -  A procedure that detects and acquires information about resources on the network.

 

Discovery Pack (PN) -  The offer for a fixed amount of Cloud Services, storage, data transfers, Service Bus, CDN and SQL Database at a fixed monthly price. It is now no longer available for new customers.

 

Discovery Service (PN) -  A service that establishes a simple flow for learning about and using authenticated Microsoft Online Services endpoints for a given user. It is a single point where a developer can start, pass the user identity, get information to initiate authorization flows, get the hosting location of services for that user, and get the endpoints to the service.

 

Discovery Wizard (PN) -  The System Center Essentials wizard that helps select the computers and devices to be managed.

 

discrete interpolation (n) -  One of three methods used to describe how an animation transitions between values over its duration. This method produces a jump from one value to the next, without generating in-between values.

 

discrete signal (n) -  A time series consisting of a sequence of quantities, that is a time series that is a function over a domain of discrete integers.

 

discretionary access control list (n) -  An access control list that is controlled by the owner of an object and that specifies the access particular users or groups can have to the object.

 

discretionary hyphen (n) -  A hyphen that is used to control where a word or phrase breaks if it falls at the end of a line. For example, you can specify that the word nonprinting' breaks as ‘non-printing' rather than ‘nonprint-ing.”

 

discretization (n) -  The process of putting values of a continuous set of data into groups so that there are a discrete number of possible states. discretized column (n) -  A column that represents finite, counted data Discrimination (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Pan European Gaming Information (PEGI) and the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). discriminator (n) -  A text label on a generalization path that indicates the name of a partition of the general class that the more specific class is in. The default discriminator is an empty string.

 

discriminator property (n) -  A column in a database table that contains a value that determines which class any given record belongs to.

 

discussion (n) -  A post, comments, and responses made within a conversation space, such as a message board, help board, community, newsgroup, or blog. These exchanges are usually publicly viewable. Participation may require credentials, such as a Windows Live

 

ID.

 

discussion board (n) -  A Web site component that enables users to participate in topics of discussion by posting and replying to comments.

 

discussion comment (n) -  A remark or topic of discussion that is associated with a Web

 

page or Microsoft Office file and is stored on a discussion server.

 

discussion entry (n) -  A message that appears in a newsgroup, public folder, or other

 

forum, such as Facebook or Twitter, accessible by a number of individuals.

 

discussion group (n) -  A forum on the Internet for discussions on a specified range of

 

subjects.

 

discussion rights (n) -  Rights that allow a user to view, add, modify, and close discussion comments that are attached to a Web page or document.

 

discussion server (n) -  A computer that stores discussion text and information about the location of the file being discussed.

 

discussion thread (n) -  In an online forum, such as a newsgroup, a series of messages or articles in which replies to an message are nested directly under it instead of arranged in chronological or alphabetical order.

 

disfavored persona (n) -  A disfavored persona or persona with the objective of gaining access to an asset. Examples of adversaries include hackers.

 

disjoint selection (n) -  A selection that consists of a set of objects that are not logically sequential or physically adjacent to each other.

 

disk (n) -  A device used to store information. There are two types of disks. Hard disks are permanent and installed into your computer. Floppy disks are portable and can be inserted into and removed from a floppy disk drive.

 

disk (n) -  A reusable magnetic storage medium. The floppy disk used today is the rigid 3.5-inch microfloppy that holds 1.44 MB. It is called floppy because the first varieties were housed in bendable jackets.

 

Disk  -  Generic term for a type of storage device, such as a- hard disk- or a- floppy disk- (diskette). So called because the important part, where the information is actually stored, is circular, although you can't see it because it is hidden away inside a protective shell.

 

disk access time (n) -  The time needed for a read/write head in a disk drive to locate a track on a disk. Access time is usually measured in milliseconds and is used as a performance measure for hard disks and CD-ROM drives.

 

disk arbitration (n) -  The process that occurs when the cluster node that owned the quorum resource fails or is unavailable, and the remaining nodes determine which node will take ownership.

 

disk bottleneck (n) -  A condition that occurs when disk performance is reduced to the extent that overall system performance is affected.

 

disk cache (n) -  A portion of a computer's random access memory (RAM) set aside for temporarily holding information read from disk. A disk cache does not hold entire files, as does a RAM disk (a portion of memory that acts as if it were a disk drive). Instead, a disk cache is used to hold information that either has recently been requested from disk or has previously been written to disk. If the required information remains in a disk cache, access time is considerably faster than if the program must wait for the disk drive mechanism to fetch the information from disk.

 

disk configuration information (n) -  Information in the Windows registry on assigned drive letters, simple volumes, striped volumes, mirrored volumes, spanned volumes, and RAID-5 volumes. You can change the disk configuration by using Disk Management. disk directory (n) -  An index of the files on a disk, analogous to a card catalog. A disk directory includes information about the files, such as their names, sizes, dates of creation, and physical locations on the disk.

 

disk drive (n) -  A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks. disk duplication (n) -  The process of using third-party hardware or software to copy a full master Windows installation onto the hard disks of multiple destination computers. The master computer and destination computers must have compatible hardware abstraction layers (HALs). The destination computer can be delivered directly to customers, or it might require additional processing on the factory production line.

 

disk extent (n) -  A contiguous run of sectors on one disk.

 

disk flush (n) -  A write operation that completes only when the associated data has been effectively written to disk.

 

disk partition (n) -  A section of space on a physical disk that functions as if it were a separate disk.

 

disk space (n) -  The amount of data that can be stored on a disk, usually measured in bytes.

 

Disk Utilization report (n) -  A DPS report that provides statistics on disk capacity, allocation, usage, and availability.

 

disk-based web site (n) -  A web site hosted on a local computer.

 

Diskette  -  Also known as a floppy disk. Now obsollete. Called a diskette because it was smaller than the original huge floppy disks.

 

diskpart.exe (n) -  A command-line utility for formatting and managing disk partitions and volumes.

 

dislike (PN) -  A button label to note that the user does not like a suggestion in Local Scout.

 

DISM (PN) -  A framework that provides a single point for IT professionals and OEMs to service and maintain Windows images offline through a scriptable command line utility and an easily extensible infrastructure.

 

DISM Transmogrify Provider (PN) -  The Deployment Image Servicing and

 

Management (DISM) provider that exposes the ability to transmogrify an edition. dismiss (v) -  To reject or turn off a system notification such as a reminder, a new message alert or an alarm.

 

dismount (v) -  To remove a removable tape or disc from a drive.

 

dispatch (v) -  To plan, allocate, and send out technicians, spare parts, and special equipment to solve a service problem.

 

dispatch (v) -  To make adjustments to production jobs on a selected work center to prepare them for shipping.

 

dispatch ID (n) -  A 32-bit integer that identifies a property set.

 

dispatcher (n) -  In some multitasking operating systems, the set of routines responsible for allocating CPU (central processing unit) time to various applications. display (v) -  To show something.

 

display (n) -  A visual output device aimed at displaying various type of information. display adapter (n) -  The electronic components that generate the video signal sent through a cable to a video display. The video adapter is usually located on the computer's main system board or on an expansion board, but it is sometimes built into the terminal. display calibration (n) -  The act of adjusting a display so that its response to RGB input signals matches a predefined standard such as sRGB.

 

Display Color Calibration (PN) -  A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content. Display Color Calibration Wizard (PN) -  A wizard that guides users through a series of adjustments to their display to produce a more accurate rendering of sRGB color content. Display Configuration wizard (n) -  A wizard that guides the user to configure their TV or monitor to get the best picture. The wizard helps the user to center and resize the picture, select the correct aspect ratio, and adjust the brightness, contrast, and sharpness settings.

 

display device (n) -  A visual output device aimed at displaying various type of information.

 

Display Emoticons in Instant Messages (oth) -  An item on the Edit menu that converts specific text strings to emoticons in instant messages.

 

display field (n) -  A field that appears in a form, report, or class and that contains and displays data but is not stored as a record in a table. A display field can be calculated data.

 

display item (n) -  A folder into which attributes, measures, calculated members, KPIs, and PerformancePoint items can be organized to facilitate browsing by users. display mode (n) -  The mode in which a Web Parts page can be displayed. It enables users to modify a page in specified ways. The states that ship with the Web Parts control set are: catalog, connect, design, edit, and browse. The default or normal mode for a Web page is browse. Developers can extend this display mode feature by adding custom display modes, which requires extending the WebPartManager class.

 

display name (n) -  In SMS/Configuration Manager software inventory, the company or product name that appears in Resource Explorer when you view software inventory information. This name may differ from the company or product name—the inventoried name—that is read from the file header information of the product files. display name (n) -  A descriptive or user-friendly label for a control or object, displayed on the screen. The display name may differ from the internal name.

 

display name (n) -  An alias for the application name that uniquely identifies an application in all phases of monitoring, from configuration to monitoring, viewing, and reporting in Application Diagnostics. The default display name is the IIS property ‘Application name' for web applications.

 

display name (n) -  A name of a person as it is shown in a user interface.

 

Display pane (n) -  The upper left pane in the DPM Administrator Console. The Display pane provides information and access to functionality for the selected task area. display picture (n) -  The image or avatar someone adds to their profile to represent themselves.

 

display pointer (n) -  A pointer that marks a position in the markup text of an HTML document during editing in relation to the onscreen position of the rendered page. A display pointer is controlled by an GetDisplayGravity interface. Display pointers work in conjunction with markup pointers.

 

Display Properties (n) -  An icon in Windows Vista Control Panel that opens a dialog allowing user to change display options including screen resolution, refresh rate, color depth, and orientation.

 

display setting (n) -  The number of colors that your computer display software supports. display system (n) -  The combination of monitor, video adapter, and display software. disposal date (n) -  The date that an asset is sold or discarded.

 

disposition code (n) -  A code that indicates the method by which a returned item should be processed.

 

Disqualify Lead (oth) -  To render or declare something, such as a lead, unqualified or unfit.

 

disregarded entity (n) -  A business that is owned by an individual but is not treated as a separate entity from the business owner for tax purposes.

 

distance vector multicast routing protocol (n) -  An Internet routing protocol that provides an efficient mechanism for connectionless datagram delivery to a group of hosts across an Internet network. It is a distributed protocol that dynamically generates IP multicast delivery trees using a technique called Reverse Path Multicasting (RPM). distinct count measure (n) -  A measure commonly used to determine for each member of a dimension how many distinct, lowest-level members of another dimension share rows in the fact table.

 

distinct customer (n) -  A customer who may visit a Web site several times within a

 

certain timeframe, but is counted only once.

