L2CAP (n) -  A protocol used in personal wireless network applications that provides connection-oriented and connectionless data services to upper layer protocols with protocol multiplexing capability, segmentation and reassembly operation, and group abstractions.

 

L2TP (n) -  An industry-standard Internet tunneling protocol that provides encapsulation for sending Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames across packet-oriented media. For IP networks, L2TP traffic is sent as User Datagram Protocol (UDP) messages. In Microsoft operating systems, L2TP is used in conjunction with Internet Protocol security (IPSec) as a virtual private network (VPN) technology to provide remote access or router-to-router VPN connections. L2TP is described in RFC 2661.

 

lab (n) -  A collection of non-production machines that are used to test an Internet Explorer Package. The lab is not the same as a pilot group.

 

Lab administration service for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 (n) -  The service of managing the virtual laboratory environment, which is designed for using in Visual Studio Lab Management 2010.

 

lab agent (n) -  A background process that runs on a virtual machine to configure, monitor, and report on status and errors. The lab agent communicates with the lab service running on the Team Foundation Server application tier.

 

lab environment (n) -  An environment, consisting of virtual machines, that is managed by a lab service.

 

Lab framework service for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 (n) -  The service of managing the virtual laboratory platform, which is designed for using in Visual Studio Lab Management 2010.

 

Lab Management (n) -  A product within the Visual Studio Team System suite that enables you to manage virtual environments for use within team projects. The environments can be used for application development, deployment, and testing.

 

Lab Management service for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 (n) -  The service of Lab Management designed for using in Visual Studio Lab Management 2010. lab service (n) -  A Team Foundation Server Web service used to manage virtual environments.

 

lab test (n) -  A procedure that is intended to detect and quantify substances or identify the nature of a disease.

 

Lab test integration service for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 (n) -  The service of integrating the laboratory tests for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010.

 

Lab workflow integration service for Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 (n) -  The service of integrating the laboratory workflow stages in Visual Studio Lab Management

 

2010.

 

Lab Workflow Parameters (n) -  The parameters of a workflow being performed in the lab.

 

Lab Workflow Parameters wizard (n) -  A wizard which enables you to define the parameters of a workflow in the lab.

 

label (v) -  To attach a label to.

 

label (n) -  In DNS, each part of a DNS domain name that represents a node in the domain namespace tree. For example, the three labels example, microsoft, and com make up the DNS domain name example.microsoft.com. Each label used in a DNS name cannot exceed 63 octets, 255 bytes including the terminating dot, for the fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

 

label (v) -  To identify or designate with a label; describe or classify.

 

label (n) -  A sticker or tag affixed to an item to provide identifying or descriptive information.

 

label (n) -  A word, symbol, or other group of characters used to identify a file, a storage medium, an element defined in a computer program, or a specific item in a document such as a spreadsheet or a chart.

 

label (n) -  A graphical control you can use to display text that a user can't change directly. label (n) -  User-defined name attached to a specific version of a file or project. label promotion (n) -  The promotion of a different version (usually the latest version) of a file to become part of the already labeled code. The goal could be to perform minor updates to the code base of the original release.

 

Labeled Hierarchy (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show hierarchical relationships progressing from top to bottom and grouped hierarchically. Emphasizes heading or level 1 text. The first line of Level 1 text appears in the shape at the beginning of the hierarchy, and all subsequent lines of Level 1 text appear to the left of the tall rectangles.

 

Labels View (n) -  Name of one of the Library Views. This appears on the main Library window title bar. Under the toolbar, from the View By drop down list, select Label. laboratory test (n) -  A procedure that is intended to detect and quantify substances or identify the nature of a disease.

 

LACP (PN) -  Protocol that standardizes the link aggregation process among different vendors.

 

lag (n) -  The number of periods in a time dimension level to move backward from the last non-empty member to retrieve a current or a previous value.

 

lag time (n) -  A delay between tasks that have a dependency. For example, if you need a two-day delay between the finish of one task and the start of another, you can establish a finish-to-start dependency and specify a two-day lag time [has a positive value]. lambda function (n) -  A block of programming language code that operates as a function but is not named and cannot be called or referenced except through normal flow of operation. For example, the instruction within the braces in the following code is a lambda function: for (int x=0; x<10; x++) { int y = 2*x; }.

 

lambda operator (n) -  The C# => operator that is used to separate the parameters and the

 

body of a lambda expression.

 

lamp (n) -  The light source in a Surface unit.

 

lamp access door (n) -  The metal door in the I/O connections area that you must remove to access the lamp assembly.

 

lamp assembly (n) -  A collection of parts, including the lamp, that help illuminate the Surface screen.

 

LAN (n) -  A network of computers, printers, and other devices located within a relatively limited area (for example, a building). A LAN enables any connected device to interact with any other on the network.

 

LAN  -  (Local Area Network; pr.‘lan') A network of computers connected together, usually in a single department or building. See also- WAN.

 

LAN emulation (n) -  A group of software components that allows asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) to work with legacy networks and applications. With LANE, you can run your traditional local area network (LAN)-aware applications and protocols on an ATM network without modification. LANE makes the ATM protocol layers appear to be an Ethernet or Token Ring LAN to overlying protocols and applications. LANE provides an intermediate step between fully exploiting ATM and not using ATM at all.

 

LAN emulation client (n) -  The client on an emulated local area network (ELAN) that performs data forwarding, address resolution, and other control functions. The LEC resides on end stations in an ELAN.

 

LAN emulation configuration server (n) -  A server that assigns individual local area network emulation (LANE) clients to particular emulated local area networks (ELANs) by directing them to the LAN emulation server (LES).

 

land attack (n) -  A denial-of-service attack (DoS) in which the attacker opens a legitimate TCP session with a spoofed source IP address and port number that match the IP address and port number of the targeted computer so that the targeted computer will try to establish a TCP session with itself, causing some TCP implementations to go into a loop and the computer to fail.

 

landing page (n) -  The page that a visitor lands on after clicking an ad with a link to a Web site.

 

landline (n) -  A traditional phone, which has a wired connection (as opposed to a mobile phone).

 

landline  -  A telephone circuit that travels over land-based circuits

 

landscape (n) -  An orientation where the long dimension of a rectangular area (for example, screen or paper) is horizontal.

 

landscape orientation (n) -  An orientation where the long dimension of a rectangular area (for example, screen or paper) is horizontal.

 

LANGID (n) -  A standard international numeric abbreviation for a country or

 

geographical region. A language identifier is a 16-bit value that consists of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier.

 

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

 

language (n) -  An artificial language that specifies instructions to be executed on a computer. The term covers a wide spectrum, from binary-coded machine language to high-level languages.

 

Language (PN) -  Language a post was written in or the system calculated for the post. Language (PN) -  The Education subcategory containing apps to help you learn or translate another language.

 

Language bar (n) -  A toolbar that appears on your desktop automatically when you add text services, such as input languages, keyboard layouts, handwriting recognition, speech recognition, or input method editors (IMEs).

 

Language for non-Unicode programs (n) -  A Regional and Language Options setting that specifies the default code pages and associated bitmap font files for a specific computer that affects all of that computer's users. The default code pages and fonts enable a non-Unicode application written for one operating system language version to run correctly on another operating system language version.

 

language group (n) -  A group that controls which system locale, user locales, input locales, and user interface (UI) languages can be selected.

 

Language ID (n) -  A standard international numeric abbreviation for a country or geographical region. A language identifier is a 16-bit value that consists of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier.

 

language identifier (n) -  A standard international numeric abbreviation for a country or geographical region. A language identifier is a 16-bit value that consists of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier.

 

Language Interface Pack (PN) -  Add-in software that provides partially localized user interfaces for particular computer programs in languages not supported by localized versions of those programs.

 

language pack (n) -  A collection of binaries that can be installed on top of the core product and enables users to select a preferred language so that the user interface and Help files appear in that preferred language.

 

language pack (n) -  A solution package that contains only a DLL that stores localized versions of strings in another solution package. After a language pack is deployed to a site, users can display the corresponding user interface in that language.

 

Language Profile Service (PN) -  A Windows service that automatically manages user language preferences. Localized apps can inherit these settings, saving developers time and effort by making it unnecessary for applications to manage user language preferences on their own.

 

language service (n) -  A service in Visual Studio that provides language-specific support for editing source code in the integrated development environment (IDE). language service parser (n) -  A component that is used to describe the functions and scope of the tokens in source code.

 

language service scanner (n) -  A component that is used to identify types of tokens in source code. This information is used for syntax highlighting and for quickly identifying token types that can trigger other operations, for example, brace matching.

 

language-dependent (adj) -  Varying from one language to another.

 

language-integrated query (n) -  A query syntax that defines a set of query operators that allow traversal, filter, and projection operations to be expressed in a direct, declarative way in any .NET-based programming language.

 

language-neutral (adj) -  Having no language-dependent or language-specific content. language-specific (adj) -  Specific to a single language.

 

LANlord  -  The alpha geek responsible for an office's Local Area Network.

 

lap (n) -  An interval of time that it takes to complete a circuit in a race or exercise course,

 

which the user can record with a stopwatch.

 

laptop (n) -  A portable computer that combines a processor, screen, and keyboard in a single case. The screen folds down onto the keyboard when not in use.

 

Laptop  -  A portable PC, with system unit, screen and keyboard crammed into one package. They can do pretty much everything a desktop PC can do, but are more expensive because of the extra miniaturisation required. Also called a- notebook. laptop  -  A portable PC, with system unit, screen and keyboard crammed into one small package. They can do pretty much everything a desktop PC can do, but are substantially more expensive because of the extra miniaturisation required.

 

laptop mode (n) -  A mode on a convertible Tablet PC that enables you to type comfortably on the keyboard while viewing the screen.

 

Large Files (n) -  A storage report that lists files that are a specified size or larger. Use this report to quickly identify the files that are consuming the most disk space on the server. These can help you quickly reclaim large quantities of disk space.

 

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

 

large tile (n) -  A square tile of 310 x 310 pixels on the Start screen.

 

Larger (adj) -  An item on the Text Size menu, which is opened from the Edit menu. Larger is one of the text size choices for the user's instant messages Largest (adj) -  An item on the Text Size menu, which is opened from the Edit menu. Largest is one of the text size choices for the user's instant messages Laser Pointer (PN) -  A feature that allows the user to superimpose a dot over a presentation and control its position with the mouse. The appearance of the dot is similar to that of a traditional laser pointer, and it is broadcast to all presentation viewers and can be recorded into video (Save to Video).

 

Laser printer, laserprinter  -  A high speed printer intended mainly for office use, usually better for text than graphics, especially in color.

 

Lasso (PN) -  A tool that defines a free-form area that encloses all the shapes to be selected.

 

Lasso tool (n) -  A tool that defines a free-form area that encloses all the shapes to be selected.

 

Last chance rentals (PN) -  The collection title for video items whose rental contract between the distributor and Microsoft is near expiration.

 

Last Heartbeat (n) -  The title of a column or data field which specifies the date and time that the last heartbeat was received from the monitored computer. last in, first out inventory valuation method (n) -  An inventory valuation method in which inventory that is received most recently is considered sold or used first for accounting purposes.

 

last mile  -  The final leg in delivering connectivity in a telecommunications network. Often perceived as the most critical in terms of both service provision, cost and bandwidth.

 

Last Modified Date/Time (n) -  The timestamp of the most recent modification of a Navision entity. The modified entries are retrieved from the Change Log. If the Last Modified Date/Time is older than the last synchronization time, then entities will not be synchronized. If The Last Modified Date/Time is more recent, the synchronization will be performed.

 

Last Name (n) -  In the Add a Contact Wizard, this is one of the fields by which you can search for a contact.

 

last name (n) -  The surname, or family name of an individual.

 

Last night (PN) -  The collection title for TV series episodes that aired the previous night. Last Sequence Number (n) -  A number that's assigned by the Provisioning Server to the most recent transaction processed for a specified computer.

 

Last Synchronization Time (n) -  The time when the most recent synchronization process was successfully completed. The last synchronization time determines when the next automatic synchronization will take place. The next automatic synchronization is performed at predefined points in time starting from the last synchronization time. last transaction (n) -  The most recent transfer of data recorded by the server. Lastschriftenverfahren (n) -  An electronic payment method used in Switzerland that allows companies to deduct customer payments directly from a customer's bank through the Swiss Interbank Clearing system.

 

LAT (n) -  A DEC-specific, non-routable network protocol designed to provide connection between remote desktop servers and DEC hosts.

 

latch (n) -  A short-term synchronization object protecting actions that need not be locked for the life of a transaction. A latch is primarily used to protect a row that the storage engine is actively transferring from a base table or index to the relational engine. late finish date (n) -  The latest date that a task can finish without delaying the finish of the project. It is based on the task's late start date, as well as the late start and late finish dates of predecessor and successor tasks, and other constraints.

 

late start date (n) -  The last possible date a task could be started if all predecessor and successor tasks also start and finish on their late start and late finish dates. late-bound code (n) -  A code that defers the assignment of a meaning to an identifier (such as a variable) until runtime.

 

latency (n) -  The time required for a signal to travel from one point on a network to another.

 

latency (n) -  The delay that occurs while data is processed or delivered.

 

latency (n) -  The amount of time it takes for the client request for a fragment to be fulfilled (that is, the amount of time it takes for the requested fragment to be viewable in the Silverlight-enabled browser). Typically, this is a few seconds.

 

Latency  -  The time interval during which a network station seeks access to a transmission channel and access is granted or received.

 

late-peak contour (n) -  A contour that slopes up gradually, peaks near the end of the curve, and then drops off.

 

latest version (n) -  The most recent or current version of a software release.

 

lathe object (n) -  An object that appears as if made by a machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing against a fixed cutting or abrading tool.

 

Latin (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 # 86.

 

Latin America (PN) -  The geographic location, covering Latin America, within the Azure region taxonomy in Zone 2.

 

lattice (n) -  A structure that passes handwriting recognition results to tablet PC platform libraries.

 

launch (n) -  To activate an application program from the operating system's user interface. launch (v) -  To activate an application program (especially on the Macintosh) from the operating system's user interface.

 

launch (n) -  The activities leading up to and through a product's release into the marketplace.

 

Launchbar (n) -  A window where Groove users start new activities. It contains two panels, one for creating and managing workspaces, and the other for managing contacts. launcher (PN) -  In Mac OS, a program that organizes frequently used applications and programs and that allows the user to execute them with a single mouse click.

 

Launcher (n) -  A program that lets users easily find and open programs, accessories, control panel settings, and Web sites using their fingers on a touch-screen Tablet PC. Launcher (PN) -  A menu that users can scroll through and where they open applications from on a Surface unit in user mode. Launcher contains icons, videos, and text that describe each application. Launcher is the primary visual component of the Surface software.

 

launcher style (n) -  A function that allows the user to specify how tasks are displayed in the launcher (list view or icon view).

 

layer (n) -  The protocol or protocols operating at a particular level within a protocol suite, such as IP within the TCP/IP suite.

 

layer (n) -  A container that holds page elements, such as text and graphics. You can overlap, nest, and show or hide layers on a page. You can also animate layers. layer (n) -  A logical (not physical) structuring of a software application into related tasks. layer  -  In the- OSI- reference model, a layer is a collection of related network-processing functions that constitute one level of a hierarchy of functions.

 

Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (n) -  An industry-standard Internet tunneling protocol that provides encapsulation for sending Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames across packet-oriented media. For IP networks, L2TP traffic is sent as User Datagram Protocol (UDP) messages. In Microsoft operating systems, L2TP is used in conjunction with Internet Protocol security (IPSec) as a virtual private network (VPN) technology to provide remote access or router-to-router VPN connections. L2TP is described in RFC 2661.

 

layered driver (n) -  One of a collection of drivers that responds to the same IRPs. Layered driver describes the highest-level and lowest-level drivers in a chain of layered drivers that process the same IRPs, along with all intermediate drivers in the chain.

 

layered window (n) -  A window that features special visual effects such as translucency, transparency and custom border shapes or colors.

 

layout (n) -  In computer design, the arrangement of circuits and other components of the system.

 

layout (n) -  The overall plan or design of a document system.

 

layout (n) -  In programming, the order and sequence of input and output.

 

layout (n) -  The organization (the arrangement, size, and position) of the visual elements in your application, with respect to each other and the overall application window.

 

Layout (PN) -  A tool that allows you to quickly draw one of a collection of layout panels (containers).

 

layout (n) -  The overall design of a page or content set, including text elements, controls, and graphics.

 

layout (n) -  The layout and general resiliency of data across multiple disks in a virtual disk or storage space.

 

layout cell (n) -  A cell in a layout table.

 

layout container (n) -  An element that controls the positioning, size and dimensions, and arrangement of other elements contained within them. Layout containers are adaptive in the sense that they can be implemented implicitly, meaning the layout automatically resizes, or auto-sizes, according to the window size.

 

Layout Gallery (PN) -  The Sway feature that allows users to choose between different Layouts for the selected content.

 

Layout page (n) -  A web page named _Layout.cshtml that provides a template for the content of another page in an ASP.NET Web pages site.

 

layout panel (n) -  A panel that controls the positioning, size and dimensions, and arrangement of other elements contained within them. Layout panels are adaptive in the sense that they can be implemented implicitly, meaning the layout automatically resizes, or auto-sizes, according to the window size.

 

layout pass (n) -  A process that calculates the size and position of elements in the user interface.

 

layout path (n) -  A dynamic layout of objects or elements along one or more paths. layout pattern (n) -  One of several arrangements for displaying properties.

 

Layout Preview (n) -  A feature that uses a minimum amount of data to display the general layout of a report.

 

layout style (n) -  A pre-defined table style that allows users to change the look and feel of a form.

 

layout table (n) -  A framework that includes rows and columns for organizing and arranging content on a form, including controls, control labels, sections of a form, logos, and other types of graphics.

 

layout table (n) -  A predefined layout that defines the structure of a Web page as a table.

 

A layout table can also include formatting such as rounded corners, borders, and visual effects.

 

layout transform (n) -  A type of transformation that is applied before the layout pass. After the transform is applied, the layout system processes the transformed size and position of the element. Use a layout transform property only when scaling, rotating, or skewing and you need the parent of the element to adjust to the transformed size of the element. Otherwise, use a render transform, which is more efficient.

 

Lazy Area Location Reporting (PN) -  A type of location reporting that specifies the area into which users performed their last session, country, region and locality associated to devices, based on CELL ID or WIFI.

 

Lazy evaluation  -  a computation optimization technique that attempts to delay computation of expressions until the results of the computation are known to be needed.

 

lazy flusher (n) -  A task that flushes the in-memory transmission objects to a work table. lazy initialization (n) -  The deferral of object initialization or instantiation until the first time the object is referenced.

 

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

 

lazy schema validation (n) -  An option that delays checking the remote schema to validate its metadata against a query until execution in order to increase performance.- LB (oth) -  The payroll tax for the Netherlands that is related to income tax withholding and information related to personnel.

 

LBA (n) -  A method used with SCSI and IDE disk drives to translate the cylinder, head, and sector specifications of the drive into addresses that can be used by an enhanced BIOS. LBA is used with drives that are larger than 528MB.

 

LCD (n) -  A type of display that uses a liquid compound having a polar molecular structure, sandwiched between two transparent electrodes. When an electric field is applied, the molecules align with the field, forming a crystalline arrangement that polarizes the light passing through it. A polarized filter laminated over the electrodes blocks polarized light. In this way, a grid of electrodes can selectively turn on' a cell LCD  -  (Liquid Crystal Display) A type of computer screen, originally used only on- laptops but now widely used for desktop PCs and televisions.

 

LCID (n) -  A 32-bit value which consists of the language ID in the low word (bits 0-15) and the sorting ID (bits 16-19) and a reserved value (bits 20-31) in the high word.

 

LCP (n) -  A PPP control protocol that negotiates link and PPP parameters to dynamically configure the data-link layer of a PPP connection.

 

LCR (n) -  A replication that uses a single server and built-in technology to create and maintain a copy of a storage group on a second set of disks that are connected to the same server as the primary storage group. LCR provides asynchronous log shipping, log replay, and a quick manual switch to a copy of the data.

 

LCR (n) -  A process that performs reverse number lookup on one-number calls and then routes the call over an IP connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateway that is nearest to the location of the destination phone number.

 

LDAP (n) -  The primary access protocol for Active Directory. LDAP is an industry- standard protocol, established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), that allows users to query and update information in a directory service. Active Directory supports both LDAP version 2 and LDAP version 3.

 

LDD (n) -  The designer used to create and edit diagrams of interconnected logical servers that represent the logical structure of a datacenter.

 

LDL (n) -  A class of lipoproteins that carry cholesterol through the blood and around the body, for use by cells.

 

lead (n) -  A potential customer who must be contacted by a salesperson and either qualified or disqualified as a sales opportunity. Leads will be converted into accounts, contacts, or opportunities if they are qualified. Otherwise they are deleted or archived. lead byte (n) -  The byte value that is the first half of a double-byte character. lead host (n) -  A cache host that has been designated to work with other lead hosts and to keep the cluster running at all times.

 

lead scoring (n) -  The process of assigning points to prospects, based on specifically defined criteria, generally to identify the prospects or leads most likely to become customers.

 

lead time (n) -  The minimum amount of time required for production of an item. lead time (n) -  An overlap between tasks that have a dependency. For example, if a task can start when its predecessor is half-finished, you can specify a finish-to-start dependency with a lead time of 50 percent for its successor [has a negative lag value]. leader (n) -  A line or row of characters used to lead the eye from a data label to a data point, or from a callout to the appropriate part of an illustration.

 

leader (n) -  A teleconferencing participant who can activate and deactivate a phone conference.

 

leader (n) -  A video that plays before the main video begins.

 

leader character (n) -  A dot, hyphen, or other character used to create a line that fills the space before a tab stop.

 

leader clip (n) -  A video that plays before the main video begins.

 

leader code (n) -  An access code that is needed in order for a user to join a conference as a leader. This string is entered in the Options dialog box, on the Accounts tab, under Conferencing Information.

 

leader video (n) -  A video that plays before the main video begins.

 

leaderboard (n) -  List of the top players in a game or other competition on Xbox Live. leading (n) -  The amount of space from the bottom of one line of text to the bottom of the next line.

 

leading clip (n) -  A video that plays before the main video begins.

 

leading video (n) -  A video that plays before the main video begins.

 

lead-time offset (n) -  An offset value that changes the due date of any assembly order component that belongs to the assembly BOM during replenishment planning. The assembly line due date is then calculated as Due Date = Starting Date - Lead-Time Offset. leaf (n) -  A node with no child objects represented in the tree.

 

leaf disk (n) -  The last disk in a chain with no child disks attached to it.

 

leaf level (n) -  The bottom level of a clustered or nonclustered index, or the bottom level of a hierarchy.

 

leaf member (n) -  A member that has no descendents.

 

leaf node (n) -  A node with no child objects represented in the tree.

 

lean manufacturing (n) -  A philosophy in which manufactuaring operations promote lean production flows and business activities.

 

lean schedule group (n) -  A way in which to aggregate items for production, for example, based on a setup group, shipping group, or transport group.

 

learning management system (n) -  A system that enables the management and delivery of learning content and resources to students.

 

learning path (n) -  The training courses that can help a partner reach particular goals according to Microsoft products, competencies, partner type and role. learning plan (n) -  A list of required and elective courses that are taken to satisfy a goal. Required courses can be based on Microsoft corporate mandates; company-wide, business-group or regional initiatives; or the learner's career stage profile.

 

lease (n) -  The length of time for which a DHCP client can use a dynamically assigned IP address configuration. Before the lease time expires, the client must either renew or obtain a new lease with DHCP.

 

lease time (n) -  The length of time for which a DHCP client can use a dynamically assigned IP address configuration. Before the lease time expires, the client must either renew or obtain a new lease with DHCP.

 

leased 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.

 

Leased Line  -  A private telephone line without inter-exchange switching arrangements. Also called Private Line and Dedicated Line

 

Least Recently Accessed Files (n) -  A storage report that lists files that have been accessed least recently. Use this report to identify rarely used data. least recently used (n) -  The type of eviction used by the cache cluster, where least recently used objects are evicted before the most recently used objects. least-cost routing (n) -  A process that performs reverse number lookup on one-number calls and then routes the call over an IP connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) gateway that is nearest to the location of the destination phone number. least-squares method (n) -  A method that assigns values to unknown quantities in a statistical model, based on the values found by minimizing the sum of squared deviations from the mean.

 

Leave Management (PN) -  The Duet end-user application that allows users to self- manage their absence or availability for payroll purposes. Users can create and manage leave requests in Microsoft Office Outlook in the form of Calendar items, which are integrated with approval guidelines and business-defined processes defined in SAP systems.

 

LED (n) -  A semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into light, used, for example, for the activity lights on computer disk drives. Light-emitting diodes work on the principle of electroluminescence and are highly efficient, producing little heat for the amount of light output.

 

ledger (n) -  The part of an accounting system that is used for classifying the monetary value of economic transactions by using a chart of accounts, a fiscal calendar, and one or more currencies.

 

ledger account (n) -  An account in the general ledger that records financial transactions, balances, or totals that pertain to assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and owner equity. ledger account (n) -  A classifier created from the combination of main account value and other financial dimension values listed in a chart of accounts and used to classify the financial consequences of economic activity.

 

ledger dimension (n) -  A classifier created from the combination of financial dimension values listed in a chart of accounts and used to classify the financial consequences of economic activity.

 

ledger reconciliation (n) -  The practice of reconciling general ledger accounts.

 

Ledger Sheets (PN) -  A feature that enables users to perform common financial management tasks, such as balancing a checkbook, tracking accounts, or managing investment porfolios, by using a set of Excel templates.

 

ledger update transaction (n) -  A system transaction that tracks and reports what has been posted to the ledger.

 

left align (v) -  To align text along the left margin.

 

left angle bracket (n) -  The < character.

 

left arrow (n) -  The key on the keyboard that is labeled with a left arrow.

 

left brace (n) -  The { character.

 

left bracket (n) -  The [ character.

 

LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK (n) -  The -€te character.

 

left end (n) -  The short side of a Surface unit where the AC/Main rocker switch and AC power connector are located and that provides access to the hard disk drive of the Surface unit.

 

left mouse button (n) -  The button on your pointing device that you use most often for clicking and double-clicking.

 

left outer join (n) -  A type of outer join in which all rows from the left-most table in the JOIN clause are included. When rows in the left table are not matched by rows in the right table, all result set columns that come from the right table are assigned a value of NULL. left pane (n) -  The navigational pane at the left of most webpages and Windows folders. left square bracket (n) -  The [ character.

 

Left voicemail (oth) -  Check box on Phone Call form that indicates that, when the call was made, a voicemail was left for the recipient.

 

left-aligned (adj) -  Pertaining to text that is aligned along the left margin.

 

left-to-right (adj) -  Pertaining to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and languages for which text is displayed in a left-to-right direction. English and most other European languages are left-to-right languages.

 

legacy (adj) -  Of or pertaining to documents, data, software, or hardware that existed prior to a certain time.

 

legacy (n) -  Any feature in the computer system based on older technology for which compatibility continues to be maintained in other system components.

 

Legacy  -  Term used to describe enterprise applications or systems installed in the distant past, but still being used. Typically, they are characterized by outdated technologies, but are still critical to day-to-day operations.