 

distinct product (n) -  A uniquely identifiable product.

 

distinguished folder (n) -  A folder in a mailbox that can be referenced by Web services requests to identify a folder by name.

 

distinguished name (n) -  A name that uniquely identifies an object by using the relative distinguished name for the object, plus the names of container objects and domains that contain the object. The distinguished name identifies the object as well as its location in a tree. Every object in Active Directory has a distinguished name.

 

distribute (v) -  To allocate among locations or facilities, as in a data-processing function that is performed by a collection of computers and other devices linked together by a network.

 

distribute (v) -  To move three or more objects so that there is an equal amount of space between them.

 

distribute (v) -  In the Business Store and Education Store, to get apps and other digital goods into the hands of employees or students.

 

Distributed COM (n) -  The version of Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) specification that stipulates how components communicate over Windows-based networks. It permits the distribution of different components for a single application across two or more networked computers, running an application distributed across a network so that the distribution of components is not apparent to the user, and remotely displaying an application. Because DCOM is language-neutral, any language that uses COM components can also produce DCOM applications.

 

Distributed Component Object Model (n) -  The version of Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) specification that stipulates how components communicate over Windows-based networks. It permits the distribution of different components for a single application across two or more networked computers, running an application distributed across a network so that the distribution of components is not apparent to the user, and remotely displaying an application. Because DCOM is language-neutral, any language that uses COM components can also produce DCOM applications.

 

distributed computing (n) -  A form of information processing in which work is performed by separate computers linked through a communications network. Distributed processing is usually categorized as either plain distributed processing or true distributed processing. Plain distributed processing shares the workload among computers that can communicate with one another. True distributed processing has separate computers perform different tasks in such a way that their combined work can contribute to a larger goal. The latter type of processing requires a highly structured environment that allows hardware and software to communicate, share resources, and exchange information freely. distributed database (n) -  A database implemented on a network. The component partitions are distributed over various nodes (stations) of the network. Depending on the specific update and retrieval traffic, distributing the database can significantly enhance overall performance.

 

Distributed File System (PN) -  A service that allows system administrators to organize distributed network shares into a logical namespace, enabling users to access files without specifying their physical location and providing load sharing across network shares. Distributed Link Tracking (n) -  A service that tracks links in scenarios where the link is made to a file on an NTFS volume, such as shell shortcuts and OLE links. distributed partitioned view (n) -  A view that joins horizontally partitioned data from a set of member tables across more than one server, making the data appear as if from one table.

 

distributed password authentication (n) -  An advanced, distributed method of user authentication from Microsoft, allowing for single user log-on. distributed processing (n) -  A form of information processing in which work is performed by separate computers linked through a communications network. Distributed processing is usually categorized as either plain distributed processing or true distributed processing. Plain distributed processing shares the workload among computers that can communicate with one another. True distributed processing has separate computers perform different tasks in such a way that their combined work can contribute to a larger goal. The latter type of processing requires a highly structured environment that allows hardware and software to communicate, share resources, and exchange information freely. distributed query (n) -  A single query that accesses data from multiple data sources. Distributed Relational Database Architecture (n) -  A connection protocol for distributed relational database processing used by IBM relational database products that comprises protocols for communication between an application and a remote database, and communication between databases. DRDA also provides the connections for remote and distributed processing. The Distributed Data Management Architecture provides the base architecture for DRDA.

 

Distributed Replay (PN) -  The tool which allows you to replay a workload from multiple computers and better simulate a mission-critical workload.

 

distributed routing table (n) -  A routing table with entries that are distributed across a group of machines that can be used to map numeric keys to application endpoints and find routes through the network of peers.

 

Distributed Scan Management (PN) -  A feature that offers a collection of Web services, applications, and Windows services that work together to create an end-to-end experience that allows users to walk up to a copy room MFD and scan a document to a destination. Distributed Scan Server (PN) -  A role service, under Print and Document Services, that provides the service which receives scanned documents from network scanners and routes them to the correct destinations. It also includes the Scan Management snap-in. Distributed System Designer (PN) -  A set of design tools in Visual Studio 2005 Team Architect Edition that help reduce the complexity of developing and deploying service- oriented applications.

 

distributed transaction (n) -  A transaction that spans multiple data sources.

 

distribution (n) -  The process of managing the flow of goods and services from the producer to the customer.

 

distribution cleanup agent (n) -  A scheduled job that runs under SQL Server Agent. After all Subscribers have received a transaction, the agent removes the transaction from the distribution database. It also cleans up snapshot files from the file system after entries corresponding to those files have been removed from the distribution database. distribution database (n) -  A database on the Distributor that stores data for replication including transactions, snapshot jobs, synchronization status, and replication history information.

 

distribution folder (n) -  The folder created on the distribution server to contain the Setup files.

 

distribution group (n) -  A collection of users, computers, contacts, and other groups that is used only for e-mail distribution, and addressed as a single recipient. distribution group (n) -  A mail-enabled Active Directory group object. In Exchange 2007, a distribution group refers to all mail-enabled groups, whether they are an Active Directory security group or an Active Directory distribution group. When an e-mail message is sent to a distribution group, all members of that list receive a copy of the message.

 

distribution list (n) -  A collection of users, computers, contacts, and other groups that is used only for e-mail distribution, and addressed as a single recipient. distribution list (n) -  A logical grouping of send ports. When a message is sent to a send port group, it is routed to all of the associated send ports.

 

distribution point (n) -  A site system that has the role of storing package source files. Clients contact distribution points to obtain source files when they run advertised programs.

 

distribution point group (n) -  A set of distribution points that you can manage as a single entity. A distribution point group simplifies management tasks when a site includes too many distribution points to manage individually.

 

distribution retention period (n) -  In transactional replication, the amount of time transactions are stored in the distribution database.

 

distribution share (n) -  A folder that contains the source files for Windows products that you install. It may also contain additional device drivers and application files. distributor (n) -  A database instance that acts as a store for replication-specific data associated with one or more Publishers.

 

dither (v) -  To create the illusion of varying shades of gray on a monochrome display or printer or of additional colors on a color display or printer. dithered (adj) -  Produced with the use of dithering.

 

dithering (PN) -  A method to display a range of colors with a limited palette. Each pixel on the source image is represented by multiple pixels (usually a 2x2 square) on the destination image. From a distance, the eye blends the multiple pixels into one color that has more shades than the original palette. The techniques results in a better visual appearance than the removal of low precision bits.

 

Diverging Arrows (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show ideas or concepts that progress outward from a central source. Works best with Level 1 text only.

 

Diverging Radial (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show relationships to a central idea in a cycle. The first Level 1 line of text corresponds to the central circular shape. Emphasizes the surrounding circles rather than the central idea. Unused text does not appear, but remains available if you switch layouts.

 

divide (v) -  To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single compound path where overlapping areas are split apart. If you release the compound path, the individual shapes are put into their own path objects.

 

Dividend Yield (PN) -  A financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. In the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock.

 

divider (n) -  A moveable strip in the user interface that divides the screen between two apps.

 

division (n) -  An organizational level of a company. Divisions can be based on geography, (East Division, West Division); product specializations, (New Technologies Division); or any other characteristics.

 

Division (PN) -  A group of teams that play a sport at a similar competitive level. division sign (n) -  The A- character.

 

DIVISION SIGN (n) -  The A^ character.

 

DIY (PN) -  The Lifestyle subcategory containing apps to help you with Do-It-Yourself. DKK (n) -  The official currency of Denmark.

 

DL-BASE (n) -  The type of Base used by Host Integration Server 2004 3270 emulation programs. DL-BASE supports a single Host Integration Server 2004 component or a single user application and has entry points for initialization, sending messages, receiving messages, and termination.

 

DLC (n) -  An error-correction protocol in the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) responsible for transmission of data between two nodes over a physical link. Supported by Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, DLC is designed to provide access to IBM mainframe computers and to Hewlett-Packard printers connected to the network.

 

DLL (n) -  An operating system feature that allows executable routines (generally serving a specific function or set of functions) to be stored separately as files with .dll extensions. These routines are loaded only when needed by the program that calls them.

 

DLL preloading (n) -  An attack that tricks an application into loading a malicious library when it thinks it's loading a trusted library.

 

DLNA (PN) -  An alliance of leading companies in the consumer electronics, mobile and personal computer industries focused on delivering an interoperability framework of design guidelines based on open industry standards to complete the cross-industry digital convergence. Microsoft is a member of this alliance.

 

DLP policy (n) -  A collection of transport rules and classification logic that applies specific filtering based on specific regulatory requirements, for example, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portabililty and Accountability Act).

 

DLP policy template (n) -  A collection of transport rule configurations and classification logic installed in an Exchange deployment from which data loss protection (DLP) policies are created.

 

DLU (n) -  A device-independent measure to use for layout. One horizontal unit is equal to one-fourth of the average character width for the current system font. One vertical unit is equal to one-eighth of an average character height for the current system font.

 

DMA (n) -  A technology that allows certain devices, such as hard disks and CD or DVD drives, to transfer information directly through the computer's memory without using the computer's processor. DMA improves the performance of the device and frees the computer's processor so it can perform other tasks.

 

DMF (n) -  One of a set of built-in functions that returns server state information about values, objects, and settings in SQL Server.

 

DML (n) -  The subset of SQL statements that is used to retrieve and manipulate data.

 

DML statements typically start with SELECT INSERT UPDATE or DELETE.

 

DML trigger (n) -  A stored procedure that executes when data in a specified table is modified.

 

DMO (n) -  A COM object that processes multimedia data streams from buffers allocated by the client.

 

DMRC (PN) -  A feature that provides an interface for acquiring rich metadata in order to support showing device detail information in the Device Center and the Device Stage. DMV (n) -  A set of built-in views that return server state information about values, objects, and settings in SQL Server.

 

DMX (n) -  In Analysis Services, a statement that performs mining tasks programmatically. DNIS (n) -  A service that provides a string of digits that the telephone network passes to the ACD to indicate the number that the caller dialed.

 

DNS (n) -  A hierarchical, distributed database that contains mappings of DNS domain names to various types of data, such as IP addresses. DNS enables the location of computers and services by user-friendly names, and it also enables the discovery of other information stored in the database.

 

DNS (PN) -  An Azure service to host DNS and manage DNS records using the same credentials, billing and support contract as the other Azure services, thus integrating Azure-based services with corresponding DNS updates.

 

DNS  -  (Domain Name Service/System)- An internet service that converts a human web address such as www.jonstorm.com into the numeric address that computers use, called the- IP address. ‘Can't resolve DNS' usually means that this conversion has failed and therefore the website can't be found.

 

DNS client (n) -  A client computer that queries DNS servers in an attempt to resolve DNS domain names. DNS clients maintain a temporary cache of resolved DNS domain names. DNS hosting provider (n) -  A provider that offers DNS hosting services.

 

DNS hosting service (n) -  A service that runs Domain Name System (DNS) servers. Most, but not all, domain name registrars include DNS hosting service with registration.

 

DNS name (n) -  The name registered in DNS for a computer. For example, srv1.contoso.com is the DNS name for a hypothetical server named srv1.

 

DNS query (n) -  A query by the domain name server.

 

DNS server (n) -  A server that maintains information about a portion of the DNS database and that responds to and resolves DNS queries.

 

DNS suffix (n) -  For DNS, a character string that represents a domain name. The DNS suffix shows where a host is located relative to the DNS root, specifying a host's location in the DNS hierarchy. Usually, the DNS suffix describes the latter portion of a DNS name, following one or more of the first labels of a DNS name.

 

DNT (PN) -  A preference set by users in web browsers to indicate to websites that they do not want to be tracked.

 

DNT header (n) -  A HTTP header that requests that a website avoid tracking an individual user.

 

Do more (PN) -  The Windows Mobile header link that opens a menu that contains more options.

 

Do Not Disturb (PN) -  An item on the user's My Status menu that the user can select to notify other users that he or she does not want to be interrupted.

 

Do Not Disturb (PN) -  The status that appears automatically when a user is watching a movie on their device, or when a user has manually selected that they are not available to be contacted at this time.

 

Do Not Track (PN) -  A preference set by users in web browsers to indicate to websites that they do not want to be tracked.

 

Do Not Track header (n) -  A HTTP header that requests that a website avoid tracking an individual user.

 

doc (n) -  Any self-contained piece of work created with an application program and, if

 

saved on disk, given a unique filename by which it can be retrieved.

 

dock (v) -  To connect a laptop or notebook computer to a docking station.

 

dock (v) -  To manipulate an interface element, such as a toolbar or panel, in order to align

 

it with the edge of another interface element, typically a window or pane.

 

dock (n) -  A physical hardware unit that can connect portable computers to a power source

 

and to peripherals, such as a monitor, printer, full-sized keyboard, or mouse. The

 

connection can be wireless or physical.

 

dock management (n) -  A warehouse process where you can control inventory items for multiple orders, shipments, loads, or waves at the docks when inbound items are received or outbound items are loaded.

 

dock panel (n) -  A layout container that arranges its child elements around the edge of the screen based on compass direction: North, South, East, and West.

 

dock position (n) -  The configuration in which an interface element, such as a toolbar or panel, is docked to another interface element, typically a window or pane. dockable pane (n) -  A window that may float and dock at a designated site known as a dock site.

 

docked mode (n) -  A keyboard layout in which the onscreen keyboard is attached to one edge of the window.

 

docked toolbar (n) -  A toolbar that is attached to one edge of the program window. When you drag a toolbar below the program title bar or to the left, right, or bottom edge of the window, the toolbar snaps into place on the edge of the program window.

 

docking (station)  -  A hardware device that enables a mobile computer to function as a desktop computer.

 

docking container (n) -  A UI control that allows the arrangement of child controls, both horizontally and vertically, relative to other controls within the container and within set boundaries.

 

docking station (n) -  A physical hardware unit that can connect portable computers to a power source and to peripherals, such as a monitor, printer, full-sized keyboard, or mouse. The connection can be wireless or physical.

 

document (n) -  Any self-contained piece of work created with an application program and, if saved on disk, given a unique filename by which it can be retrieved.

 

document (n) -  All the information entered for a single complete transaction including distribution amounts (if any).

 

document (n) -  An electronic instance of one-to-many schemas. Usually documents are sent between two processes.

 

document ACL (n) -  A managed property of a document that defines who has rights to view the document.

 

document blocking (n) -  A method of placing an operations process on hold while ordered items are in a quality assurance process.

 

document colors (n) -  A portion of the color bar that allows the user to select one color from the set of colors in the current document.

 

Document Connection for Mac (PN) -  A Microsoft application used to connect to Sharepoint Services and Office Live Workspaces from the Mac.

 

Document Deletion Policy (PN) -  A collection of rules to automatically delete documents in a site collection within a specified time period. Deletion policies can be assigned to a site collection or a site collection template. Site administrators can then select specific deletion policies and rules, and apply to document libraries in their site.

 

document element (n) -  The element in an XML document that contains all other elements. It is the top-level element of an XML document and must be the first element in the document.

 

document element (n) -  A reusable piece of content, formatting information or other document parts that are stored in galleries.

 

Document Explorer (n) -  A utility in Windows that enables the user to locate and open files and folders.

 

Document Fingerprinting (PN) -  A feature that converts a standard form into a sensitive information type, which can then be used to define transport rules and Data Loss Protection (DLP) policies. For example, an admin might create a document fingerprint based on a blank 1040 EZ tax form, and then create a DLP policy that detects all 1040 EZ forms with sensitive content filled in.

 

Document ID (n) -  A unique, persistent identifier assigned to a document or other item in SharePoint Server that allows it to be referenced and retrieved regardless of its location. Document ID Lookup URL (n) -  A URL that is based on a query using the Document ID rather than the physical location of the item.

 

Document Information Panel (n) -  A pane that displays document property information for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files stored in a WSS library. The pane is displayed below the ribbon and is actually a hosted custom InfoPath form. Information is synced automatically between the document and the WSS library.

 

Document Inspector (n) -  A feature that allows users to check and remove personal and other sensitive information from a document.

 

Document Integrity (PN) -  A feature that ensures that all components of a file are preserved, even if they are supported only by the rich client and not viewable in Web Companions.

 

document library (n) -  A location on a SharePoint site where a collection of files and their associated metadata are stored.

 

document management (n) -  The capability to view and manage SharePoint documents

 

from Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

 

document management system (n) -  An application service for storing and handling an organization's documents.

 

Document Manager (PN) -  A business application that contains a document library and a picture library and is used to store, share, and monitor the versions of business documents in a central location.

 

Document Map (n) -  A vertical pane along the left edge of the document window that displays an outline of the document's headings, and enables the user to navigate to or manipulate different parts of the document.

 

Document Object Model (PN) -  A World Wide Web Consortium specification that describes the structure of dynamic HTML and XML documents in a way that allows them to be manipulated through a Web browser.

 

document parsing (n) -  The process of detecting the file type of an item during content processing, and converting the item to text.

 

document profile (n) -  A set of properties applied to similar documents in the backward- compatible document library.

 

document properties (n) -  Properties, such as title, subject, and author, that are stored with each data access page.

 

Document Review (n) -  A feature in Office Server that provides a workflow for document review.

 

document root (n) -  The root directory for a Web site, where the content files are stored. In (IIS), the home directory and all its subdirectories are available to users by default. Also, the root directory for an IIS service. Typically, the home directory for a site contains the home page.

 

document service (n) -  Specifies the services that have been set up for document storage and usage.

 

document services (n) -  The application integration services that provide create, read, update, delete, and find operations for XML documents mapped using an Application Object Tree (AOT) query element.

 

document set (n) -  A special type of folder that enables users to manage a deliverable or work product spanning multiple documents as a single entity.

 

document stencil (n) -  A stencil stored in a drawing file that contains an inventory of the masters used in all of the drawings in the file. Masters on the document stencil are linked to their instances in the drawings.

 

document template (n) -  A file that contains some pre-defined formatting, layout, and/or text and graphics and that serves as the basis for new documents with a similar look or purpose.

 

document type (n) -  A designation that identifies a document's purpose.

 

document type definition (n) -  A set of syntax rules for mark-up tags and their interpretation. Within an HTML (or XML) document, a DTD provides specific information on what tags are used in the document (and in what order those tags should appear), which tags can appear inside other ones, which tags have attributes, and so forth. Originally developed for use with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), DTD defines the relationships between document elements.

 

Document Virtual Folder (n) -  A feature that allows the user to group files by any criteria and display them in one place.

 

document window (n) -  In windowing environments, such as the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows, an on-screen window (enclosed work area) in which the user can create, view, or work on a document.

 

Document Workspace (n) -  A Web site based on the Document Workspace template that workspace members use for discussing, editing, and working together on a document. Document Workspace site (n) -  A Web site based on the Document Workspace template that workspace members use for discussing, editing, and working together on a document. documentation (n) -  The information provided with a product by a manufacturer describing how to use a product.

 

document-based content type (n) -  A content type that inherits settings from a base content type that was designed for document libraries.

 

document-centric (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an operating system in which the user opens document files and thus automatically invokes the applications (such as word processors or spreadsheet programs) that process them. Many graphical user interfaces, such as the Macintosh Finder, as well as the World Wide Web, are document­centric.

 

DocumentDB (PN) -  A cloud-first/cloud-only service that is part of the Data Services service family and provides scalability with NoSQL/schema-less database technology. document-level customization (n) -  A supplemental program that modifies or adds functionality to an existing program or application, but only when a specific document is open.

 

Documents (PN) -  The link to the free online workspace for accessing, editing, and sharing Excel, Word, PowerPoint and OneNote documents across your PC, smartphone, and web browser.

 

doing business as ( Adverb )  -  The assumed, fictitious name under which an organization is registered in the United States.

 

doing business as name (n) -  The registration of an assumed, fictitious, or trade name under which a business operates, which must be included on U.S. tax reports. In the U.S., any business that operates under a name other than a personal or corporate legal name must register a DBA name with the appropriate government agency.

 

dollar sign (n) -  The $ character.

 

DOLLAR SIGN (n) -  The $ character.

 

DOM (PN) -  A World Wide Web Consortium specification that describes the structure of dynamic HTML and XML documents in a way that allows them to be manipulated through a Web browser.

 

DOM Explorer (n) -  A tool used to see the state of your webpage's DOM (Document Object Model), examine HTML structure and CSS styles, and test changes to solve display issues.

 

domain (n) -  The set of possible values that you can specify for an independent variable in a function, or for a database attribute.

 

domain (n) -  In the Internet and other networks, the highest subdivision of a domain name in a network address, which identifies the type of entity owning the address (for example, .com for commercial users or .edu for educational institutions) or the geographical location of the address (for example, .fr for France or .sg for Singapore). The domain is the last part of the address (for example, www.acm.org).

 

domain (n) -  A collection of computers in a networked environment that share a common database, directory database, or tree. A domain is administered as a unit with common rules and procedures, which can include security policies, and each domain has a unique name.