 

legacy agent (n) -  Any agent version that is older than MOM 2004.

 

legacy application (n) -  When used in the context of the User Account Control (UAC) infrastructure, an application that does not have an application manifest that indicates whether or not an administrative privilege is required for the application to run properly. Legacy Automation (PN) -  A check box on the campaign record summary form that a user checks to enable automation for campaigns built using previous versions of the Microsoft Dynamics Marketing.

 

Legacy Client (n) -  An SMS 2003 (or earlier) client type supported on Windows operating systems released prior to the Windows 2000 family of operating systems. legacy device (n) -  A device that does not use (PCI), (USB), 1394, or later physical interconnect, but is fully (PnP) compliant. A legacy device cannot be configured or managed by using either mechanisms or PnP methods to specify resource configurations. legacy network adapter (n) -  A virtual network adapter that emulates a specific physical network adapter, the multiport DEC 21140 10/100TX 100 MB. A legacy network adapter also supports network-based installations because it includes the ability to boot to the Pre­Execution Environment (PXE boot).

 

legacy system (n) -  A computer, software program, network, or other computer equipment that remains in use after a business or organization installs new systems. Compatibility with legacy systems is an important consideration when a new version is installed. For example, will a new spreadsheet software release be able to read the existing business records without expensive and time-consuming conversion to a new format? Legacy systems in many organizations are based on mainframe computers, which may be either augmented or slowly replaced by client/server architectures.

 

LegacyExchangeDN (n) -  An attribute attached to mail during migration to a new environment that keeps continuity with the old environment.

 

Legal & HR (PN) -  The Business subcategory containing apps to help businesses with legal or human resource tasks.

 

legal discovery (n) -  The usually pretrial disclosure of pertinent facts or documents by one or both parties to a legal action or proceeding.

 

legal entity (n) -  An organization with a registered or legislated legal structure that is granted the authority to enter into legal contracts and that is required to prepare statements that report on its performance.

 

legal hold (n) -  A function that assists in managing the legal discovery process by superseding the retention policy on a record under discovery, so that it is not disposed of even when the expiration trigger is reached.

 

legal name (n) -  The name of an organization used for legal and governmental documents. legend keys (n) -  Symbols in legends that show the patterns and colors assigned to the data series (or categories) in a chart. Legend keys appear to the left of legend entries. Formatting a legend key also formats the data marker that's associated with it.

 

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

 

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

 

length (n) -  The distance or period of time between a specified start point and a specified end point. For example, the length of an audio or video clip is usually measured in minutes and seconds.

 

lens (n) -  A first or third-party application that works with the Windows Phone camera to offer additional features and functionality for users taking and editing pictures. lens (n) -  The section of the customizable area in the welcome page of the Microsoft Azure preview portal containing components that provide reusable units of functionality grouped in theme.

 

lens picker (n) -  An option in the viewfinder for available lens apps.

 

less than or equal to sign (n) -  The ? character.

 

less than sign (n) -  The < character.

 

lesson (n) -  ?A unit of learning that addresses a portion of the content for a class and may include assignments, materials, and other lessons.

 

lessons learned (n) -  A review of best practices, project insights, and client information.

 

As the project team disbands and new projects begin, reviewing the lessons learned lets you record information gathered and generated through the project.

 

LESS-THAN SIGN (n) -  The < character.

 

letter (n) -  An activity that tracks the delivery of a letter. The activity can contain the electronic copy of the letter.

 

letter of guarantee (n) -  An undertaking by a bank (the guarantor) to pay an agreed-upon amount of money to another person (the beneficiary) if the bank's customer (the principal) defaults in a debt or in its obligation to the beneficiary.

 

letterbox (n) -  A video display format in which black bars appear above and below the video image while it is played. The letterbox format maintains the original aspect ratio of an image when it is displayed in a window with a different aspect ratio.

 

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.

 

leveling (oth) -  Resolving resource conflicts or overallocations by delaying or splitting certain tasks. When Project levels a resource, its selected assignments are distributed and rescheduled.

 

leveling delay (n) -  The amount of time that an assignment or task is to be delayed from the original scheduled start date as a result of resource leveling or of manually entering a leveling delay.

 

leverage (v) -  To take advantage of; capitalize on.

 

lexicon (n) -  The words of a language and their definitions.

 

lexicon (n) -  In programming, the identifiers, keywords, constants, and other elements of a language that make up its vocabulary.”

 

LF (n) -  A control character that tells a computer or printer to advance one line below the current line without moving the position of the cursor or print head. liability (n) -  A monetary debt or obligation of future services.

 

liability (n) -  A classifier used to classify the value of economic resources that are owned by creditors.

 

library (n) -  In Windows Media Player, a database that contains information about digital media files on a computer, a network drive, or the Internet.

 

library (n) -  A location on a SharePoint site where a collection of files and their associated metadata are stored.

 

library (n) -  The catalog of resources that can be used to create virtual machines in Virtual Machine Manager.

 

library (n) -  A collection of items, such as files and folders, assembled from various locations. The locations might be on your computer, an external hard drive, removable media, or someone else's computer.

 

library database (n) -  A collection of procedures and database objects that you can call from any application. In order to use the items in the library, you must first establish a reference from the current database to the library database.

 

library file (n) -  In programming, a collection of routines stored in a file. Each set of instructions in a library has a name, and each performs a different task.

 

library refresh (n) -  The process by which Virtual Machine Manager indexes files stored on library shares, and then updates Library view and resource listings. Periodic library refreshes can be scheduled, or individual library shares can be refreshed as needed. library request (n) -  A request for a library or stand-alone drive to perform a task. This request can be issued by an application or by Removable Storage.

 

library server (n) -  A server that makes shares available to store resources in the Virtual Machine Manager library. The library is managed centrally through the Library view of the Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console. A Virtual Machine Manager agent installed on the library server provides metadata about the shares and resources to Virtual Machine Manager.

 

library share (n) -  A share that has been added to the Virtual Machine Manager library.

 

To be available for use in creating virtual machines, a resource must be stored on a library share and must be added to the Virtual Machine Manager library. When a library server is added to Virtual Machine Manager, shares on the library server are automatically discovered.

 

Library view (n) -  The view in the Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console in which the administrator manages library servers, shares, resources, and stored virtual machines.

 

license acquisition (n) -  The process of obtaining a license to play content that is protected with usage rights and restrictions policies.

 

License Advantage (PN) -  A specific type of full software license that can be purchased from Microsoft.

 

license chain (n) -  A license for digital media content that is composed of connected elements that include a root license and one or more leaf licenses, each of which contains a subset of rights for the content.

 

license code (n) -  An alphanumeric key that grants a party the right to use software or software components as prescribed in the terms of the license agreement, and that activates and inactivates software modules, software capabilities, and software functions. License Installation Report (n) -  A report that compares installed software on computers in an organization with that organization's current license agreement coverage. This report can be used to determine whether an organization has sufficient license agreement coverage.

 

License Manager (n) -  A wizard interface for adding, deleting, and viewing Professional and Standard Microsoft CRM Module Licenses.

 

license plate number (n) -  A unique number that is assigned to a warehouse entity such as a pallet, bin, cart, or individual item for tracking inventory. You can use this number to ascertain the item location, item quantity, product dimension, and tracking dimension of the entity.

 

License Purchase Report (n) -  A report that displays the software titles for all licensed software in selected license groups, based on their licensing agreements. This report can be used to find gaps in coverage for the license agreements in an organization. license server (n) -  A computer on which the RD Licensing role service is installed. A license server issues RDS CALs to users or devices that connect to a remote desktop server.

 

license server discovery mode (n) -  A mode that is configured on the terminal server that determines which method to use to find (-Crdiscover-C?) a Terminal Services license server in order to request Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs). license set (n) -  A collection of Groove licenses assigned to management of a domain group or member.

 

license terms (n) -  A legal agreement between a software or hardware manufacturer and

 

the end user, with regard to the terms of use and transfer of the software.

 

licensed file (n) -  A Windows Media file that has an associated license that defines how

 

the file can be played. The restrictions stated in the license vary depending on the license

 

creator.

 

Licenses workspace (n) -  A workspace in Windows Intune and Asset Inventory Service that lets administrators add and manage license agreement information for software that was purchased through Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements, and for Microsoft or non-Microsoft software that was purchased by other means.

 

LicenseWise (PN) -  A -Crone-stop shop-C? that can help partners recommend product and licensing solutions for their customers, optimize the sales process, and build new revenue opportunities.

 

licensing (n) -  The process of issuing licenses to clients, so that they may use content that is protected with usage rights and restrictions policies.

 

licensing key (n) -  A short character string that serves as a password during the installation of licensed commercial software. The use of licensing keys is a security device aimed at reducing illegal duplication of licensed software.

 

Licensing Manual (PN) -  The statement published by Microsoft (updated from time to time) at http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/contracts or at a successor site. The Licensing Manual includes details about the processes supporting an agreement.

 

Licensing Solution Provider (PN) -  A partner supporting the analysis of Microsoft customers' licenses and cloud options on their Enterprise Agreement(s) and advise them regarding changes to programs over the past three years and how they will impact their organization, as well as all contract management activities required.

 

LID (n) -  A standard international numeric abbreviation for a country or geographical region. A language identifier is a 16-bit value that consists of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier.

 

life cycle (n) -  The phases a solution goes through from the time it is conceived until the time it is retired from service.

 

life cycle model (n) -  A partitioning of the life of a product into phases that guide the

 

project from identifying customer needs through product retirement.

 

lifestyle (PN) -  An app category that facilitates activities in daily life, such as shopping or

 

dining.

 

Lifestyle (PN) -  An MSN site designed as a guide to better living, with article, tips and galleries on beauty and fashion, food, style and home dA©cor, diet and cuisine, health and fitness, parenting, friends and relationships.

 

Lifestyle (PN) -  An app category that facilitates activities in daily life, such as shopping or dining.

 

lifestyle snapshot (n) -  A documented day in the life of a persona. A lifestyle snapshot is created by a business analyst through interactions with the users.

 

lifetime (n) -  The time period that begins when an object is allocated in memory and ends when the garbage collector deletes the object from memory.

 

Lifetime (PN) -  A time-out setting in Web playlists after which clients cannot access the playlist.

 

Lifetime calls (PN) -  The name of a section in Call Timers that displays the cumulative duration of all calls since the device was first activated.

 

LIFO inventory valuation method (n) -  An inventory valuation method in which inventory that is received most recently is considered sold or used first for accounting purposes.

 

lift chart (n) -  In Analysis Services, a chart that compares the accuracy of the predictions of each data mining model in the comparison set.

 

ligature (n) -  In typography, a single character created from two joined letters that replaces the two separate letters.

 

light (n) -  A property in graphic design software that makes objects visible, much like light in the natural world.

 

light (n) -  A theme that consists of a light background.

 

light (adj) -  Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 300 according to the OpenType specification.

 

light bulb menu (n) -  A dropdown menu marked with a light bulb icon providing automatic fixes to code issues or, if no automatic fix is available, a link to documentation describing how to fix the issue.

 

light dismiss (n) -  An effect in which a UI element, such as a flyout, disappears when the user touches anywhere on the screen outside of the element.

 

light event (n) -  A performance event that occurs only occasionally and for which limited information is collected.

 

light sensor (n) -  A category of sensor that responds to a pre-defined amount of light. light source (n) -  The element that is providing the light that illuminates a photographic subject.

 

light source (n) -  In computer graphics, the imaginary location of a source of light, which determines the shading in an image.

 

lightness (n) -  The quality of a color that makes it appear brighter (closer to white) or darker (closer to black).

 

LightSwitch Desktop Application (n) -  A computer application which is used to build business applications and provides a simplified development environment so that you can concentrate on the business logic instead of the application infrastructure.

 

LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2013 (n) -  The name of a computer application for Visual Studio 2013, which is used to build business applications and provides a simplified development environment so that you can concentrate on the business logic instead of the application infrastructure.

 

LightSwitch HTML Application (n) -  The name of a application that makes it easy to create professional, data-centric, business applications that can consume a variety of data sources and create clients that can run on a variety of devices.

 

LightSwitch V3.6 Client project (n) -  The project of a client in the environment of

 

LightSwitch V3.6.

 

LightSwitch v3.6 Server project (n) -  The project of a server in the environment of

 

LightSwitch V3.6.

 

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (n) -  The primary access protocol for Active Directory. LDAP is an industry-standard protocol, established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), that allows users to query and update information in a directory service. Active Directory supports both LDAP version 2 and LDAP version 3. lightweight pooling (n) -  An option that provides a means of reducing the system overhead associated with the excessive context switching sometimes seen in symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) environments by performing the context switching inline, thus helping to reduce user/kernel ring transitions.

 

lightweight task (n) -  In the Concurrency Runtime, an asynchronous function call. A lightweight task is typically shorter-running and contains less internal state than an asynchronous agent, and the caller is not notified when the task is completed. like (v) -  Action taken by a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user on a post that expresses that the user liked or agreed with that particular post.

 

like (PN) -  A Facebook term for showing approval of a friend's post or connecting with a page.

 

limited access (n) -  Access to fewer features than the computer normally has. This reduced access will last for a short amount of time before the computer becomes inoperable.

 

limited account (n) -  A type of account that allows customers to use a limited set of Windows Live services without signing up for a new e-mail address or providing an existing alternate one. The ID that is created can't be used to send or receive e-mail. A customer with this account type can only reset their password if they subsequently add an alternate e-mail address to their account.

 

limited capacity (n) -  The capability of a resource (worker, machine, work center, plant, or organization) to produce output within a specified period of time without exceeding the available capacity.

 

limited liability company (n) -  A business entity allowed for by state statutes in the United States that protects each owner (member) from personal liabilities but is not taxed since it passes all profits and losses to each member who is taxed accordingly. limited material (n) -  A method for scheduling resources that assumes that all the component materials needed for production are available when the production process starts.

 

limited properties of work centers (n) -  A method for scheduling resources that considers limits to the type of work a work center can perform at a given time. Finite property specifies the type of products or operations to be carried out at the same time at a work center.

 

limited user account (n) -  A type of user account that prohibits users from changing most computer settings and deleting important files. While such a user can access applications, they generally cannot install software or hardware, among other things.

 

line (n) -  In communications, a connection, usually a physical wire or other cable, between sending and receiving (or calling and called) devices, including telephones, computers, and terminals.

 

line (n) -  In word processing, a string of characters displayed or printed in a single horizontal row.

 

line (n) -  In programming, a statement (instruction) that occupies one line of the program. In this context, the common reference is to a program line' or a ‘line of code'.' line (n) -  A vector path defined by two points and a straight or curved segment between them.

 

line appearance (n) -  In telephony systems, the instance of an extension or phone number on a phone. For example, if a user's desk phone is provisioned with his extension, then you can say that his phone has his line appearance. Business phones may have more than one line appearance.

 

line break (n) -  The point at which one line ends and another begins.

 

line chart (n) -  A chart that shows trends in data at equal intervals, with values from one or more sets of data connected by lines.

 

line editor (n) -  A text-editing program that numbers each line of text, working with the document on a line-by-line rather than on a word-by-word basis. line feed (n) -  A control character that tells a computer or printer to advance one line below the current line without moving the position of the cursor or print head.

 

Line Image Generator (n) -  A feature that enables you to configure the style of the lines or images that are displayed between nodes in a TreeView control.

 

Line Item Order (PN) -  The display name of an attribute that specifies the position of an item in the list of contract line items.

 

line item workflow (n) -  A workflow created for each line item in a workflow document. line item workflow work item (n) -  A workflow work item that is created by a line item workflow instance.

 

line join (n) -  The common area that is formed by two lines whose ends meet or overlap. line layer (n) -  The layer in a map report that displays spatial data as lines, for example, lines that indicate paths or routes.

 

line number (n) -  A number assigned by a line editor to a line of text and used to refer to that line for purposes of viewing, editing, or printing. The line numbers are sequential. line of code (n) -  An executable line of text that excludes white space, comments, type declarations, and namespace declarations.

 

line pencil (n) -  A pencil tool that simulates the look and feel of drawing lines with a pencil.

 

line price variance amount (n) -  The currency amount of the price variance between a vendor invoice line and the corresponding purchase order line, calculated as follows: (Invoice net unit price - Purchase order net unit price) * Update invoice quantity line printer (n) -  Any printer that prints one line at a time as opposed to one character at a time (as with many dot-matrix printers) or one page at a time (as with some dot-matrix and most laser printers). Line printers typically produce the familiar 11-by-17-inch fanfold computer printouts. They are high-speed devices and are often used with mainframes, minicomputers, or networked machines rather than with single-user systems.

 

Line Printer Daemon (n) -  A service on a print server that receives print jobs from Line

 

Printer Remote (LPR) tools that are running on client computers.

 

Line Printer Remote (n) -  A connectivity utility that runs on client systems and is used to print files to a computer running an LPD server.

 

line property (n) -  A code that specifies which transactions in a journal are chargeable and which are non-chargeable.

 

line screen angle (n) -  The angle of the lines of dots for each of the halftone screens that are used in process color printing.

 

line screen frequency (n) -  The fineness or coarseness of a halftone screen represented by lines per inch (LPI).

 

line segment (n) -  A portion of a line, defined by its beginning and ending points. line spacing (n) -  The amount of space from the bottom of one line of text to the bottom of the next line.

 

line string (n) -  A shape representing a single path in a coordinate system. It uses linear interpolation between control points for the definition of line which is appropriate to the coordinate system.

 

line weight (n) -  The thickness of a line in a document.

 

line width (n) -  The length of a line of type measured from the left margin to the right margin on a piece of paper or on a computer screen. On a typewriter, line width is usually measured in terms of the number of monospace alphanumeric characters that can fit on the line; on a computer monitor or printer, line width is normally measured in inches, centimeters, points, or picas.

 

line wrap (n) -  The ability of a word-processing program or a text-editing program to break lines of text automatically to stay within the page margins or window boundaries of a document without the user having to do so with carriage returns, as is typically necessary on a typewriter.

 

linear (adj) -  Proceeding sequentially. For example, a linear search is one that moves from A to B to C.

 

linear (adj) -  In mathematics and electronics, having a direct and proportional relationship among characteristics or variables. For example, the output of a linear amplifier is directly proportional to the input.

 

linear attenuation (n) -  The intensity of a beam of light that diminishes at a constant rate as it gets further from the light source.

 

linear expression (n) -  An option that changes a 2-dimensional linear expression, such as 5^A2, to a built-up (3-dimensional) format.

 

linear fraction (n) -  A fraction that is written on a single line: the numerator is placed on the left, followed by the fraction bar, and the denominator on the right. Example: 3/4 linear gradient (n) -  A brush where one color gradually transitions into another along a line.

 

linear interpolation (n) -  One of three methods used to describe how an animation transitions between values over its duration. This method produces a constant rate of change.

 

linear search (n) -  A simple, though inefficient, search algorithm that operates by sequentially examining each element in a list until the target element is found or the last item has been completely processed. Linear searches are primarily used for very short

 

lists.

 

Linear Venn (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show overlapping relationships in a sequence. Works best with Level 1 text only.

 

lined guide (n) -  In lined mode, a ruled recognition guide that minimally draws a suggested base line, and can also include a midline, or even ascender or descender lines. lined mode (n) -  A Tablet PC input mode that provides a non-restrictive writing surface with a lined guide that enables users to write freeform (i.e. cursive, print, or a mix of these). In lined mode, user's ink is continuously recognized and converted to text as soon as the user starts writing the next word.

 

line-of-business (n) -  The type of enterprise in which businesses or organizations are engaged.

 

line-of-business application (n) -  An application that is vital to running enterprises, such as payroll, resource planning, supply chain management, and accounting. line-of-business data (n) -  Any piece of data originated in or targeted to be processed by the LOB system.

 

line-of-business entity (n) -  A data structure exposed by the LOB system consisting of a set of related fields grouped together under a unique ID.

 

line-of-business identifier (n) -  An identifier used by the LOB system to perform create, update, and delete operations on an LOB entity. This identifier is unique per LOB entity type, but may not be unique across different types, solutions, and LOB systems. line-of-business service (n) -  A service that exposes access to LOB data sources lingering object (n) -  A domain controller that was offline for longer than the value of the tombstone lifetime can contain objects that have been deleted on other domain controllers and for which tombstones no longer exist.

 

link (v) -  To connect or associate items or data such as contacts, accounts, or worksheets. link (n) -  A connection between an OLE object and its OLE server, or between a dynamic data exchange (DDE) source document and a destination document.

 

link (n) -  A connection between an element in a hypertext document, such as a word, phrase, symbol, or image, and a different element in the document or in another location, a webpage, file, or script.

 

link (v) -  To establish a connection to data from another application so that users can view and edit the data in both the original application and in the destination application. link (n) -  A connection between multiple contact profiles in the People hub.

 

Link (PN) -  The Sway button that allows users to create a hyperlink embedded in their sway.

 

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (PN) -  Protocol that standardizes the link aggregation process among different vendors.

 

link bar (n) -  A collection of graphic or text buttons representing hyperlinks to pages both within your Web site and to external sites.

 

link chain (n) -  A series of redirecting web links that are designed to hide malicious websites.

 

link column (n) -  In a row definition of a report, the column that contains the links to dimensions and external worksheet files that will be used in a report.

 

Link Control Protocol (n) -  A PPP control protocol that negotiates link and PPP parameters to dynamically configure the data-link layer of a PPP connection.

 

Link Data Sources Wizard (n) -  A wizard dialog title to create a linked data source, where you can link multiple data sources into one single data source such as two different tables in a SQL database.

 

link extension (n) -  A Web Deploy feature that makes it possible to perform additional custom tasks during deployment.

 

link layer (n) -  The lowest layer of the Internet Protocols, concerned with the physical interconnection of computers.

 

Link Library Dependency (n) -  An option to dictate the builder to automatically pass the library as an input to the linker.

 

link line (n) -  On the Gantt Chart and Network Diagram, the line that appears between two tasks to indicate a task dependency.

 

link path (n) -  The descriptive form, or explicit connecting points, of referring to the location of a link source.

 

Link redirect (n) -  A tab name in the General Settings dialog that enables the user to specifiy a public, published URL to which clients will be redirected when links in publshed Web content navigate to an unpublished page.

 

link time (adj) -  The period during which a program is being linked.

 

Link Time Code Generation (n) -  An option that tells the linker to call the compiler and perform whole program optimization.

 

Link to Record (v) -  A button, located in the Business Contact Manager group, that enables the user to link an item to a record.

 

link translation mapping (n) -  A mapping that translates the internal name (or IP address) of a Web site to the public name (or IP address) of the Web site.

 

link type (n) -  The type of task dependency. The four dependency types are Finish-to-start [FS], Finish-to-finish [FF], Start-to-start [SS], and Start-to-finish [SF].

 

LinkAccess (n) -  A feature that allows access to SharePoint documents and sites and documents on shares inside of a corporate network through Outlook Web Access when it is used remotely.

 

linked dimension (n) -  A reference in a cube to a dimension in a different cube (that is, a cube with a different data source view that exists in the same or a different Analysis Services database). A linked dimension can only be related to measure groups in the source cube, and can only be edited in the source database.

 

linked ID (n) -  A Windows Live ID that is connected to at least one other Windows Live ID. When customers link IDs, they can sign in with one ID and switch to others without having to sign out from the first. Customers set up linked IDs in Windows Live Account. linked inbox (n) -  A list of two or more email inboxes that have been linked so that users can view their email from all linked accounts at the same time. The accounts themselves are not combined.

 

linked list (n) -  A data structure consisting of nodes or elements connected by pointers. A singly linked list has one pointer in each node, pointing to the next node in the list; a doubly linked list has two pointers in each node, pointing to the next and previous nodes. In a circular list, the first and last nodes of the list are linked together.

 

linked measure group (n) -  A reference in a cube to a measure group in a different cube (that is, a cube with a different data source view that exists in the same or a different Analysis Services database). A linked measure group can only be edited in the source database.

 

linked object (n) -  An object that is inserted into a document but still exists in the source file. When information is linked, the new document is updated automatically if the information in the original document changes.

 

linked picture (n) -  A picture that links to a high-resolution image file that is stored outside of the publication file. If the linked picture is changed in an image-editing program, you can update the linked picture in the publication file.

 

linked project (n) -  A project that contains task dependencies to and from tasks in other project files. A link to a task in another project is represented with a placeholder or ghost task.

 

linked server (n) -  A definition of an OLE DB data source used by SQL Server distributed queries. The linked server definition specifies the OLE DB provider required to access the data, and includes enough addressing information for the OLE DB provider to connect to the data.

 

linked style sheet (n) -  A type of cascading style sheet that exists in a separate file and is referenced throughout one or more Web pages.

 

linked table (n) -  An OLE DB rowset exposed by an OLE DB data source that has been defined as a linked server for use in SQL Server distributed queries. linked virtual hard disk (n) -  A virtual hard disk that points to and uses an entire physical disk for the purpose of converting a data disk to a virtual hard disk. You cannot turn on a virtual machine if a linked disk is attached to the virtual machine.

 

LinkedIn  -  a social networking site (www.linkedin.com) designed for business professionals to use for work contacts and communication.

 

linker (n) -  A program that links compiled modules and data files to create an executable program. A linker can also have other functions, such as creating libraries. linking (oth) -  In a project, establishing a dependency between tasks. Linking tasks defines a dependency between their start and finish dates. In OLE, establishing a connection between programs so that data in one document is updated when it changes in another.

 

linking (n) -  A feature that allows users to easily add links to content within other content (e.g. pages, sections, section groups) and provides quick navigation through these links. The feature operates in the same manner that links work in wikis.

 

linking table (n) -  A table that has associations with two other tables, and is used indirectly as an association between those two tables.

 

Links Web Part (n) -  A customizable component of the Microsoft Office Live Web site that allows users to place a list of links to other Web sites on their Web pages. link -state database (n) -  A map of an area maintained by OSPF routers. It is updated after any change in the network topology. The link state database is used to compute IP routes, which must be computed again after any change in the topology. See also: adjacency; Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

 

LINQ (n) -  A query syntax that defines a set of query operators that allow traversal, filter, and projection operations to be expressed in a direct, declarative way in any .NET-based programming language.

 

LINQ pattern (n) -  The set of standard query operators that is available in all LINQ queries, and the rules that define the structure of a LINQ query.

 

LINQ provider (n) -  A library that implements the functionality of the Standard Query Operators for a specific kind of data source. The LINQ provider runs the query or passes it to some other execution engine.

 

LINQ to ADO.NET (PN) -  A technology that makes it possible to query over any enumerable object in ADO.NET by using the LINQ programming model. LINQ to ADO.NET consists of three related LINQ technologies: LINQ to DataSet, LINQ to SQL, and LINQ to Entities.

 

LINQ to DataSet (PN) -  A LINQ technology that makes it easier and faster to query over data cached in a DataSet object. The queries are expressed in the programming language itself and not as string literals embedded in the application code.

 

LINQ to Entities (PN) -  A LINQ technology that enables developers to create flexible, strongly typed queries against the Entity Framework by using LINQ expressions and the LINQ Standard Query Operators.

 

LINQ to Objects (PN) -  The use of LINQ to query in-memory data such as arrays and lists.