 

domain (n) -  A set of records defined by a table, a query, or an SQL expression. domain (n) -  In Active Directory, a collection of computer, user, and group objects defined by the administrator. These objects share a common directory database, security policies, and security relationships with other domains.

 

domain (n) -  In DNS, any tree or subtree within the DNS namespace.

 

Domain  -  An internet address owned by a company, organisation or individual, such as jonstorm.com, nasa.gov or bbc.co.uk. See alsoTLD,- How web addresses work. domain  -  The unique name that identifies an internet site. Domain names always have two or more parts separated by dots.

 

domain administrator (n) -  A person who is a member of the Domain Admins group. Domain administrators can create, delete, and manage all objects that reside within the domain in which they are administrators. They can also assign and reset passwords and delegate administrative authority for network resources to other trusted users. domain class (n) -  A diagram element that represents a class in a domain-specific language.

 

domain configuration (n) -  A configuration object that is used to model Active Directory domains.

 

domain consolidation (n) -  The process of combining two or more domains into a larger domain.

 

domain context (n) -  A client-side representation of a domain service.

 

domain controller (n) -  In an Active Directory forest, a server that contains a writable copy of the Active Directory database, participates in Active Directory replication, and controls access to network resources.

 

domain enrollment (n) -  The process of joining a Windows Mobile powered device to a company domain.

 

domain entity (n) -  A conceptual structure that represents an independent entity that is capable of separate existence.

 

domain event (n) -  The occurrence of an activity in the organization resource management domain.

 

Domain Folder Sharing Wizard (n) -  A wizard that guides the user through sharing a folder with members of the same domain.

 

domain function (n) -  A function, such as DAvg or DMax, that is used to calculate statistics over a set of records (a domain).

 

domain highlighting (n) -  An Internet Explorer feature where the domain of the site you

 

are visiting is darker and the rest of the URL is lighter.

 

domain integrity (n) -  The validity of entries for a specific column of data.

 

domain join (n) -  The process of connecting an individual PC to a domain.

 

domain local group (n) -  A security or distribution group that can contain universal groups, global groups, other domain local groups from its own domain, and accounts from any domain in the forest. Domain local security groups can be granted rights and permissions on resources that reside only in the same domain where the domain local group is located.

 

Domain Manager (n) -  An account settings page that is used to manage domain names. domain name (n) -  The name given by an administrator to a collection of networked computers that share a common directory. Part of the DNS naming structure, domain names consist of a sequence of name labels separated by periods.

 

domain name registrar (n) -  The owner of the customer relationship with customers who buy second-level domains. There may be many registrars for a single top-level domain. Registrars maintain detailed customer information in their databases, such as the customer's contact address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Customers usually manage their second-level domains at the registrar's Web site, and the registrar updates the registry database when necessary (for example, when a customer renews a domain name). domain name registry (n) -  An organization that controls a top-level domain. Although it does not own the relationship with the customer (a domain name registrar does), it keeps basic information about second-level domains in its database, such as the domain's registration date, expiration date, lock' status

 

domain name reseller (n) -  The entity that resells domain names from a registrar. For example, Office Live Small Business is a reseller of domain names provided by the registrar Melbourne IT.

 

domain name server (n) -  A server that maintains information about a portion of the DNS database and that responds to and resolves DNS queries.

 

Domain Name Service (n) -  The Internet utility that implements the Domain Name System. DNS servers, also called name servers, maintain databases containing the addresses and are accessed transparently to the user.

 

Domain Name System (n) -  A hierarchical, distributed database that contains mappings of DNS domain names to various types of data, such as IP addresses. DNS enables the location of computers and services by user-friendly names, and it also enables the discovery of other information stored in the database.

 

Domain Name System resolver (n) -  A software feature that communicates with DNS servers to create and resolve name-resolution queries. DNS resolvers exist on DNS clients and DNS servers.

 

domain namespace (n) -  The database structure used by DNS.

 

domain naming master (n) -  A domain controller that holds the domain naming operations master role in Active Directory. The domain naming master controls the addition or removal of domains in the forest. At any time, the domain naming master role can be assigned to only one domain controller in the forest.

 

domain network (n) -  A network location value that is displayed in the Network and Sharing Center. This setting specifies that the network connection is connected to an organization network that includes domains. Other possible network location values are public network and home network. Each location value has a different set of security and other settings designed to provide the user with the best connectivity and the appropriate security levels for the connection. For domain network locations, network, connectivity, and security settings are determined by the network administrators. domain operation (n) -  A method on a domain service that is exposed to a client application. It enables client applications to perform an action on the entity such as, query, update, insert, or delete records.

 

domain redelegation (n) -  The process of telling your current domain name registrar to point your domain name to a new Web site. You do this by changing the name server information at your domain name registrar. When you redelegate a domain, your domain name registration remains with your current registrar and you will continue to be responsible for domain name fees and renewal with that organization.

 

domain relationship (n) -  A diagram element that represents an embedding or reference relationship in a domain-specific language.

 

domain role (n) -  A behavior pattern that is assumed by domain entities when

 

participating in role relationships.

 

domain service (n) -  A service that encapsulates the business logic of an application. It exposes a set of related domain operations in a service layer.

 

Domain Services Hours (n) -  A unit of measure for billing usage of the domain services service in Azure

 

domain settings (n) -  The settings, related to the domain, a user needs to configure to get messaging up and running.

 

domain transfer (n) -  The process of transferring your domain name registration from one registrar to another.

 

domain tree (n) -  In DNS, the inverted hierarchical tree structure that is used to index domain names. Domain trees are similar in purpose and concept to the directory trees used by computer filing systems for disk storage. For example, when numerous files are stored on disk, directories can be used to organize the files into logical collections. When a domain tree has one or more branches, each branch can organize domain names used in the namespace into logical collections.

 

domain tree (n) -  In Active Directory, a hierarchical structure of one or more domains, connected by transitive, bidirectional trusts, that forms a contiguous namespace. Multiple domain trees can belong to the same forest.

 

domain-based namespace (n) -  A type of Distributed File System (DFS) namespace in which the namespace information is stored in Active Directory and replicated to other namespace servers.

 

Domains page (n) -  The page where customer administrators activate and customize filtering services at the domain level.

 

Domains Quickstart (n) -  The Office 365 web workflow that leads small business customers step-by-step through adding a domain and setting up user. They find this through clicking Add a user or Add a domain in the Getting Started experience. domain-specific language (n) -  A custom language that targets a problem domain and defines the problem at a high level of abstraction.

 

domestic (adj) -  Within the borders of one's own country/region.

 

dominant control (n) -  The control to which other selected controls are aligned and sized. When aligning controls, selected controls align to the dominant control. When sizing controls, selected controls are assigned the dimensions of the dominant control. donation (n) -  A gift or contribution of money, time, goods or services.

 

Done (oth) -  Indicates that a certain task is complete.

 

dongle (n) -  A security device connected to an input/output port to permit the use of a particular software package on that computer. The use of the hardware key hash permits backup copying of software but prevents its unlicensed use on additional computers. Dongle  -  A small hardware device used for copy protection with some software. The dongle must be plugged in to a port on the computer, often the printer port, or the software won't function. They are unpopular with users because if the dongle gets lost or broken, the software won't function.

 

dormant session (n) -  Session in pre-login state. Sessions can be initiated or ended to modify their state, but they generally remain in either a sleep/idle' state DoS (n) -  An attempt by a malicious (or unwitting) user, process, or system to prevent legitimate users from accessing a resource (usually a network service) by exploiting a weakness or design limitation in an information system.

 

DOS (n) -  A generic term describing any operating system that is loaded from disk devices when the system is started or rebooted.

 

DOS  -  (Disk Operating System; pr. ‘doss') Usually refers to MS-DOS, which was the standard operating system for PCs until- Windows 95- came out, now pretty much obsolete. Controlled by typing in text commands and has several serious limitations, but requires a much less powerful computer than Windows 95.

 

DoS  -  (Denial of Service)- A form of attack on (usually) an internet service, which aims to prevent the service from operating properly, often by bombarding it with more information than it can process. See also- Mailbomb.

 

dots per inch (n) -  The standard used to measure screen and printer resolution, expressed as the number of dots that a device can display or print per linear inch. The greater the number of dots per inch, the better the resolution.

 

DOTTED OBELOS (n) -  A UNICODE character; commercial minus sign that resembles a percentage sign (%) with the small circles replaced by smaller dots. double bang (n) -  A double negation operator (!!), used to force a Boolean return value. double byte character set (n) -  A character set that can use more than one byte to represent a single character. A DBCS includes some characters that consist of 1 byte and some characters that consist of 2 bytes. Languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean use DBCS.

 

Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM (n) -  A type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle (the rising and falling edges), effectively doubling the memory chip's data throughput.

 

Double data type (n) -  A fundamental data type that holds double-precision floating-point numbers. It's stored as a 64-bit number ranging in value from approximately -1.797E308 to -4.940E-324 (negative), from 4.94E-324 to 1.797E308 (positive), and 0.

 

double density disk (n) -  A disk created to hold data at twice the density (bits per inch) of a previous generation of disks. Early IBM PC floppy disks held 180 KB of data. Double­density disks increased that capacity to 360 KB. Double-density disks use modified frequency modulation encoding for storing data.

 

double entry accounting (n) -  An accounting process in which equal credit and debit amounts are entered for each transaction.

 

double-byte character set (n) -  A character set that can use more than one byte to represent a single character. A DBCS includes some characters that consist of 1 byte and some characters that consist of 2 bytes. Languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

 

use DBCS.

 

double-byte characters (n) -  A set of characters in which each character is represented by two bytes. Some languages, such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, require double-byte character sets.

 

double-click (v) -  To press and release a mouse button twice in rapid succession without moving the mouse. Double-clicking is a means of rapidly selecting and activating a program or program feature.

 

double-density disk (n) -  A disk created to hold data at twice the density (bits per inch) of a previous generation of disks. Early IBM PC floppy disks held 180 KB of data. Double­density disks increased that capacity to 360 KB. Double-density disks use modified frequency modulation encoding for storing data.

 

double-hop connection (n) -  A connection that goes from one computer to another computer to a third one.

 

double-peak contour (n) -  A contour that contains two high points in the curve. double-precision (adj) -  Characteristic of a number stored in twice the amount (two words; typically 8 bytes) of computer memory that is required for storing a less precise (single-precision) number. Commonly handled by a computer in floating-point form. double-precision floating-point format (n) -  A computer number format that occupies 8 bytes (64 bits) in computer memory and represents a wide dynamic range of values by using floating point.

 

double-tap (v) -  To tap twice quickly on a screen or touchpad.

 

doughnut chart (n) -  A chart that displays data in rings, where each ring represents a data series.

 

downcast (n) -  An expression that modifies an object type into the type of a derived class. download (v) -  To transfer a copy of a file from a remote device to a requesting device by means of a modem or network.

 

download (n) -  The transfer of a copy of a file from a remote device to a requesting device by means of a modem or network.

 

download (n) -  Usually apps, games, and music downloaded from Windows Phone Store. Download  -  To transfer information (files) from a network (such as the Internet) onto a user's PC. See also- upload.

 

download cache (n) -  A cache that is part of the assembly cache and stores code downloaded from Internet or intranet sites, isolated to the application that caused the download so that code downloaded on behalf of one application or page does not impact other applications.

 

Download File (n) -  A piece of content that Customers can save to their local machine from Parature that is hosted on the Support Portal.

 

Download Manager (n) -  A feature that lists files downloaded from the Internet, shows the location of each downloaded file, and allows the user to pause downloads, open files, and take other actions.

 

download package for Windows Library for JavaScript (PN) -  The set of tools and APIs for JavaScript developers that is delivered in Visual Studio and downloadable from the web.

 

downloadable font (n) -  A set of characters that are copied from a computers disk to a printers memory when requested for printing a document. Downloadable fonts are most commonly used with laser printers, although dot matrix printers can accept some of them. downloader (n) -  A trojan that accesses remote Web sites in order to download and install malicious or potentially unwanted software to the computer that the Trojan has infected. download-only article (n) -  An article in a merge publication that can be updated only at the Publisher or at a Subscriber that uses a server subscription.

 

Downloads (PN) -  The link to the site to download client versions of Windows Live products such as Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, etc. downsample (v) -  To decrease the number of audio samples or pixels, by applying an operation such as averaging. Popular internet music formats, such as MP3, use down­sampling to reduce file size.

 

downstream ( Adverb )  -  Pertaining to the direction in which the signal flow is sent from the head-end station (or central office), towards the subscriber (or front-end), on a network.

 

downtime (n) -  The amount or percentage of time a computer system or associated hardware remains nonfunctional. Although downtime can occur because hardware fails unexpectedly, it can also be a scheduled event, as when a network is shut down to allow time for maintenance.

 

DOWNWARDS ANCORA (n) -  A UNICODE character; supplemental punctutation.

 

DPA (n) -  An advanced, distributed method of user authentication from Microsoft, allowing for single user log-on.

 

DPI (n) -  The standard used to measure screen and printer resolution, expressed as the number of dots that a device can display or print per linear inch. The greater the number of dots per inch, the better the resolution.

 

dpi  -  (Dots Per Inch)- A measure of picture quality, often used to measure printer capabilities.- The higher the number, the better the quality.

 

DPI awareness level (n) -  The degree to which an application renders on the basis of DPI settings.

 

DPI scaling (n) -  The process of adjusting display resolution based on monitor resolution. DPI-aware (adj) -  Pertaining to an application that is either system-DPI aware or per monitor-€“DPI aware.

 

DPL-enabled (oth) -  Compatible with the IBM Distributed Program Link (DPL) protocol. DPM (n) -  Microsoft server software that supports continuous disk-based backup and recovery on Windows Server-based networks.

 

DPM Administrator Console (n) -  A Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that provides access to the administrative functions of DPM. DPM Administrator Console allows administrators to configure data protection, perform data recovery operations, and monitor and report on these activities.

 

DPM Agent Coordinator (n) -  The service that manages installation and uninstallation of the DPM protection agent.

 

DPM Alerts log (n) -  A log that stores DPM alerts as Windows events so that the alerts can be displayed in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).

 

DPM database (PN) -  The SQL Server database that stores DPM settings and configuration information.

 

DPM engine (n) -  A policy-driven engine that DPM uses to protect and recover data.

 

DPM File Agent service (n) -  The component of DPM that synchronizes replicas of protected volumes with the data sources. The DPM File Agent service receives changes to protected data from the file servers and applies the changes to the replicas on the DPM server.

 

DPM Management Pack (PN) -  A licensed set of processing rules, filters, and alerts, which can be imported onto a MOM Management Server to enable an administrator to centrally monitor data protection, state, health, and performance of multiple DPM servers in Microsoft System Center.

 

DPM Management Shell (n) -  The command shell, based on Windows PowerShell (Powershell.exe), that makes available the cmdlets that perform functions in Data Protection Manager.

 

DPM protection agent (n) -  Software, installed on a server, that tracks changes to protected data and transfers the changes to the DPM server. The protection agent also identifies data on a server that can be protected and is involved in the recovery process. DPM protection agent service (n) -  The component of DPM that synchronizes replicas of protected data with the data sources. The DPM protection agent service receives changes to protected data from the servers and applies the changes to the replicas on the DPM server.

 

DPM role (n) -  The grouping of users, objects, and permissions that is used by DPM administrators to manage DPM features that are used by end users.

 

DPM Self-Service Tool for SQL Server (PN) -  A tool for SQL Server that enables backup administrators to authorize end users to recover backups of SQL Server databases from DPM, without further action from the backup administrator.

 

DPM service (n) -  The core component of DPM. The DPM service manages all core DPM operations, including replica creation, synchronization, and shadow copy creation.

 

DPM SRT (PN) -  Software provided with DPM to facilitate a Windows Server 2003 bare metal recovery for the DPM server and the computers that DPM protects.

 

DPM SST for SQL Server (PN) -  A tool for SQL Server that enables backup administrators to authorize end users to recover backups of SQL Server databases from DPM, without further action from the backup administrator.

 

DPM System Recovery Tool (PN) -  Software provided with DPM to facilitate a Windows Server 2003 bare metal recovery for the DPM server and the computers that DPM protects.

 

DPM Writer service (n) -  A service that manages backup shadow copies of DPM replicas, and backups of the DPM and Report databases, for purposes of data archival. The DPM Writer service is invoked by the DpmBackup command-line tool.

 

DPMADSchemaExtension (PN) -  A command-line tool that enables a schema administrator to configure Active Directory for the purpose of enabling end-user recovery.

 

DpmBackup (PN) -  A command-line tool that enables an administrator to archive the contents of a DPM server by using tape backup software that is not specifically designed for use with DPM.

 

DPMDBReaders group (n) -  A group, created during DPM installation, that contains all accounts that have read-only access to the DPM database. The DPMReport account is a member of this group.

 

DpmPathMerge (PN) -  A command-line tool that removes extraneous path information from data that has been restored to a DPM server from tape.

 

DPMReport account (n) -  The account that the Web and NT services of SQL Server Reporting Services use to access the DPM database. This account is created when an administrator configures DPM reporting.

 

DpmSync (PN) -  A command-line tool that provides disaster recovery functionality for DPM. DpmSync restores the DPM database and the Report database, and synchronizes the DPM database with the state of the storage pool and the installed DPM File Agents.

 

DPS (n) -  A service in Windows that improve reliability by detecting impending failures and taking action to handle them by either initiating automatic corrective action or logging the appropriate diagnostic information for later root cause analysis, and/or notifying the user of an impending failure.

 

DPS Database (n) -  The SQL Server database that stores DPM settings and configuration information.

 

DQS (PN) -  A knowledge-based data-quality system that enables users to perform knowledge discovery and management, data cleansing, data matching, integration with reference data services, and integrated profiling.

 

draft (n) -  A preliminary version.

 

Draft (n) -  A status that indicates an article is being written.

 

draft quality (n) -  A low grade of printing generated by the draft mode on dot-matrix printers. Draft quality varies among printers, ranging from suitable for most purposes to nearly useless.

 

draft view (n) -  A view that shows text formatting and a simplified page layout. drag (v) -  To move an item on the screen (1) by touching the item on a screen and then sliding the finger across the screen or (2) by pressing and holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.

 

drag  -  To move an image or a window from one place on the screen to another by grabbing it with a mouse or other pointing device and pulling it to a new location. drag-and-drop (adj) -  Pertaining to an operation or feature that involves moving objects on the screen with a mouse, a similar input device or a eventually a finger.

 

DRAM (n) -  A form of semiconductor random access memory (RAM). draw (v) -  To prepare a bill of exchange or a promissory note.

 

Draw Freehand tool (n) -  An annotation tool used to draw lines, arrows and shapes on a slide.

 

Draw Text tool (n) -  An annotation tool used to add notes or comments to a slide. drawing (n) -  Any ink that you add to a file that is not recognized as handwriting. drawing brush (n) -  A tile brush that paints an area with shapes, text, images, and video. drawing canvas (n) -  An area upon which you can draw multiple shapes. Because the shapes are contained within the drawing canvas, they can be moved and resized as a unit. drawing container (n) -  In SVG, an element that groups graphics elements, used as a partial canvas.

 

Drawing Exchange Format (n) -  A computer-aided design file format originally developed by Autodesk; for use with the AutoCAD program to facilitate transfer of graphics files between different applications.

 

Drawing Explorer (n) -  A window that shows a hierarchical view of a document and updates to reflect the current drawing hierarchy as items (such as shapes or pages) are added or deleted.

 

drawing file (n) -  A Visio file with a .vsd extension that contains a drawing.

 

drawing guide (n) -  A guide used to position shapes and objects on slides.

 

drawing object (n) -  Any graphic you draw or insert, which can be changed and enhanced. Drawing objects include AutoShapes, curves, lines, and WordArt. drawing page (n) -  The page in a drawing window that contains a drawing. A page can be either a foreground or a background page. Each page has a size, which usually corresponds to a standard paper size, and it has a scale.

 

drawing scale (n) -  The ratio of distance on the printed page to distances in the real world. For example, a drawing scale of 1 cm = 1 m means that 1 centimeter on the printed page represents 1 meter in the real world.

 

drawing type (n) -  A Visio file (template) with a .vst extension that opens with the stencils, styles, and settings you need to create a particular type of drawing. DrawingSurface (PN) -  A class that defines an area within which 3-D content can be composed and rendered.

 

DRC (n) -  A cache of recent requests, used by most NFS version 3 protocol server implementations, for the processing of duplicate non-idempotent requests. The duplicate request cache provides a short-term memory mechanism in which the original completion status of a request is remembered and the operation attempted only once. If a duplicate copy of this request is received, then the original completion status is returned.