 

LINQ to SQL (PN) -  A LINQ technology that provides a run-time infrastructure for managing relational data as objects. In LINQ to SQL, the data model of a relational database is mapped to an object model expressed in the programming language of the developer.

 

LINQ to XML (PN) -  An in-memory programming interface that makes it possible to work with XML from within the .NET Framework programming languages.

 

Linux  -  A rival PC- operating system- to Microsoft Windows, but unlike Windows it is ‘open source', which means that anyone can create their own version of it without having to pay royalties, and requires a much less powerful computer. Initially required a lot of technical knowledge, but is rapidly being made much more- user-friendly.

 

Linux (-€reLinus' UNIX-€?)  -  A widely used Open Source Unix-like operating system. Linux was first released by its inventor Linus Torvalds in 1991. There are versions of Linux for almost every available type of computer hardware from desktop machines to IBM mainframes.

 

Linux Support (n) -  The Microsoft Azure support plan for certain Linux offerings available through the Azure Gallery. For some Linux offerings, support is provided by the publisher free of charge. For other Linux offerings, there is a charge for the right to receive support for Linux VMs by the minute.

 

LIP (PN) -  Add-in software that provides partially localized user interfaces for particular computer programs in languages not supported by localized versions of those programs. lipid profile (n) -  A pattern of lipids in the blood. It usually includes the levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, and the calculated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ‘cholesterol.

 

liquid asset (n) -  An asset that is cash or easily converted into cash.

 

liquid crystal display (n) -  A type of display that uses a liquid compound having a polar molecular structure, sandwiched between two transparent electrodes. When an electric field is applied, the molecules align with the field, forming a crystalline arrangement that polarizes the light passing through it. A polarized filter laminated over the electrodes blocks polarized light. In this way, a grid of electrodes can selectively turn on' a cell liquidity (n) -  The ability of a party to use current assets to settle current liabilities. liquidity account (n) -  A ledger account that records cash transactions for a particular bank or for cash held at the company. For some companies, a liquidity account records transactions in liquid investments that can be sold from day to day.

 

liquidity classification (n) -  A systematic organization of time intervals that predict the liquidity of a party.

 

liquidity ratio (n) -  The proportion of a party's current assets that can be used to settle current liabilities.

 

list (v) -  To make or include in a list.

 

list (n) -  A collection of links to items (such as files, folders, or even other lists). You can create a list to help you find or organize information on your computer. list (n) -  A table of records located in the main area for each entity in the user interface. List (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout type that includes layouts designed to show nonsequential information.

 

list (n) -  A site element that stores and displays a collection of data that team members and other site users can share.

 

list (n) -  An administrator-defined customization that enables users to classify objects such as incidents, change requests, activities, or configuration items. For example, a list might be Location' or ‘Organization.”

 

list (n) -  A module someone can add to their Windows Live Space to contain personal interest items such as music, books, and movies.

 

list box (n) -  A control in Windows that enables the user to choose one option from a list of possibilities.

 

List Builder (PN) -  An online service for your marketing campaign that allows you to acquire and manage e-mail lists, and to track the results.

 

List Builder Subscriber (n) -  An individual who has indicated his or her desire to be on a mailing list.

 

list control (n) -  A control on a form, that repeats as needed, into which users can enter text. The control can be formatted as a bulleted, numbered, or plain list. list frame (n) -  A border that outlines the list that is maintained by the List Manager. list index (n) -  The sequence of numbers for items in a list, starting with 0 for the first item, 1 for the second item, and so forth.

 

list item (n) -  An option that constrains the values that users can enter for a specific list. For example, Redmond' might be a list item for ‘Location.”

 

List Manager (PN) -  A feature that maintains lists as simple databases consisting of rows and columns contained within a list frame. This makes it easy to keep lists separate, maintain data integrity, and find the data you want.

 

list place (n) -  A navigation place that contains a list in the content area and where the user can search, filter, select and perform actions on multiple entities.

 

List Publisher (PN) -  A module used to publish a Business Applications or Contact Manager list onto your public-facing Web site and to design its layout. Changes to the list are automatically displayed on the public Web page.

 

List Relationships (PN) -  A feature that supports referential integrity between two lists via the lookup field.

 

list separator (n) -  A character that separates items in a list.

 

list sheet (n) -  A worksheet that is dedicated to a single list, which is maintained by the List Manager.

 

list view (n) -  A common Windows control that allows users to view and interact with a collection of data objects, using either single selection or multiple selection.

 

List view (n) -  A UI element that enables a user to display Works tasks in list format.

 

List View Threshold (PN) -  A threshold in the Resource Throttling feature that specifies the maximum number of items that a database operation can involve at one time. Operations that exceed this limit are prohibited.

 

listen (v) -  To wait for incoming traffic, calls or connection requests on a port.

 

listener adapter (n) -  A component that establishes communication between the Windows Process Activation Service (WASW) and protocol listeners, such as HTTP.sys. This allows listeners to get configuration information about applications and namespaces they monitor. Listener adapters also notify the Windows Process Activation Service about incoming messages for applications that have not connected to a worker process.

 

Listening MOS (n) -  A prediction of the wideband listening quality MOS (MOS-LQ)) of the audio stream that is played to the user. This value takes into account the audio fidelity and distortion and speech and noise levels.

 

listening quality MOS (n) -  Within the VoIP industry, a commonly used class of MOS values that measures the quality of audio for listening purposes only, without taking into account any bidirectional effects, such as delay and echo.

 

listing (n) -  A printed copy of program source code. Some compilers and assemblers produce optional assembly listings during compilation or assembly. Such listings of code often have additional information such as line numbers, nested block depth, and cross­reference tables. See also assembly listing.

 

listing type (n) -  The type of application that a developer wants to publish or list in a Microsoft marketplace; for example, an App for Office, an App for SharePoint, or a Microsoft Azure Catalog App.

 

list-separator character (n) -  A character, usually a comma or semicolon, that separates elements in a list.

 

LISTSERV  -  a commercial software package for operating e-mail mailing lists and discussion groups, produced by L-Soft International (www.lsoft.com)

 

ListView (PN) -  A Windows UI control that enables easy creation and management of a data collection using web-based technologies.

 

literal (n) -  A value used exactly as you see it. For example, the number 25 and the string Hello' are both literals.'

 

literal content (n) -  The content inside an element's opening and closing tags. This content is not parsed or rendered by MSHTML.

 

literal type character (n) -  A textual representation of a particular value of a data type.

 

For example, 2147483647 represents a value of integer data type.

 

litigation hold (n) -  A feature that allows the preservation of items in user mailboxes and the protection of the items from deletion by users or automated processes.

 

little endian (adj) -  Pertaining to a processor memory architecture that stores numbers so that the least significant byte is placed first.

 

Live (PN) -  The cloud service that enables users to communicate and collaborate with people online and access their conversations, photos, documents, contacts, appointments, settings, and services across PC, phone, and other devices.

 

Live App (PN) -  Any app from the app list with Start screen tile notifications.

 

live chat customer support (n) -  A client service where users can ask for help via a live chat and a customer support agent will answer.

 

Live Connect (PN) -  The program that enables developers to connect to Live and easily use Microsoft account, OneDrive, Hotmail, and Messenger within their apps, websites, and devices. Live Connect provides a set of standards-based APIs and the downloadable Live SDK.

 

live effect (n) -  A filter that changes the appearance of objects (e.g. vectors, texts, or bitmapped objects) depending on the effect type chosen. It is referred to as live' effect Live Encoder Input Hours (n) -  A resource of the ‘Media Services' service type of the ‘Media' service.

 

live export (n) -  The process of exporting a virtual machine and its snapshots while the virtual machine is running.

 

Live File System (n) -  A file storage system that can be used to create CDs and DVDs. Discs formatted with Live File System allow you to copy files to the disc at any time, instead of copying (burning) them all at once.

 

Live Folder (PN) -  A feature that allows users to group tiles and Live Tiles on the Start Screen and keep apps better organized.

 

Live Icon (n) -  A scalable thumbnail used throughout Windows Vista that allows users to see the first page of documents, the actual image of a photo, or the album art for individual songs in a music collection.

 

live layout (n) -  A layout that is updated in real time as an object on the page is moved, resized, or rotated, enabling the user to preview the end result before the action is completed.

 

Live Lock Screen (PN) -  A lock screen featuring dynamically updated content.

 

Live Lock Screen app (PN) -  An application that either takes advantage of the ability to set a dynamic wallpaper or that takes advantage of the new lock extensibility framework (examples include the Metro Refresh and Inking applications).

 

Live Meeting administrator (n) -  A person who assigns user accounts and manages the Live Meeting service for an organization.

 

Live Meeting console (n) -  The array of windows and tools that display on each participant's web browser when a Live Meeting session is in progress.

 

Live Meeting Manager (n) -  A Web-based tool that is used to access and manage meetings and recordings, join meetings, and change Live Meeting user preferences.

 

Live Meeting Replay (n) -  A meeting recording format that includes Sharing slides and annotations with the recording.

 

Live Meeting session (n) -  A meeting that is conducted by using Live Meeting, whether a scheduled meeting or a Meet Now meeting.

 

Live Mesh (PN) -  A -Crsoft.ware-plus-services-C? platform and experience that enables PCs and other devices to -Crcome alive-C? by making them aware of each other through the Internet, enabling individuals and organizations to manage, access, and share their files and applications seamlessly on the Web and across their world of devices.

 

Live Migration (PN) -  A feature that allows a running virtual machine instance to be moved from one physical machine to another physical machine with minimal downtime. live migration (n) -  The process of moving a running virtual machine from one physical computer to another without noticeable downtime.

 

Live Preview (PN) -  A feature that allows you to preview the appearance of a formatting option or command before actually applying it to selected text or objects. live region (n) -  A perceivable region of a webpage that is typically updated as a result of an external event when user focus may be elsewhere.

 

Live SDK (PN) -  The actual software bits available to developers to enable them to use the Live Connect program.

 

Live Services (PN) -  A portfolio of Microsoft products, specifically adCenter, Office Live, Windows Live.

 

live session (n) -  A session in which multiple users can work together and see each other's changes immediately.

 

Live Sharing Session (n) -  A session in which multiple users can work together and see each other's changes immediately.

 

Live Smooth Streaming (PN) -  A feature for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or greater that delivers fragments from live streams to Smooth Streaming- compatible clients by using a proprietary Microsoft implementation of the adaptive streaming format.

 

live streaming (n) -  A feature that enables sharing video with other users live over the Internet.

 

Live Tile (PN) -  A tile that updates dynamically to show content directly from the Start screen.

 

Live@edu Organization (PN) -  A new feature set available to educational institutions enrolled in the Live@edu offering that are using Outlook Live. This new feature set provides significant administrative flexibility and is the default for all new Live@edu customers who select Outlook Live.

 

LMAO  -  (Laughing My Ass Off)- Internet slang.

 

LMDT (n) -  The timestamp of the most recent modification of a Navision entity. The modified entries are retrieved from the Change Log. If the Last Modified Date/Time is older than the last synchronization time, then entities will not be synchronized. If The Last Modified Date/Time is more recent, the synchronization will be performed.

 

LMZL (PN) -  A Windows security feature for Internet Explorer that secures the Local Machine Zone by tightening restrictions on several URL actions. Any time one of these URL actions is attempted, a new security user interface (UI) element, called the Information Bar, appears. The user can click the Information Bar to remove the lockdown from the restricted content.

 

load (n) -  The total computing burden a system carries at one time.

 

load (n) -  The maximum amount of activity that can be performed by a resource in a time period.

 

load balance (v) -  To redistribute work to available resources or to reschedule to available times.

 

load balancer (n) -  A device or software that distributes the work between several computers, processes, hard disks, or other resources to get optimal resource utilization. A network load balancer, in the context of Application Request Routing, is a proxy-based load balancer that distributes network traffic among several Web servers.

 

Load Balancer (PN) -  A Layer-4 (TCP, UDP) type load balancer that distributes incoming traffic among healthy service instances in cloud services or virtual machines defined in a load balancer set.

 

load balancing (n) -  In distributed processing, the distribution of activity across two or more servers in order to avoid overloading any one with too many requests from users. load balancing (n) -  In client/server network administration, the process of reducing heavy traffic flows either by dividing a busy network segment into multiple smaller segments or by using software to distribute traffic among multiple network interface cards working simultaneously to transfer information to a server.

 

load balancing  -  In routing, the capability of a router to distribute traffic over all its network ports that are the same distance from the destination address. Good load­balancing algorithms use both line speed and reliability information.

 

load pattern (n) -  The number of virtual users that are active during a load test and the rate at which new users are started.

 

load planning (n) -  The process of scheduling, picking, packing, and consolidating one or more shipments of warehouse inventory items for transportation and delivery. load profile (n) -  The simulated workload for a load or stress test. The load profile can be constant or increased dynamically through stepping.

 

load simulation (n) -  An attempt to model the effect of many users accessing a server at the same time. Load tests do not generate actual load with actual users, but rather simulated load with virtual users.

 

load test (n) -  A test that studies the behavior of the program when it is working at its limits. Types of load tests include volume tests, stress tests, and storage tests. Volume tests study the largest tasks the program can deal with. Stress tests study the program's response to peak bursts of activity. Storage tests study how memory and space is used by the program, either in resident memory or on disk. A test that is designed to put a server application under heavy user load to pinpoint performance and/or scalability problems. Load Test Analyzer (n) -  A Visual Studio window that displays results of any load test run, after it has run. It is used to examine any load test results that have already ended. Load Test Editor (n) -  The Visual Studio editor in which a .loadtest file is opened. It displays a tree structure of nodes.

 

Load Test Monitor (n) -  A Visual Studio window that displays results during a load test run.