 

DRC hit (n) -  A successful retrieval of a record from a duplicate request cache (DRC). DRDA (n) -  A connection protocol for distributed relational database processing used by IBM relational database products that comprises protocols for communication between an application and a remote database, and communication between databases. DRDA also provides the connections for remote and distributed processing. The Distributed Data Management Architecture provides the base architecture for DRDA.

 

DREAD (n) -  A ranking of the risk that is associated with a vulnerability or a security requirement.

 

Dream (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 # 55.

 

Dreamweaver  -  A superb graphical editor for websites, widely used by professional web designers.

 

drill down (v) -  To navigate through levels of data starting from the most summarized (up) to the most detailed (down).

 

drill through (n) -  A feature that displays all rows from the fact table that combine to form the value for that cell. The rows resulting from drill through are displayed in a new worksheet so that you can view detailed data for a particular cell. drill through (v) -  To explore or browse through data elements that are in the same level in a hierarchy.

 

Drill to Dynamics (PN) -  A feature that allows a user to access the Microsoft Dynamics ERP system from the account level of a report to obtain more information. drill up (v) -  To navigate through levels of data starting with greater detail and moving to more summarized information.

 

drilling (n) -  The process of navigating from one item to a set of related items. Drilling can involve navigating up or down in a hierarchy, or to other elements at the same level. drillthrough (n) -  In Analysis Services, a technique to retrieve the detailed data from which the data in a cube cell was summarized.

 

drill-through report (n) -  A secondary report that is displayed when a user clicks an item in a report. Detailed data is displayed in the same report.

 

drive (n) -  An area of storage that is formatted with a file system and has a drive letter. The storage can be a floppy disk, a CD or DVD, a hard disk, or another type of disk. drive (n) -  A hardware device that reads data from and writes data to floppy disks.

 

Drive Extender (n) -  A storage technology that enables the use of internal and external hard drives for additional storage on a home server and allows folder duplication for specific shared folders on home servers. Maintaining two copies of a shared folder on separate hard drives helps protect against the failure of a single hard drive. drive letter (n) -  The naming convention for disk drives or partitions on most computers, consisting of an alphabetical letter followed by a colon.

 

Drive Restrictions (n) -  A feature on the Windows Restrictions tab of the User Settings tool that allows the administrator to select which drives on the computer are accessible and visible to the users of the shared user profile.

 

drive sanitation (n) -  The forced recovery of a BitLocker-protected volume through the removal of all the key binary large objects (BLOBs) that could have decrypted the disk. driver (n) -  Software that enables hardware or peripherals (such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard) to work with your computer or mobile device.

 

Driver  -  A small program used by the operating system to control hardware such as a sound or video card. Often downloading the latest driver for a device from the manufacturer's website will improve its functionality.

 

driver injection (n) -  The process of installing mass storage drivers into an offline Windows installation, such as from Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) into a restored system.

 

driver key (n) -  A system-generated, device-specific, registry subkey that contains information about the driver software associated with a device. driver package (n) -  A collection of files that comprise a driver.

 

Driver Project Conversion Tool (PN) -  A tool to help driver developers convert their existing driver source files into Windows 8 device drivers by using Visual Studio. driver protection list (n) -  A list of drivers known to cause instabilities when installed under Microsoft Windows XP and later versions. The list is checked at the following times: during installation of Windows; each time the system is rebooted; each time a device or application is installed.

 

driver reflection (n) -  The process by which a driver file is copied to a location on the destination computer and the corresponding service is created. driver stack (n) -  A device object that forwards input/output request objects (IRPs) to other device objects. Stacking always occurs from the bottom up and is taken down from the top.

 

Driving mode (PN) -  A setting to minimize distractions while driving.

 

driving resource (n) -  The resource whose assignment to a task determines the finish date of the task.

 

DRM (n) -  Any technology used to protect the interests of owners of digital content and services (such as copyright owners). Typically, authorized recipients or users must acquire a license in order to use the content.

 

DRM  -  (Digital Rights Management)- Software intended to prevent the unauthorised duplication of copyrighted audio, video or software. Unpopular with users because if there is ever a problem with it, such as the rights management company folding, your legally- purchased content becomes unplayable. Following a lot of problems of this kind it has largely been abandoned by the music industry.

 

DRM component (n) -  The component of a player that handles all functions of digital rights management, such as decrypting packaged files or initiating license acquisition. DRM Licenses (in 1,000s) (PN) -  The unit of measure for digital rights management licenses in units of 1,000.

 

drop (v) -  To remove an association or connection.

 

drop area (n) -  An area in a PivotTable or PivotChart report where you can drop fields from the Field List dialog box to display the data in the field. The labels on each drop area indicate the types of fields you can create in the report.

 

drop cap (n) -  A large capital letter at the beginning of a text block that occupies the vertical depth of two or more lines of regular text.

 

drop directory (n) -  A disk directory in which an SMTP service can deposit incoming mail messages.

 

drop folder (n) -  In the Macintosh environment, a folder for which you have the Make Changes permission but not the See Files or See Folders permission. You can copy files into a drop folder, but you cannot see what files and subfolders the drop folder contains. drop folder (n) -  The location where the built binaries, build log files and the test results log files are published during the build process.

 

drop lines (n) -  In line and area charts, lines that extend from a data point to the category (x) axis. Useful in area charts to clarify where one data marker ends and the next begins. Drop Off Library (PN) -  A SharePoint document library where users can upload files that are then routed automatically to the correct library or folder in the site based upon rules defined by the site administrator.

 

drop shadow (n) -  A shaded outline that appears behind an object or text and creates the illusion of depth.

 

drop shipment (n) -  The delivery of goods directly from the vendor to the customer. drop target (n) -  The target of a drag-and-drop operation.

 

drop zone area (n) -  The area in the Add-in for Excel Authoring pane where the user can drag and drop dimensions to and from the Filters, Columns, and Rows boxes.

 

dropbox  -  Dropbox is a Web-based file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc. that uses cloud storage to enable users to store and share files and folders with others.http://www.dropbox.com/

 

drop-down arrow (n) -  An arrow associated with a drop-down combo or list box or some toolbar buttons, indicating a list the user can view by clicking the arrow. drop-down button (n) -  A command button that is clicked to display a drop-down menu instead of performing a command.

 

drop-down combo box (n) -  A standard Windows control that combines the

 

characteristics of a text box with a drop-down list box.

 

drop-down list (n) -  A list that can be opened to reveal all choices for a given field. drop-down list box (n) -  A control on a menu, toolbar, dialog box, or data access page that displays a list of options when you click the small arrow next to the list box. drop-down menu (n) -  A menu that drops from the menu bar when requested and remains open without further action until the user closes it or chooses a menu item. dropper (n) -  A trojan that contains malicious or potentially unwanted software, which the trojan places and installs on the host computer.

 

DRT (PN) -  A routing table with entries that are distributed across a group of machines that can be used to map numeric keys to application endpoints and find routes through the network of peers.

 

DRT API (n) -  The Application Programming Interface (API) that allows applications to publish and resolve numeric keys in a peer network.

 

DRT mesh (n) -  A group of computer systems sharing a cache of routing information, and a network protocol that is used to map numeric keys to application endpoints and find routes through the mesh. Each node in a route has an ID numerically closer to the target than its predecessor.

 

DRT protocol (n) -  The protocol used to exchange cache information and find routes in the DRT mesh.

 

drug allergy (n) -  An allergic reaction to a drug.

 

drug order (n) -  A written order for an user of any drug or device issued and signed by a practitioner.

 

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

 

Drugs (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Pan European Gaming Information (PEGI) and the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

 

Drugs (n) -  A content descriptor developed by Microsoft.

 

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

 

Drum & Bass (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 # 127.

 

Drum Solo (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 # 122.

 

DSA (n) -  The U.S. government standard for digital signatures, as specified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in FIPS 186, Digital Signature Standard. DSA is based on signature encryption based on a public and a private key.

 

DSCP (n) -  A marking in the registry that enables packets that pass through network devices that operate on Layer 3 information (such as routers) to have their relative priorities differentiated from one another.

 

DSI (PN) -  A broad Microsoft and industry initiative uniting hardware, software, and service vendors around a new software architecture based on the System Definition Model (SDM).

 

DSL (n) -  A type of high-speed Internet connection using standard telephone wires.

 

DSM (n) -  A storage array manufacturer's module that incorporates knowledge of the manufacturer's hardware and interacts with the MPIO driver. The DSM plays a crucial role in device initialization and I/O request handling, including I/O request error handling. DSML (n) -  An open, extensible, standards-based format for publishing directory service schemas and exchanging directory contents.

 

DSN (n) -  The collection of information used to connect an application to a particular ODBC database.

 

DSN (n) -  A notification made up of a DSN code and a DSN message, that reports the result of an attempt to deliver an e-mail message.

 

DSN code (n) -  A three-digit string of numbers, such as 5.1.2., that indicates the status of an attempt to deliver an e-mail message.

 

DSN message (n) -  The text that explains the delivery status of an e-mail message, and may recommend user action.

 

DSN-less connection (n) -  A type of data connection that is created based on information in a data source name (DSN), but is stored as part of a project or application.

 

DSS (n) -  A set of programs and related data designed to help with analysis and decision making. A decision support system provides more help in formulating decisions than a management information system (MIS) or an executive information system (EIS). It includes a database, a body of knowledge about the subject area, a language' used to formulate problems and questions

 

DT (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against diphtheria and tetanus.

 

DTaP (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (also known as whooping cough). The term acellular means that the pertussis component is cell- free, which improves safety by reducing the incidence of side effects.

 

DTC (n) -  An ActiveX control that is used while designing or editing a Web page. Design­time controls are installed on the client computer.

 

DTD (n) -  A set of syntax rules for mark-up tags and their interpretation. Within an HTML (or XML) document, a DTD provides specific information on what tags are used in the document (and in what order those tags should appear), which tags can appear inside other ones, which tags have attributes, and so forth. Originally developed for use with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), DTD defines the relationships between document elements.

 

DTD file (n) -  A document type definition that contains the definitions for the GdPDU INDEX.XML file.

 

DTE (n) -  In the RS-232-C hardware standard, any device, such as a remote access server or client, that has the ability to transmit information in digital form over a cable or a communications line.

 

DTE (n) -  A set of interfaces that enable developers to programmatically achieve several of the key tasks achievable from the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

 

DTMF (n) -  The signaling system used in telephones with touchtone keypads, in which each digit is associated with two specific frequencies.

 

DTP (n) -  A vaccine for immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (also known as whooping cough).