 

load test scenario (n) -  A scenario used to model how a group of users interacts with a server application. A scenario consists of a test mix, a load profile, a network mix, and a browser mix. A load test can have more than one scenario.

 

Load Test Wizard (n) -  A wizard that guides you through the process of creating a load test.

 

load testing (n) -  Testing at or beyond the limits of a specified requirement to understand its behavior and failure trigger points.

 

Load Testing VUser Minutes (PN) -  The offer that enables users to create load tests in Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 (or later) and run them on Visual Studio Online. Load tests are measured and billed in virtual user minutes.

 

loaded site (n) -  A Web site that has a lot of content and is visually attractive.

 

loader (n) -  A utility that loads the executable code of a program into memory for execution. On most microcomputers, the loader is an invisible part of the operating system and is automatically invoked when a program is run.

 

loading screen (n) -  The screen that appears while the system is loading an application that a user has selected. The loading screen displays a wait indicator until the application starts.

 

LOB (n) -  The type of enterprise in which businesses or organizations are engaged.

 

LOB data (n) -  Any piece of data originated in or targeted to be processed by the LOB system.

 

LOB entity (n) -  A data structure exposed by the LOB system consisting of a set of related fields grouped together under a unique ID.

 

LOB Id (n) -  An identifier used by the LOB system to perform create, update, and delete operations on an LOB entity. This identifier is unique per LOB entity type, but may not be unique across different types, solutions, and LOB systems.

 

LOB service (n) -  A service that exposes access to LOB data sources

 

lobby (n) -  A virtual waiting area where conference call invitees are held before the

 

conference is activated. The invitees perceive that they are on hold.

 

lobby page (n) -  A page of information about the broadcast that is displayed in the

 

viewer's browser before the broadcast begins. It can contain a title, subject, host's name,

 

information about the broadcast, and a countdown to the time of the broadcast.

 

local (adj) -  In programming, a variable that is restricted in scope, that is, used in only one

 

part (subprogram, procedure, or function) of a program.

 

local administrators group (n) -  The group of users who have permission to perform administration tasks on the local server computer. The permissions for this group are set by using the administration tools for the operating system.

 

local area network (n) -  A network of computers, printers, and other devices located within a relatively limited area (for example, a building). A LAN enables any connected device to interact with any other on the network.

 

local area transport (n) -  A DEC-specific, non-routable network protocol designed to

 

provide connection between remote desktop servers and DEC hosts.

 

local cache (n) -  A feature that enables deserialized copies of cached objects to be saved in

 

the memory of the same process that runs the cache-enabled application.

 

local call (n) -  A call made in a customer's geographic area that does not carry any

 

additional toll charges. The local call area can be a neighborhood, a city or even a country.

 

local computer (n) -  The computer that you are currently logged on to as a user. More

 

generally, a local computer is a computer that you can access directly without using a

 

communications line or a communications device, such as a network adapter or a modem.

 

Local Content Diagnostic Provider (PN) -  The set of logic which exposes information about diagnostic content stored locally on the end user's machine to the Aggregate Diagnostic Provider.

 

local context (n) -  A security context in Windows that controls capabilities. Windows Store apps written in HTML/JavaScript can contain content stored in a local or web context. Script files acquired from the Windows Store (and originally packaged with the application) can access WinRT APIs but content dynamically downloaded from the web runs with restricted capabilities, much like those afforded to browser-based script today. local continuous replication (n) -  A replication that uses a single server and built-in technology to create and maintain a copy of a storage group on a second set of disks that are connected to the same server as the primary storage group. LCR provides asynchronous log shipping, log replay, and a quick manual switch to a copy of the data. local copy (n) -  A copy of a file stored in a user's working folder on the local computer. The local copy differs from the master copy if the local copy is changed since the last checkout, or if the master copy is changed by another user while the local copy is checked out.

 

local cube (n) -  A cube saved to a local computer and not connected to a data source. local data (oth) -  A set of objects that are automatically created by Configuration Manager. This data is not replicated to other sites.

 

local database (n) -  A local copy of a shared remote database, which you work in on your computer, and which is periodically synchronized with the remote database. local Distributor (n) -  A server that is configured as both a Publisher and a Distributor for SQL Server Replication.

 

local echo (n) -  A terminal setting that enables all transmitted information to be immediately displayed on the terminal's screen.

 

local formatting (n) -  Individual formatting attributes such as line width, fill color, or font size, that you apply to a selected shape by using a command on the Format menu, such as Line, Fill, or Text.

 

local formula (n) -  A formula that is stored in a cell of a shape instead of being inherited from a master or a style. A local formula overrides changes to the corresponding cell in the master of which the shape is an instance.

 

local group (n) -  A security group that can be granted rights and permissions only to resources on the computer on which the group is created. Local groups can have any user accounts that are local to the computer as members, as well as users, groups, and computers from a domain to which the computer belongs.

 

Local Group Policy Editor (PN) -  The Microsoft Management Console snap-in used to edit Group Policy objects.

 

local listings (n) -  Bing Local lets users find businesses near them, or near where they want to go.

 

local machine (n) -  The computer that you are currently logged on to as a user. More generally, a local computer is a computer that you can access directly without using a communications line or a communications device, such as a network adapter or a modem. Local Machine Zone Lockdown (PN) -  A Windows security feature for Internet Explorer that secures the Local Machine Zone by tightening restrictions on several URL actions.

 

Any time one of these URL actions is attempted, a new security user interface (UI) element, called the Information Bar, appears. The user can click the Information Bar to remove the lockdown from the restricted content.

 

local messaging (n) -  In Silverlight, a feature that enables communication between two Silverlight-based applications running on the same computer.

 

local object (n) -  A table, query, form, report, macro, or module that remains in the replica or Design Master where it was created. Neither the object nor changes to the object are copied to other members in the replica set.

 

local override (n) -  A formula that is stored in a cell of a shape instead of being inherited from a master or a style. A local formula overrides changes to the corresponding cell in the master of which the shape is an instance.

 

Local Pack (n) -  A package of market-specific content delivered in Windows for 20 target markets. A Local Pack contains market-customized themes (wallpapers, sound schemes, etc.) and locally flavored Internet Explorer favorites and RSS feeds.

 

local partitioned view (n) -  A view that joins horizontally partitioned data from a set of member tables across a single server, making the data appear as if from one table. local printer (n) -  A printer that is directly connected to one of the ports on a computer. local procedure call (n) -  A message-passing service provided by Windows NT that allows client processes (i.e. applications) and subsystems to communicate with each other on the same computer.

 

local property (n) -  A non-system property defined for a class, but not inherited from a superclass.

 

Local Provisioning System (n) -  A Windows component that resides in the operating system and enforces pay-as-you-go and subscription metering rules. local registration authority (n) -  An intermediary between a software publisher and a certification authority (CA). The local registration authority can, for example, verify a publisher's credentials before sending them to the CA.

 

local replica (n) -  A replica that exchanges data with its hub or a global replica, but not with other replicas in the replica set.

 

local report (n) -  An Excel file that has been saved to the user's local file system. local roaming boundary (n) -  A roaming boundary in which the site distribution points are local (well-connected) to the Advanced Client and software packages are available locally to that client.

 

Local Scout (PN) -  A feature accessed from Search or Maps that displays things to see and do, shopping, and restaurants in a user's current location and the surrounding area. local security authority (n) -  A protected subsystem that authenticates and logs users on to the local computer. In addition, the LSA maintains information about all aspects of local security on a computer (collectively known as the local security policy), and it provides various services for translation between names and identifiers.

 

Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (PN) -  An interface for managing local security, domain authentication, and Active Directory processes. It handles authentication for the client and for the server. It also contains features that are used to support Active Directory utilities.

 

local server (n) -  An OLE server object implemented as an executable file that runs on the same computer as the client application. Because the server application is an executable file, it runs in its own process.

 

local service (n) -  A service that performs a specific function for other local processes on the computer.

 

local storage (n) -  For the Windows Server 2003 family, NTFS file system disk volumes used as primary data storage. Such disk volumes can be managed by Remote Storage by copying infrequently accessed files to remote (secondary) storage.

 

local storage resource (n) -  A reserved directory in the file system of a virtual machine that is running an instance of a cloud service role.

 

local storage services (n) -  The Blob, Queue, and Table services running in the Microsoft Azure storage emulator.

 

local style (n) -  A style or template that is defined in the active document.

 

local subscription (n) -  A subscription to a merge publication that uses the priority value of the Publisher for conflict detection and resolution.

 

Local System account (n) -  A predefined local account that is used to start a service and provide the security context for that service.

 

local term set (n) -  A term set that is created when a user defines a column.

 

local type inference (n) -  A process in which the compiler infers the type of a local variable that is declared with the var keyword in C# or without an As clause in Visual Basic. The compiler infers the type of the variable from the type of the initializer expression.

 

local user (n) -  A person who uses a computer that is not connected to a network. A local user is most likely someone using a computer at home.

 

local user account (n) -  A user account on a specific computer. A local user account is

 

available only on the computer where the local account is defined

 

local user profile (n) -  A computer-based record about an authorized user that is created

 

automatically on the computer the first time a user logs on to a workstation or server

 

computer.

 

local variable (n) -  A program variable whose scope is limited to a given block of code, usually a subroutine.

 

Local Video (n) -  A button in a Video conversation that displays the video feed from the user's computer.

 

local volume (n) -  An area of storage that is located locally.

 

locale (n) -  A collection of rules and data specific to a language and a geographic area. Locales include information on sorting rules, date and time formatting, numeric and monetary conventions, and character classification.

 

locale ID (n) -  A 32-bit value which consists of the language ID in the low word (bits 0­15) and the sorting ID (bits 16-19) and a reserved value (bits 20-31) in the high word. locale identifier (n) -  A 32-bit value which consists of the language ID in the low word (bits 0-15) and the sorting ID (bits 16-19) and a reserved value (bits 20-31) in the high word.

 

localhost (n) -  The name used to represent the same computer on which a TCP/IP message originates. If you access a server-based web site by using http://localhost, the request does not actually go out to the Internet.

 

localizable field (n) -  An out-of-the-box attribute that can be exported, translated into a specified language, and then imported back into CRM.

 

localization (n) -  The process of adapting a product and/or content (including text and non-text elements) to meet the language, cultural, and political expectations and/or requirements of a specific local market (locale).

 

localized version (n) -  A version of a program that has been translated into another language, also known as an international version. For example, France, Hungary, and the United States all use different localized versions of Microsoft Word.

 

locally redundant storage (n) -  Storage of account data that is replicated three times within the same data center.

 

locally-unique identifier (n) -  A 64-bit value that is guaranteed to be unique on the operating system that generated it until the system is restarted. locate (v) -  To find.

 

location (n) -  A specific, delimited physical place, such as a bin, shelf, rack, or aisle. location (n) -  Any disk drive, folder, or other place in which you can store files and folders. Programs will commonly ask you to choose a location to save a file. location (n) -  The street address or geographical coordinates of a user, and (by way of extensions) of the user's computer or devices.

 

location (n) -  A geographic point or region.

 

location (n) -  A physical address.

 

location (n) -  An electronic address.

 

location (n) -  A functional facility.

 

Location and Other Sensors (PN) -  An area within the Windows Control Panel that provides support for sensors such as enabling, disabling or uninstalling sensors and sensor-enabled applications, changing sensor settings, etc.

 

Location Aware Printing (PN) -  A feature that automatically configures the default printer based on the user's network location. When a mobile user changes network locations, the default printer also changes to the correct one for that network, as defined by the user.

 

location card (n) -  A card that appears on the card screen or map screen that describes more information about a point of interest, such as its address, a picture, and its operating hours.

 

location code (n) -  A code that represents the physical location where an employee works in the organization.

 

location data (n) -  Metadata that defines where the post is originating from or where an author indicates where he or she is located.

 

location filter (n) -  An element in the UI that allows users to see subsets of data, according to the selected locations.

 

location group (n) -  A subset of all available locations (that is countries/regions) summarized in an aggregated entity.

 

Location Information Server (PN) -  A network node originally defined in the National Emergency Number Association i2 network architecture that addresses the intermediate solution for providing Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) service for VoIP telephony users.

 

Location Information service (n) -  A web service that manages a table of network elements and locations for use by clients of Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1).

 

location profile (n) -  A method of converting phone numbers that can be dialed from a named location to a single standard format for purposes of routing both incoming and outgoing calls. Location profiles specify valid number strings and normalization rules and are maintained on the server.

 

location reminder (n) -  A reminder set by the user to go off when the user arrives at or leaves a particular location.

 

location sensor (n) -  A category of sensor that can detect the current location of your computer.

 

location services (n) -  A set of services used by Windows Phone, Windows, and other applications to access the user's current location.

 

location type filter (n) -  An element in the UI that allows users to see a subset of their data set, according to the selected location types.

 

location-based forwarding (n) -  An option in the Options dialog box, on the Phones tab, that forwards incoming phone calls based on the user's current location. locator (n) -  An endpoint for accessing files in an asset.

 

lock (n) -  A software security feature that requires a key or dongle in order for the application to run correctly.

 

lock (v) -  To block other meeting participants from controlling the Office Live Meeting 2007 client during a presentation.

 

lock (v) -  To prevent users from joining a conference, whether or not they have an invitation.

 

lock (v) -  To allow the shared user profile configuration set by the administrator to remain static from one user session to another.

 

lock (n) -  A restriction on access to a resource in a multiuser environment.

 

lock (v) -  To protect an object from being modified.

 

lock (v) -  Ensure that two processes do not affect the same file or project in a database at the same time.

 

lock  -  A data structure used to synchronize access to a shared resource. The most common use for a lock is in multithreaded programs where multiple threads need access to global data.

 

lock app (n) -  An application that either takes advantage of the ability to set a dynamic wallpaper or that takes advantage of the new lock extensibility framework (examples include the Metro Refresh and Inking applications).