 

DTR (n) -  A signal used in serial communications sent, for example, by a computer to its modem to indicate that the computer is ready to accept an incoming transmission.

 

DTU (n) -  The average number of bits, characters or symbols, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system.

 

dual boot (n) -  A computer configuration in which two different operating systems are installed and either can be loaded at start-up.

 

Dual Chinese Search (PN) -  A search feature that allows a user to query on a word in Simplified Chinese and have results returned for that word and also for the same word in Traditional Chinese, or vice versa.

 

dual core  -  a- CPU- structure. The difference between a single core and dual core is that a dual core system has two CPU's that are electronically wired together. These two CPU's wired together in parallel gives twice the performance than that of its single core counterpart.

 

Dual core, dual-core  -  PC- processors which have two complete processors on the same chip, allowing computers to handle multiple tasks faster. See alsoquad-core. dual forking (n) -  A configuration by which Lync Server or Office Communications Server operates in co-existence with the PBX.

 

dual inline memory module (n) -  A type of memory board comprised of RAM chips mounted on a circuit board with a 64-bit data path and pins on each side that are on different circuits and that respond to different signals.

 

Dual layer  -  A technology allowing two layers of data to be written to a DVD instead of the usual one, thus increasing its capacity.

 

dual stack (n) -  For Windows CE .NET, an IP protocol stack that supports IPv4 and IPv6 independently or jointly. The DNS name resolution may yield both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Algorithms are used to determine source and destination addresses, thus determining which stack - IPv4 or IPv6 - to use.

 

dual-screen mode (n) -  A mode that allows using one app on your mobile screen while using a different app on a second screen that you're projecting from the mobile device. dual-tone multiple-frequency (n) -  The signaling system used in telephones with touchtone keypads, in which each digit is associated with two specific frequencies. ducking (n) -  A type of attenuation (commonly used in radio music) where a reduction in the volume of an audio stream is triggered by some external event, e.g. when you are using your PC to place or receive phone calls.

 

due date (n) -  The date by which some task or action should be completed.

 

Due diligence  -  the requirement that organizations must develop and deploy a protection plan to prevent fraud, abuse, and additional deploy a means to detect them if they occur. Duet (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 # 120.

 

Duet end-user application (n) -  A set of metadata and code artifacts that together enable a specific business scenario on top of the mySAP ERP 2004 system. For example, Budget Monitoring, Leave Management, Team Management, and Time Management applications. Duet engine (PN) -  A Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 and Information Bridge Framework based client runtime that interprets Duet end-user application metadata, creates the end-user experience in Microsoft Office, and executes the application logic. Duet Enterprise Report Template (PN) -  The reusable definitions of programs stored in SAP for generating Duet Enterprise Reports.

 

Duet Enterprise Reports (PN) -  A feature that enables integration of SAP Reports with SharePoint 2010.

 

Duet Enterprise Reports Receiver (PN) -  A SharePoint feature that manages publishing and authorization of Duet Enterprise Reports.

 

Duet Enterprise Reports Router (PN) -  A SharePoint feature that manages distribution of SAP Reports to valid Duet Enterprise Reports sites across the SharePoint farm.

 

Duet Enterprise Reports Routing Rule (PN) -  A SharePoint content type for the rules that govern distribution of Duet Enterprise Reports.

 

Duet Enterprise SAP Roles Claims Provider (PN) -  A feature that augments the Duet Enterprise user's SharePoint security context with roles defined in SAP.

 

Duet Metadata Service (n) -  A Duet server component that facilitates the transfer of application metadata from the SAP system to the Duet client computer.

 

Duet Request Handler (PN) -  A Duet server component that enables handling and routing of requests from the SAP system to Microsoft Office Outlook via Microsoft Exchange Server.

 

Duet schema (n) -  An XML-based document that contains Duet framework- and application-related information in a format that the Duet engine understands.

 

Duet Settings Manager (PN) -  An administrative tool that is used to configure settings for the Duet client component and to administer the local metadata cache. This tool includes two components: Configuration Manager and Metadata Cache Manager. dump (n) -  A duplicate of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding files.

 

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. dump  -  A large mass of information that shows the exact contents of computer memory at a particular time.

 

dump  -  To send a large volume of information to somewhere specific such as a printer or a screen.

 

dump  -  A backup or a backup file created by the UNIX dump utility.

 

dump  -  A tape or CD backup in a batch process.

 

dump  -  The general appearance of a real programmer's work area.

 

dumpster (n) -  The deleted item recovery feature. When the dumpster is enabled, items emptied from the Deleted Items folder are placed in the dumpster for a server-configured number of days. A client can retrieve the items from the dumpster until the number of days has passed. Each folder has its own dumpster.

 

DUN (n) -  A Windows CE-based application that enables remote users to connect to a network.

 

duotone (n) -  An image that uses only varying levels of a single color to display the image. For example, a black and white image uses varying levels of gray to display an image; a duotone would use varying levels of a color, such as green, to display that same image.

 

Duplex  -  The ability to send and receive data over the same communications line. duplex channel (n) -  A communications link that allows for duplex (two-way) transmission.

 

duplicate (v) -  To make a copy of.

 

duplicate (n) -  Something that exists twice.

 

duplicate alert suppression (n) -  A feature that combines multiple identical alerts within a specified period of time into one alert.

 

duplicate detection (n) -  A data management process that identifies similar or identical data.

 

Duplicate Detection Rule Publication (PN) -  A system job that publishes a duplicate detection rule.

 

Duplicate Files (n) -  A storage report that lists files that appear to be duplicates (files with the same size and last-modified date). This report can be used to identify and reclaim disk space that is wasted because of duplicate files.

 

duplicate link (n) -  A Team Foundation link between two work items that represent the same work item. In practice, this occurs when two people report the same bug. duplicate removal (n) -  A type of grouping that removes documents with duplicate or near-duplicate content from search results.

 

duplicate request cache (n) -  A cache of recent requests, used by most NFS version 3 protocol server implementations, for the processing of duplicate non-idempotent requests. The duplicate request cache provides a short-term memory mechanism in which the original completion status of a request is remembered and the operation attempted only once. If a duplicate copy of this request is received, then the original completion status is returned.

 

durability (n) -  The ability of a transaction to persist, even during system failure. durable file handle (n) -  A file handle that allows a connection to an SMB server to survive brief network outages without having to incur the overhead of re-negotiating a new session.

 

durable good (n) -  An good that is not consumed completely at first use, but yields service over time.

 

durable workflow (n) -  A workflow whose state can be persisted to a storage medium to withstand system failures and to release memory, which improves the scalability of workflow execution.

 

duration (n) -  A value, in seconds, that indicates the amount of time an animated object remains active or displayed.

 

duration (n) -  The amount of time that an activity takes to be performed.

 

duration field (n) -  A type of field whose content is expressed as a duration of time. Examples include the Work, Duration, and Delay fields. A duration field includes the duration unit, such as hour, day, or week.

 

duration of trial (n) -  The length of time for which a trial of an application is valid. duty (n) -  A responsibility to perform one or more tasks or to provide services for a job. duty (n) -  In the security model, a set of application access privileges that are required for a user to carry out their responsibilities.

 

DV (n) -  Video images and sound stored in a digital format.

 

DV Stream (PN) -  An Apple movie format that can be edited in Apple iMovie.

 

DV-AVI (NTSC) (n) -  Movie file format for captured video streams from a DV camera. Uses the NTSC television standard as opposed to PAL format.

 

DV-AVI (PAL) (n) -  Movie file format for captured video streams from a DV camera.

 

Uses the PAL television standard as opposed to NTSC format.

 

DVB (PN) -  A set of standards that define the use of satellite, cable, and terrestrial frameworks already in place to enable digital broadcasting.

 

DVB-RCC (PN) -  A DVB standard for bi-directional communications (upstream or downstream) in cable TV distribution systems.

 

DVD (n) -  A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics rather than magnetic means for reading data. Optical disk storage commonly used for audio, video, and computer data. DVDs range in capacity from 4.7 GB to 17 GB, and can store significantly more than a CD-ROM.

 

DVD  -  (Digital Versatile Disk)- A more advanced version of the standard CD which can hold far more information, now standard on most PCs. Widely used for high-quality digital movies and software. DVD drives can also read ordinary CDs.

 

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

 

DVD drive (n) -  A disk storage device that uses digital video disc (DVD) technology. DVD Player (PN) -  First-party Windows app for playing commercial and homemade DVD-Video discs.

 

DVD RW, DVD Writer  -  (Digital Versatile Disk ReWriter)- A- DVD- drive that can create (‘write') rewriteable DVDs. There are several competing formats at the moment, but most recent drives support more than one format. It is likely that one of these formats will become standard in time, but at the moment it is not clear which. To add to the confusion, they tend to have very similar names : for example DVD+RW and DVD-RW are completely different formats, and incompatible with each other.

 

DVD-Audio (n) -  An audio-only format of DVD. The format uses PCM audio combined with a lossless compression algorithm that achieves 2:1 compression. It also includes an optional subset of DVD features.

 

DVI  -  (Direct Video Interface)- A special type of connector for computer monitors, particularly flat panels.

 

DVMRP (n) -  An Internet routing protocol that provides an efficient mechanism for connectionless datagram delivery to a group of hosts across an Internet network. It is a distributed protocol that dynamically generates IP multicast delivery trees using a technique called Reverse Path Multicasting (RPM).

 

DVR (n) -  A hardware device that records broadcast television programming in a digital format. A DVR often saves video to a buffer, which enables viewers to pause a live broadcast or replay video from the buffer.

 

DVR (n) -  A functionality in Live Smooth Streaming that is similar to Digital Video Recorder (DVR) devices that record live video in a digital format to a disk drive or other memory medium within a device. In Live Smooth Streaming, you can enable and specify the duration of a Live Smooth Streaming event to save to a temporary archive. Clients that join the live event late (in-progress) can use controls similar to the DVR transport controls on cable/satellite TV remote control units, to access any part of the elapsed live event that has been archived. The temporary archive is discarded when the publishing point is shut down.

 

DWDataMart database (n) -  The database that includes the reporting data, stored for the long-term.

 

DWG (n) -  A standard format used by CAD programs (such as Autodesk AutoCAD) to store drawing files.

 

DWM (PN) -  A component of Windows that manages window policies, behaviours and visual appearance.

 

dword (n) -  A data type consisting of a 32-bit unsigned integer.

 

DWORD (n) -  A data type consisting of a 32-bit unsigned integer.

 

DWORD value (n) -  The value that is applied to a specific DWORD.

 

DWRepository database (n) -  The database that includes the transformed data from the DWStagingAndConfig database.

 

DWStagingAndConfig database (n) -  The database that includes copies of management packs, configuration items, and work items.

 

DWU (n) -  A billing meter for the usage of the SQL Data Warehouse service in Azure. DXF (n) -  A computer-aided design file format originally developed by Autodesk; for use with the AutoCAD program to facilitate transfer of graphics files between different applications.

 

DXGI (PN) -  The infrastructure that manages low-level graphics-related tasks, such as output adapter and swap chain configuration, and provides a common framework for managing virtualized graphics components and resources.

 

dynamic access control (n) -  The ability for IT pros to define how users access a system based on dynamic qualities, such as a user's location or role.

 

Dynamic Access Control (PN) -  A feature that enables data governance across file servers to control who can access information and to audit who has accessed information. dynamic adapter (n) -  An adapter that has a custom user interface.

 

Dynamic backgrounds (PN) -  The UI heading for the user's collection of animated backgrounds.

 

dynamic canary (n) -  A canary whose value changes depending on the request context. dynamic collection evaluation (n) -  A Configuration Manager feature that enables you to evaluate only new or changed members of a query-based collection independently of a full collection evaluation.

 

dynamic connector (n) -  A one-dimensional (1-D) connector shape that changes its path to avoid crossing through two-dimensional (2-D) placeable shapes that lie between the two shapes the connector connects.

 

dynamic control (n) -  A Web Parts control that is persisted in a personalization store; it does not appear in the declarative markup of an .aspx page. After it has been added to a page, the WebPartManager control automatically creates an instance of the control from the personaization store on future requests.

 

Dynamic CPU Fair Share (PN) -  A feature that dynamically distributes processor time across all Remote Desktop Services sessions on the same RD Session Host server, based on the number of sessions and the demand for processor time within each session. dynamic cursor (n) -  A cursor that can reflect data modifications made to the underlying data while the cursor is open.

 

Dynamic Data (PN) -  In ASP.NET, a framework that facilitates the creation of data-driven Web applications. Dynamic Data uses customizable page and field templates, scaffolding, user-definable metadata, and convention-based naming to create UI that displays data, lets users navigate relationships between tables, and lets users edit and create data (create, read, update and delete (CRUD) operations).

 

Dynamic Data Exchange (PN) -  An interprocess communication method that allows two or more applications running simultaneously to exchange data and commands. dynamic data exchange channel (n) -  An active link between Microsoft Windows programs over which data can be exchanged.

 

dynamic data exchange conversation (n) -  The interaction between two applications that are communicating and exchanging data through special functions and code known as dynamic data exchange (DDE).

 

dynamic data field (n) -  A field that can be used in a workflow rule or template as a placeholder for specific values or text in an e-mail. When you send an e-mail, these placeholders are replaced with the data that meet the conditions that have been set in the workflow rule. For example, if you send an e-mail to an account holder about a contract cancellation date, you can use a dynamic data field to automatically find and insert the correct cancellation date for that contract.

 

dynamic disk (n) -  A physical disk that provides features that basic disks do not, such as support for volumes that span multiple disks. Dynamic disks use a hidden database to track information about dynamic volumes on the disk and other dynamic disks in the computer. You convert basic disks to dynamic by using the Disk Management snap-in or the DiskPart command-line tool. When you convert a basic disk to dynamic, all existing basic volumes become dynamic volumes.

 

Dynamic Disk Fair Share (PN) -  A feature that prevents sessions from over-utilizing disk usage by equal distribution of disk I/O among sessions.

 

dynamic display picture (n) -  A display picture that can be customized and may be animated.

 

dynamic distribution group (n) -  A distribution group that uses recipient filters and

 

conditions to derive its membership at the time the message is sent.

 

dynamic exposure (n) -  A feature for taking photos in low light, capturing both short and

 

long exposure images. The user can dynamically blend the two exposures afterwards, as

 

preferred

 

Dynamic Fair-Share Scheduling (PN) -  A method, used for scheduling threads, that dynamically scales quotas based on load instead of requiring the administrator to explicitly specify quotas. It also adds the flexibility of aggregating thread quotas based on sessions instead of just users.

 

dynamic filter (n) -  A row filter available with merge replication that allows you to restrict the data replicated to a Subscriber based on a system function or user-defined function (for example: SUSER_SNAME()).

 

dynamic filter (n) -  A property on the dataset that determines how report filters are created for a report.

 

dynamic flash (n) -  A mode for taking photos that automatically captures images with and without flash. The user can choose the amount of flash in the photo after it has been taken. dynamic grid (n) -  Dotted lines that show the most desirable location for the center of the next shape being dropped on the page, based on where previous shapes have been placed. dynamic guides (n) -  A feature that allows the user to move and reshape text boxes etc. on PowerPoint slides.

 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (n) -  A TCP/IP service protocol that offers dynamic leased configuration of host IP addresses and distributes other configuration parameters to eligible network clients. DHCP provides safe, reliable, and simple TCP/IP network configuration, prevents address conflicts, and helps conserve the use of client IP addresses on the network.

 

dynamic HTML (n) -  An extension of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) that adds multimedia, database access, and an object model that programs can use to change styles and attributes of page elements (objects) and to replace existing elements (objects) with new ones.

 

Dynamic IP  -  Each computer or device connected to the internet needs its own IP address. Devices and sites that are constantly connected to the internet usually have a static IP address so the DNS can reliably route traffic to the right place.

 

Dynamic IP Restrictions (PN) -  An IIS extension that enables administrators to configure IIS to block access for IP addresses that exceed the specified number of requests and determine the behavior when an IP address is blocked.

 

Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension for IIS (PN) -  An IIS extension that enables administrators to configure IIS to block access for IP addresses that exceed the specified number of requests and determine the behavior when an IP address is blocked.

 

Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS (PN) -  An IIS extension that enables administrators to configure IIS to block access for IP addresses that exceed the specified number of requests and determine the behavior when an IP address is blocked.

 

dynamic landing page (n) -  An individual page in a topic series, or any page that is primarily search-driven.

 

dynamic locking (n) -  The process used by SQL Server to determine the most cost- effective locks to use at any one time.

 

dynamic management function (n) -  One of a set of built-in functions that returns server state information about values, objects, and settings in SQL Server. dynamic management view (n) -  A set of built-in views that return server state information about values, objects, and settings in SQL Server.

 

dynamic membership (n) -  A group in which the membership of the group is determined by a filter.

 

Dynamic Memory (PN) -  A Hyper-V feature in which the memory available to a running virtual machine is adjusted in response to changes in the amount of memory required by the virtual machine.

 

dynamic method invocation (n) -  A technique that defers until runtime the decision as to which specific method to call.

 

Dynamic Network Fair Share (PN) -  A feature that dynamically distributes available bandwidth across sessions based on the number of active sessions to enable equal bandwidth utilization.

 

dynamic online service (n) -  An online service that is updated frequently to provide users with current information.

 

dynamic optimization (n) -  The capability to perform resource balancing by

 

automatically migrating virtual machines within host clusters that support live migration. dynamic page (n) -  A Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document that contains animated GIFs, Java applets, ActiveX Controls, or dynamic HTML (DHTML). dynamic page (n) -  A Web page that is created automatically, based on information that is provided by the user, or that is generated on the fly with Active Server Pages (ASP). dynamic policy update (n) -  The run-time retrieval of policies using the Rules Engine Update service.

 

dynamic RAM (n) -  A form of semiconductor random access memory (RAM). dynamic random access memory (n) -  A form of semiconductor random access memory (RAM).

 

dynamic range (n) -  The difference (in decibels) between the quietest and loudest sounds in a single piece of audio content.

 

dynamic recovery (n) -  The process that detects and/or attempts to correct software failure or loss of data integrity within a relational database management system

 

(RDBMS).

 

Dynamic Reordering (PN) -  A feature that simplifies and quickens the process of visualizing and arranging the order of layered objects on a page or slide. dynamic report (n) -  An Excel workbook that contains at least one matrix that is created by the report wizard.

 

dynamic resource consumption for Search (n) -  The ability of Search to automatically consume fewer server resources such as memory and CPU when server resources are constrained due to transient load.

 

Dynamic Shared Library (n) -  Executable routines stored in files that can be linked with a variety of applications and are loaded only when needed by the program that calls them. dynamic snapshot (n) -  In merge replication, a snapshot that includes only the data from a single partition.

 

dynamic storage (n) -  A storage method in Windows that allows disk and volume management without requiring operating system restart.

 

Dynamic Suite Composition (n) -  An Application Virtualization feature that enables a virtual application package to allow dependent plug-ins or middleware packages to use the virtual environment. This feature enables plug-ins and middleware packages to use the primary package's registry settings,- and the packages behave and interact with one another in the same way as if they were installed locally on a machine.

 

Dynamic Systems Initiative (n) -  A broad Microsoft and industry initiative uniting hardware, software, and service vendors around a new software architecture based on the System Definition Model (SDM).

 

dynamic text field (n) -  A text field that displays changing text, most often used in conjunction with a progress bar in order to indicate progress. dynamic update (n) -  An update to the Domain Name System (DNS) standard that permits DNS clients to dynamically register and update their resource records in zones. dynamic verb (n) -  A verb that depends on the state of a Shell item or of the system; the appearance of the item is state based and requires that the executing code determine whether the item should appear.

 

dynamic volume (n) -  A volume that resides on a dynamic disk. Windows supports five types of dynamic volumes: simple, spanned, striped, mirrored, and RAID-5. A dynamic volume is formatted by using a file system, such as file allocation table (FAT) or NTFS, and has a drive letter assigned to it.

 

dynamic web template (n) -  An HTML-based master copy of a web page that you can create to contain settings, formatting, and page elements such as text, graphics, page layout, styles, and regions of a web page that can be modified.

 

dynamically expanding virtual hard disk (n) -  A virtual hard disk that grows in size each time it is modified. This type of virtual hard disk starts as a 3 KB .vhd file and can grow as large as the maximum size specified when the file was created. The only way to reduce the file size is to zero out the deleted data and then compact the virtual hard disk. dynamic-link library (n) -  An operating system feature that allows executable routines (generally serving a specific function or set of functions) to be stored separately as files with .dll extensions. These routines are loaded only when needed by the program that calls them.

 

dynamic-link library file (n) -  A file that contains executable routines that an application can load on demand.

 

dynaset (n) -  A database recordset with dynamic properties. Unlike a snapshot, which is a static view of the data, a recordset object in dynaset mode stays synchronized with the data source and data updates made by other users.