 

Lock Conference (oth) -  A button on Conference Controls that prevents anybody else from joining the current conference.

 

lock escalation (n) -  The process of converting many fine-grain locks into fewer coarse- grain locks, thereby reducing system overhead.

 

lock grace period (n) -  The time period (in seconds) within which users can reestablish file locks after the server restarts.

 

lock screen (n) -  The screen that appears when a user locks the PC.

 

Lock Session (oth) -  A button on the conference leader's Conference Controls that prevents anybody else from joining the current sharing session.

 

lock token (n) -  The value that is returned on successful execution of the WebDAV LOCK method. This value is used to transact subsequent requests.

 

Lock Tracking (v) -  An option that turns on change tracking and lets you set a password to prevent unauthorized users from turning it off.

 

lockdown (n) -  A collection of features that administrators can use to prevent end users from accessing unauthorized applications or device settings.

 

locked (adj) -  The condition of a field, record, recordset, or database that makes it read­only to all users except the user currently modifying it.

 

locked cell (n) -  A cell in an Add-in for Excel matrix that is not modified when spreading is conducted.

 

locked file (n) -  A file on which one or more of the usual types of manipulative operation cannot be performed: typically, one that cannot be altered by additions or deletions. locked mode (n) -  A mode in which BitLocker Drive Encryption prevents access to the encrypted drive, either because the system components have changed or because it needs an authentication key. In this circumstance, the user investigates why BitLocker triggered recovery mode and can either repair the system or enter the recovery password to exit recovery mode.

 

locked resource (n) -  A resource property that requires project managers to seek approval from resource managers before assigning a resource to a particular project. locked user profile (n) -  A user account whose user profile settings return to a state defined by Windows SteadyState every time a user logs on to the account; no matter where the user profile settings are physically located.

 

locked-down client (n) -  A computer that is highly secured so that most users and processes cannot change characteristics of the computer, applications, or files on the computer. Clients are often locked down to enforce standards and to prevent damage due to malicious processes or user error.

 

Lockout duration (n) -  An integer control that specifies the duration in minutes the user is locked out for after hitting the Lockout Threshold. The default setting for this is -€re15- €? minutes. The lower limit for this setting is -€re1-€? and the upper limit is -Cir9999-C?. The upper limit allows the administrator to set the upper limit to greater than one day. lockout gate (n) -  A workflow activity in the authentication phase of request processing to lockout a user who has failed to authenticate.

 

Lockout threshold (n) -  An integer control that specifies the number of times a user can fail to complete the authentication workflow before they are locked out for the Lockout Duration specified in the next step. The default setting for this is -€re3-€?. The lower limit is -€re0-€? and the upper limit is -Cir99-C?.

 

Lockout Threshold before Permanent Lockout (n) -  An integer control that allows the administrator to configure a numeric value for the number of times a user can hit the Lockout Threshold before being permanently locked out. Permanent lockout implies that the user must be unlocked by the system administrator to someone with rights to perform the unlock operation. By default, this is set to -€re3-€?. The range for this setting is between -€re1-€? and -Cir99-C?.

 

Lockup, locked up  -  An event which causes a computer to get stuck and refuse to do anything is a lockup. The computer is then said to be- hung- or locked up.

 

LocStudio Glossary file (n) -  A LocStudio translation memory that contains software strings and their translations as well as metadata (e.g., string category, term note, instructions, product information) and is used mainly as reference material and for translation recycling.

 

Lo-Fi (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 # 71.

 

log (n) -  A record of transactions or events that take place within an IT managed environment.

 

log  -  A record of a computer's or application's activity, used for system information, backup, and recovery.

 

log backup (n) -  A backup of transaction logs that includes all log records not backed up

 

in previous log backups. Log backups are required under the full and bulk-logged

 

recovery models and are unavailable under the simple recovery model.

 

log chain (n) -  A continuous sequence of transaction logs for a database. A new log chain

 

begins with the first backup taken after the database is created, or when the database is

 

switched from the simple to the full or bulk-logged recovery model. A log chain forks

 

after a restore followed by a recovery, creating a new recovery branch.

 

log definition (n) -  Configuration information for a related set of log files, including the

 

base file name that is used in the log files that are created, the logging fields that are

 

recorded, the rollover interval, and so on.

 

log directive (n) -  Information that precedes the log entries in a log file, which defines the information and format contained in each log entry. Each directive in the log file begins with the # character. The directives Version (#Version) and Fields (#Fields) are required. The Version directive defines the version of the W3C Extended Log Format that is used, and the Fields directive specifies the data recorded in the log fields of each entry. log entry (n) -  A record in a log file.

 

log file (n) -  A file that stores messages generated by an application, service, or operating system. These messages are used to track the operations performed. Log files are usually plain text (ASCII) files and often have a .log extension.

 

log file path (n) -  The location of the log file on a computer.

 

log filter (n) -  A set of algorithms that selectively pass the log entries that are written to log files. For example, a filter can be created to only pass log entries that contain a specific logging field with a specific value.

 

log level (n) -  The amount of information that is stored in a log file for a transaction. Log levels can be represented by numbers or by words from the most to the least verbose.

 

Log Level Manager (PN) -  A Project Server logging infrastructure that improves efficiency by enabling admins to customize logging levels for project entities. log listener (n) -  A component that hooks up to a log object.

 

log off (v) -  To terminate a session with a computer accessed through a communications line usually a computer that is both distant and open to many users. log on (v) -  To gain access to a specific computer, program, or network by identifying oneself with a username and a password.

 

log provider (n) -  A provider that logs package information at run time. Integration Services includes a variety of log providers that make it possible to capture events during package execution. Logs are created and stored in formats such as XML, text, database, or in the Windows event log.

 

log sequence number (n) -  A unique number assigned to each entry in a transaction log. LSNs are assigned sequentially according to the order in which entries are created. log shipping (n) -  Copying, at regular intervals, log backup from a read-write database (the primary database) to one or more remote server instances (secondary servers). Each secondary server has a read-only database, called a secondary database, that was created by restoring a full backup of the primary database without recovery. The secondary server restores each copied log backup to the secondary database. The secondary servers are warm standbys for the primary server.

 

log shipping configuration (n) -  A single primary server, one or more secondary servers (each with a secondary database), and a monitor server.

 

log shipping job (n) -  A job performing one of the following log-shipping operations: backing up the transaction log of the primary database at the primary server (the backup job), copying the transaction log file to a secondary server (the copy job), or restoring the log backup to the secondary database on a secondary server (the restore job). The backup job resides on the primary server; the copy and restore jobs reside on each of the secondary servers. See also: primary database, primary server, secondary database, secondary server.

 

log sink (n) -  A tracing function of the cache client and cache host. Log sinks capture trace events from the cache client or cache host and can display them in a console, write them to a log file, or report them to the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) framework inside Windows.

 

logarithm (n) -  In mathematics, the power to which a base must be raised to equal a given number. For example, for the base 10, the logarithm of 16 is (approximately) 1.2041 because 101.2041 equals (approximately) 16. Both natural logarithms (to the base e, which is approximately 2.71828) and common logarithms (to the base 10) are used in programming. Languages such as C and Basic include functions for calculating natural logarithms.

 

logarithmic trendline (n) -  A best-fit curved trendline that is used when the rate of change in the data increases or decreases quickly and then levels out.

 

logger (n) -  A tool used to relay the information from build events, messages, warnings, and errors to a log that is easily read and interpreted.

 

logger assembly (n) -  An assembly that contains a class that implements the

 

Microsoft.Build.Framework.ILogger interface

 

logger class (n) -  A class that implements the Microsoft.Build.Framework.ILogger interface.

 

logging (n) -  The process of recording actions that take place on a computer, network, or system.

 

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

 

logging database (n) -  The Microsoft SQL Server, MSDE, or WMSDE database that stores health monitoring and usage data temporarily, and can be used for reporting and diagnostics.

 

logging field (n) -  A location in a log entry in which a particular type of data is stored. logging framework (n) -  The overall structure for recording, collecte and aggregate information from multiple machines about what is happening within each component of a program to allow operational staff and developers to get a full picture of what was going on when a particular problem occurred and focus on a particular misbehaving component, or a particular machine, without generating a lot of noise that can be distracting and slow down the application significantly.

 

logging mode (n) -  The operational state of the tool during which all of the output generated by the selected application is entered into a text log file for later review. logging table (n) -  A system table that captures failures and other events for Access Services.

 

Logic Apps (n) -  A feature of App Service that automates the access and use of data across clouds without writing code.

 

logic error (n) -  An error, such as a faulty algorithm, that causes a program to produce incorrect results but does not prevent the program from running. Consequently, a logic error is often very difficult to find.

 

logical AND (n) -  A logical operation combining the values of two bits (0, 1) or two Boolean values (false, true) that returns a value of 1 (true) if both input values are 1 (true) and returns a 0 (false) otherwise.

 

logical block addressing (n) -  A method used with SCSI and IDE disk drives to translate the cylinder, head, and sector specifications of the drive into addresses that can be used by an enhanced BIOS. LBA is used with drives that are larger than 528MB.

 

logical datacenter (n) -  A logical representation of an actual or physical deployment datacenter environment.

 

Logical Datacenter Designer (n) -  The designer used to create and edit diagrams of interconnected logical servers that represent the logical structure of a datacenter. logical datacenter diagram (n) -  The diagram used to create a logical representation of a datacenter. The logical datacenter diagram (.ldd) file contains information based on the System Definition Model (SDM).

 

logical design (n) -  A design process that details the elements of the solution and how they interrelate with each other. This design does not provide technical implementation details, and thus is prior to making specific technology decisions.

 

logical device (n) -  A volume that you create within an extended partition on a basic master boot record (MBR) disk. Logical drives are similar to primary partitions, except that you are limited to four primary partitions per disk, whereas you can create an unlimited number of logical drives per disk. A logical drive can be formatted and assigned a drive letter.

 

logical drive (n) -  A volume that you create within an extended partition on a basic master boot record (MBR) disk. Logical drives are similar to primary partitions, except that you are limited to four primary partitions per disk, whereas you can create an unlimited number of logical drives per disk. A logical drive can be formatted and assigned a drive letter.

 

logical name (n) -  A name used by SQL Server to identify a file.

 

logical network (n) -  A user-defined named grouping of IP subnets and virtual local area networks (VLANs) that is used to organize and simplify network assignments. logical operator (n) -  An operator that manipulates binary values at the bit level. In some programming languages, logical operators are identical to Boolean operators, which manipulate true and false values.

 

logical operator (n) -  The and/or operator used when constructing a rule.

 

logical printer (n) -  The software interface between the operating system and the printer in Windows. While a printer is the device that does the actual printing, a logical printer is its software interface on the print server. This software interface determines how a print job is processed and how it is routed to its destination (to a local or network port, to a file, or to a remote print share). When you print a document, it is spooled (or stored) on the logical printer before it is sent to the printer itself.

 

logical record (n) -  A merge replication feature that allows you to define a relationship between related rows in different tables so that the rows are processed as a unit. logical schema (n) -  In the Data Warehouse a conceptual model that maps to the data in the physical store and provides an understandable view of the data. When a developer creates code to access or change data in the Data Warehouse the developer interacts with the logical schema. Commerce Server processes data in the Data Warehouse through the logical schema.

 

logical server (n) -  A representation of the run-time environment in which an application will deploy.

 

logical server endpoint (n) -  An endpoint which represents a connection point for a logical server and is of client or server type.

 

logical server prototype (n) -  A preconfigured logical server in the Toolbox that you can use to define logical servers on the logical datacenter diagram. logical structure (n) -  The comprehensive organization of elements of a solution or a system, without regard to how it is implemented.

 

logical tree (n) -  In Windows Presentation Foundation, the tree containing all the elements and content that are directly created by an application and used for a user interface element. For the specified element, the logical tree is not a strict subset of its visual tree, because elements derived from the Visual base class might contain elements that are not derived from the Visual class. For example, the elements might contain a String, a TextElement, or any other common language runtime object.

 

logical unit number (n) -  A logical reference to a portion of a storage subsystem. For example, in a disk storage subsystem, a LUN can comprise a disk, a section of a disk, a whole disk array, or a section of a disk array in the subsystem.

 

Login  -  Noun or a verb. Noun: The account name used to gain access to a computer system. Not a secret (contrast with Password). Verb: the act of connecting to a computer system by giving your credentials (usually your ‘username' and ‘password') login ID (n) -  A string that is used to identify a user or entity to an operating system, directory service, or distributed system. For example, in Windows-® integrated authentication, a login name uses the form DOMAIN\username.”

 

login information (n) -  The user name and password provided by a user to access a specific computer, program, or network.

 

login script (n) -  A file, typically a batch file, that runs automatically every time a user logs on to a computer or network. It can be used to configure a user's working environment whenever a user logs on, and it allows an administrator to influence a user's environment without managing all aspects of it. A logon script can be assigned to one or more user accounts.

 

login security mode (n) -  A security mode that determines the manner in which an instance of SQL Server validates a login request.

 

logistic regression (n) -  A statistical method for analyzing the probability that multiple factors contribute to a state.

 

logo (n) -  A distinctive symbol that identifies you, your business, or your organization. It can combine a name, motto, and graphics.

 

logon (n) -  The process of identifying oneself to a computer after connecting to it over a communications line.

 

logon domain (n) -  The domain used to authenticate a user logging on to a computer, program, or network.

 

logon rights (n) -  User rights that are assigned to a user and that specify the ways in which a user can log on to a system.

 

logon script (n) -  A file, typically a batch file, that runs automatically every time a user logs on to a computer or network. It can be used to configure a user's working environment whenever a user logs on, and it allows an administrator to influence a user's environment without managing all aspects of it. A logon script can be assigned to one or more user accounts.

 

logon script path (n) -  A sequence of directory names that specifies the location of the logon script. When a user logs on, the authenticating computer locates the specified logon script (if one has been assigned to that user account) by following that computer's local logon script path (usually systemroot\\System32\\Repl\\Import\\Scripts).

 

logon 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.

 

LOL  -  (Laughing Out Loud)- Internet slang.

 

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

 

Long data type (n) -  A fundamental data type that holds large integers. A Long variable is stored as a 32-bit number ranging in value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. long date (n) -  The standard long formats to display a date.

 

long distance call (n) -  A call made outside a customer's immediate geographic/service area that may carry additional toll charges.

 

long file name (n) -  A folder or file name longer than the 8.3 file name standard (up to eight characters followed by a period and an extension of up to three characters). Most versions of Windows, including WindowsXP, Windows2000, WindowNT, Windows95, and Windows98 support long file names up to 255 characters.

 

long grain (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a type of paper which grain direction runs parallel to the long edge of the sheet.

 

long message (n) -  A message in a persistent chat room that exceeds the character limit. If the character limit is exceeded, the message will show as long message.” long parsing (n) -  In the SQL system there are two typical types of threads: - short thread: it is a process that use the resources for a short time and - long thread: it is a process that use the resources for a long time. long parsing: is the analysis of the threads that lived for a long time Note: the definition of short/long is based on the system calculation/statistic for each process.

 

Long tones (PN) -  A setting for the phone keyboard that causes a key to continue to produce a tone as long as the key is pressed.

 

longest idle routing (n) -  A routing method in which the agent who has the longest idle in the hunt group is offered the call first.

 

longest match (n) -  In regular expressions, if there is more than one subsequence that matches at some location in the target sequence, the longest subsequence from the ones that match at that point or, if there is more than one subsequence that has the maximal length, the one that was found first.

 

Longhorn  -  internal code name used for Windows Vista (Windows 6.0) before its release. long-term cash incentive (n) -  Variable compensation that is typically awarded on an annual (or sometimes biannual) basis but which is often paid out over time, with payments beginning at a future point. This compensation can be determined as a percent of an employee's annual fixed compensation or it can be related to the number or value of shares in a stock option award.

 

Look Up (v) -  The UI element that initiates the process of seeking a particular file or specific data. A search is carried out by a program through comparison or calculation to determine whether a match to some pattern exists or whether some other criteria have been met.

 

lookahead fragment (n) -  In IIS Live Smooth Streaming, an MPEG-4 (MP4) fragment

 

that is buffered by the Web server. The Web server includes the timestamps for the

 

buffered fragment in the current fragment response to Smooth Streaming-compatible

 

clients so that clients can optimize requests for the buffered fragment.

 

look-at point (n) -  The point in the 3D world where the camera is supposed to point. By

 

default, this is the origina (0,0,0). Typically the look-at point specifies where light is

 

focused.

 

look-from point (n) -  The point in the 3D world where the camera is looking from. lookup  -  searching a data structure for an item that satisfies some specified property. Lookup field (n) -  A field in a table that draws data from another table.

 

lookup table (n) -  A lookup table consists of rows and columns of data. A lookup function examines the table either horizontally or vertically and then retrieves the data that corresponds to the argument specified as part of the lookup function. lookup view (n) -  The view used when a user clicks a lookup field.

 

Loonbelasting (n) -  The payroll tax for the Netherlands that is related to income tax withholding and information related to personnel. loop (v) -  To execute a group of statements repeatedly. loop (v) -  To repeat a stream continuously.

 

loop (n) -  A series of instructions that is repeated a fixed number of times or until a terminating condition is reached.

 

loop (n) -  A section of a storyboard between two keyframes that is played repeatedly. A loop may play a finite number of times or indefinitely.

 

loop duration (n) -  The number of times that a portion of an animation storyboard is repeated.

 

loopback (n) -  An advanced Group Policy setting that is useful in certain closely managed environments, such as laboratories, classrooms, public kiosks, and reception areas. loopback  -  A diagnostic test that returns the transmitted signal back to the sending device after it has passed through a network or across a particular link. The returned signal can then be compared to the transmitted one. The discrepancy between the two help to trace the fault.

 

loopback address (n) -  The address of the local computer used for routing outgoing packets back to the source computer. This address is used primarily for testing.

 

Loose XAML (n) -  A feature that allows you to open any XAML file on your hard disk (or a hyperlink on a web page) and run it within a browser without compilation.

 

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

 

LoRIE (n) -  A mechanism for running Internet Explorer processes in a restricted security context to protect the system against malware and viruses that depend on IE running in elevated privilege on a users machine.

 

lossless JPEG rotation (n) -  A method of rotating JPEG images in which the image is not

 

recompressed upon rotation and, as a result, retains its original quality.

 

lossless rotation (n) -  A method of rotating JPEG images in which the image is not

 

recompressed upon rotation and, as a result, retains its original quality.

 

lossy  -  If a process is lossy, it means that a little quality is lost when it is performed. If a

 

format is lossy, it means that putting data into that format will cause some slight loss.

 

Lossy processes and formats are typically used for performance or resource utilization

 

reasons.

 

lossy JPEG rotation (n) -  A method of rotating JPEG images in which the image is

 

recompressed upon rotation and, as a result, may display artifacts.

 

lossy rotation (n) -  A method of rotating JPEG images in which the image is

 

recompressed upon rotation and, as a result, may display artifacts.

 

lost data (n) -  Information that cannot be found or recovered.

 

lot (n) -  A quantity of one item or a number of items of the same kind.

 

lot ID (n) -  A unique identifier that is assigned by the manufacturer for a quantity of

 

material produced as a single lot.

 

lot inheritance (n) -  The practice of configuring items so that their product characteristics and shelf life information can be updated based on their ingredients. lot number (n) -  A unique identifier that is assigned by the manufacturer for a quantity of material produced as a single lot.

 

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

 

Low Box (PN) -  The lowest value of a box on a Box Plot chart.

 

low density lipoprotein (n) -  A class of lipoproteins that carry cholesterol through the blood and around the body, for use by cells.

 

low integrity access token (n) -  A filtered access token that is created with a low integrity level. This access token is used by Internet Explorer Protected Mode, but can also be used by other applications.

 

low level format (n) -  A process that creates the physical format, the positions of the tracks and sectors, that defines where the data is stored on a hard disk.

 

LOW LINE (n) -  The _ character.

 

low memory problem (n) -  A difficulty in computer operation caused by insufficient memory resources.

 

low vision (n) -  Visual impairment that results in great reduction in vision capabilities and that cannot be aided by glasses or contact lenses. It could, however, be aided by special devices.

 

low watermark (n) -  A memory consumption threshold on each cache host that specifies when expired objects are evicted out of memory.

 

low whisker (PN) -  The lowest value that is not an outlier on a box plot chart.

 

low-cost asset (n) -  In Australia, a depreciating asset that costs less than $1,000 (after GST credits or adjustments) as of the end of the income year when an organization starts to use it or when it is installed and ready for use for a taxable purpose.

 

Lower Provisioning Module (n) -  A component of the Local Provisioning System (LPS) that is hosted within a Secured Execution Environment (SEE) and carries out provisioning, metering, and enforcement for pay-as-you-go and subscription computers. lowercase (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characterized by non-capital letters. low-level format (n) -  A process that creates the physical format, the positions of the tracks and sectors, that defines where the data is stored on a hard disk.

 

Low-rights IE (n) -  A mechanism for running Internet Explorer processes in a restricted security context to protect the system against malware and viruses that depend on IE running in elevated privilege on a users machine.

 

Low-rights Internet Explorer (n) -  A mechanism for running Internet Explorer processes in a restricted security context to protect the system against malware and viruses that depend on IE running in elevated privilege on a users machine.

 

low-value asset (n) -  In Australia, a depreciating asset that is not a low-cost asset but which has an opening net book value less than $1,000 (as of July 1 in the year that it is allocated to the pool), and for which the organization has previously worked out any deduction using the reducing balance depreciation method.

 

low-value pool depreciation (n) -  In Australia, a fixed-asset depreciation method. Depreciation is calculated as the sum of low-cost assets (acquisitions) added to the pool in the current fiscal year + second element costs (acquisition adjustments) added in the current fiscal year (depreciated using the low-value pool percentage first-year rate regardless of when they were acquired in the year) + low-value assets added to the pool in the current fiscal year + closing net book value from the previous year (depreciated using the low-value pool percentage rate).

 

loyalty program (n) -  A structured program that rewards customers with incentives or

 

other benefits for loyal buying behavior.

 

LPC (n) -  A message-passing service provided by Windows NT that allows client processes (i.e. applications) and subsystems to communicate with each other on the same computer.

 

LPD (n) -  A service on a print server that receives print jobs from Line Printer Remote (LPR) tools that are running on client computers.

 

LPI (n) -  The measurement of the line screen frequency of a halftone screen that is used when printing a bitmap picture. For commercial printing, using higher lines per inch typically results in a more finely detailed picture.

 

LPM (n) -  A component of the Local Provisioning System (LPS) that is hosted within a Secured Execution Environment (SEE) and carries out provisioning, metering, and enforcement for pay-as-you-go and subscription computers.

 

LPR (n) -  A connectivity utility that runs on client systems and is used to print files to a computer running an LPD server.

 

LPS (n) -  A Windows component that resides in the operating system and enforces pay-as- you-go and subscription metering rules.

 

LRA (n) -  An intermediary between a software publisher and a certification authority (CA). The local registration authority can, for example, verify a publisher's credentials before sending them to the CA.

 

LRS (n) -  Storage of account data that is replicated three times within the same data center.

 

LRU (n) -  The type of eviction used by the cache cluster, where least recently used objects are evicted before the most recently used objects.

 

LSA (n) -  A protected subsystem that authenticates and logs users on to the local computer. In addition, the LSA maintains information about all aspects of local security on a computer (collectively known as the local security policy), and it provides various services for translation between names and identifiers.

 

LSASS (n) -  An interface for managing local security, domain authentication, and Active Directory processes. It handles authentication for the client and for the server. It also contains features that are used to support Active Directory utilities.

 

LSN (n) -  A unique number assigned to each entry in a transaction log. LSNs are assigned sequentially according to the order in which entries are created.

 

LSN (n) -  A number that's assigned by the Provisioning Server to the most recent transaction processed for a specified computer.

 

LST (n) -  The time when the most recent synchronization process was successfully completed. The last synchronization time determines when the next automatic synchronization will take place. The next automatic synchronization is performed at predefined points in time starting from the last synchronization time.

 

LSV (oth) -  An electronic payment method used in Switzerland that allows companies to deduct customer payments directly from a customer's bank through the Swiss Interbank Clearing system.

 

LTCG (n) -  An option that tells the linker to call the compiler and perform whole program optimization.

 

LUA (n) -  A type of user account that prohibits users from changing most computer settings and deleting important files. While such a user can access applications, they generally cannot install software or hardware, among other things.

 

LUID (n) -  A 64-bit value that is guaranteed to be unique on the operating system that generated it until the system is restarted.

 

Lumia Moments (PN) -  In Lumia Camera, a feature that allows users to create high- definition photos and videos by capturing a short, high-definition video recording.

 

Lumia Refocus (PN) -  An app that allows the user to capture multiple images simultaneously with different focus settings.

 

Lumia Selfie (PN) -  An- app for capturing, editing, and sharing photos of oneself that can be automatically enhanced with various effects.

 

luminance (n) -  The perceived brightness component of a given color, as opposed to its hue or its saturation.

 

luminosity (n) -  The perceived brightness component of a given color, as opposed to its hue or its saturation.

 

LUN (n) -  A logical reference to a portion of a storage subsystem. For example, in a disk storage subsystem, a LUN can comprise a disk, a section of a disk, a whole disk array, or a section of a disk array in the subsystem.

 

Lunar calendar (n) -  A calendar that is based on cycles of the moon phase.

 

luring attack (n) -  An attack in which the client is lured to voluntarily connect to the attacker.

 

lurker  -  A user who does not participate in an online discussion (e.g., in a chat room), but merely observes the activity.

 

lycos  -  An Internet search engine (http://www.lycos.com/) created at Carnegie Mellon University.

 

Lync admin center (PN) -  A web-based management portal for Lync Online services. Lync Meeting (n) -  Denotes the experience with Lync that can be scheduled, or ad-hoc. A Lync Meeting provides the ability to interact with people through video, audio, instant messaging, and content sharing.

 

Lync Meeting window (n) -  Denotes the Conversation window that handles escalations (peer-to-peer to conference) and scalable views that display people and content together inside a Lync Meeting.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Lync Online (Plan 3) for Government (PN) -  The offer for government organizations for Lync Online (Plan 3) that is hosted in the government cloud environment.

 

Lync Online administrator controls (n) -  Provide Lync Online administrators with the ability to run Lync Online PowerShell cmdlets and assign role-based access control (RBAC) roles to other administrators in the organization.

 

Lync Online Partner (n) -  An individual or organization that does business with, by, or on behalf of Microsoft and that is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network using the IM and online meetings technology provided by Lync Online.

 

Lync Server Management Shell (PN) -  The management command line interface built on Windows PowerShell technology that includes a set of cmdlets to help control administration and automation.

 

Lync Web Scheduler (PN) -  A web-based meeting scheduling and management tool for users who don't have access to Microsoft Outlook, or are on an operating system not based on Windows. With Lync Web Scheduler, you can create new meetings, change your existing meetings, and send invitations using your favorite email program.

 

Lync-to-phone (PN) -  An optional feature of Lync Online that enables users to make calls to, and receive calls from, the traditional network by using Lync. This feature is available to Voice Plan customers only, and administrators must sign in with a Lync-to-phone provider to get the feature.

 

Lyrics (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board

 

(ESRB).