U (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the British Board of Film Classification  (BBFC).

 U  -  U is the standard unit of measurement for rack-mounted equipment. Racks can be used to house servers, hard drives, switches, routers, and other computer hardware. They are also used for mounting audio and video equipment. 1U is equal to 1.75 inches.

U.S. Customary System (n) -  The system of weights and measurements maintained by the National Bureau of Standards in the United States.

 

U.S. unit (n) -  A unit used in the United States' measurement system, such as inches, feet, yards, and miles.

 

UA (n) -  A program that helps a client connect with a server.

 

UAC (n) -  A security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to a computer, by asking user for permission or administrator credentials before performing actions that could potentially affect the computer's operation or that change settings that affect multiple users.

 

UAC access token (n) -  An access token with the least administrative privileges required for the session. It is a restricted access token where all elevated privileges have been filtered out. A filtered access token is created by default for all interactive users that are not standard users, except the built-in administrator.

 

UAC user (n) -  A user account in the Users group that has a full privilege access token. The standard user is not an administrator and is not a member of any local groups that are filtered.

 

UACCE (PN) -  A compatibility evaluator used to identify potential compatibility issues due to permission restrictions enforced by User Account Control (UAC), formerly known as Limited User Account (LUA).

 

UBE, UCE  -  (Unsolicited Bulk Email, Unsolicited Commercial Email)- Email sent out in bulk to addresses harvested from web pages, newsgroups etc, advertising products or services - mostly scams or pornography. Also known as- spam. Sending UCE is a violation of most- ISP's Acceptable Use Policies, and will often get your account terminated immediately.

 

UBL (n) -  A language for defining XML business documents that is maintained by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

 

UC (n) -  A system that integrates platforms for communications including e-mail, voice mail, telephony, instant messaging, and voice and video conferencing.

 

UC SIP phone (n) -  A SIP phone that integrates with the Communicator client.

 

UCE (n) -  An unsolicited and typically unwelcome message, often commercial or political in nature, transmitted via the Internet as a mass mailing (sometimes as if from a fictitious user or domain) to a large number of recipients.

 

UCE (PN) -  A Windows serviceability tool used to help prioritize the testing of applications when evaluating a new Windows update.

 

UCP (n) -  A network node that provides the central reasoning point for the SQL Server Utility. It uses Utility Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to organize and monitor SQL Server resource health.

 

UCS (n) -  An international standard character set reference that is part of the Unicode standard. The most widely held existing version of the UCS standard is UCS-2, which specifies 16-bit character values currently accepted and recognized for use to encode most of the world's languages.

 

UCS Transformation Format 8 (n) -  A character set for protocols evolving beyond the use of ASCII. The UTF-8 protocol provides for support of extended ASCII characters and translation of UCS-2, an international 16-bit Unicode character set. UTF-8 enables a far greater range of names than can be achieved using ASCII or extended ASCII encoding for character data.

 

UDDI (n) -  A specification for publishing and locating information about Web services. It defines a standards-based way to store and retrieve information about services, service providers, binding information, and technical interface definitions, all classified using a set of standard or custom classification schemes.

 

UDF (n) -  A file system defined by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) that is the successor to the CD-ROM file system (CDFS). UDF is used for removable disk media like DVD, CD, and magneto-optic (MO) disks.

 

UDP (n) -  A connectionless transport protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack that is used in cases where some packet loss is acceptable, for example, with digital media streams.

 

UDP resend (n) -  An error correction method that allows the client to request that the server retransmit lost data packets.

 

UDP socket (n) -  A socket that transmits datagrams over the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

 

UDT (n) -  A user-written extension to the scalar type system in SQL Server.

 

UDT (n) -  In OLE, a set of interfaces that allow data to be sent and received in a standard fashion, regardless of the actual method chosen to transfer the data.

 

UEFI (PN) -  A standard programming interface for setting up and booting a computer, based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) developed by Intel. It provides runtime services, which are used to access the drivers that were loaded in the pre-boot environment. For example, when booting from a network, the operating system can continue to use the same network protocols used to download it in the first place.

 

UI (n) -  The portion of a program with which a user interacts.

 

UI Automation (PN) -  The accessibility model for Microsoft Windows that programmatically gathers information about an application's User Interface (UI) elements and exposes it to assistive technology products and automated test scripts.

 

UI Automation client (n) -  An assistive technology application, such as a screen reader, that uses UI Automation to obtain programmatic access to the UI elements in an application's user interface. The client presents information about UI elements to the end user. Automated test scripts are also considered to be UI Automation clients.

 

UI Automation core (n) -  The run-time library that handles communication between providers and clients in the UI Automation framework.

 

UI Automation element (n) -  An element that represents a UI item that implements a UI automation provider interface and that exposes the IUIAutomationElement interface to UI Automation clients.

 

UI Automation framework (PN) -  The accessibility model for Microsoft Windows that programmatically gathers information about an application's User Interface (UI) elements and exposes it to assistive technology products and automated test scripts.

 

UI Automation provider (n) -  An implementation of UI Automation interfaces that exposes programmatic information about a UI element. The provider supplies this information to the UI Automation framework in response to UI Automation client requests.

 

UI Automation tree (n) -  A hierarchical representation of all UI Automation elements on the Windows desktop.

 

UI Control Locator (n) -  A tool that identifies controls to use in a coded UI test.

 

UI culture (n) -  The language that is used to display strings and other graphical elements in a user interface.

 

UI framework (n) -  A component that manages child controls, hit testing, and rendering in an area of the screen.

 

UI part (n) -  A container in the content area of a pages and places that can contain graphs, lists or links to data. Most of the links are internal, but the content area can also contain UI parts that display data from other applications, for example, Microsoft Outlook.

 

UI Privilege Isolation (PN) -  A window manager subsystem that blocks applications at a lower UI privilege level from sending messages to or hooking threads belonging to processes with a higher UI privilege level.

 

UI privilege level (n) -  The integrity level that is stored in the access token of a process and that is used by the UI Privilege Isolation (UIPI) feature to determine if an application or process is permitted to send Windows messages to another application or process.

 

UI surface (n) -  The area in the new Windows UI where developers can place controls. The UI surface includes the app canvas, the app bar, a context menu, a flyout, and so on. UI template file (n) -  A file that contains pre-defined formatting, layout, text, and graphics that guides user interface creation for a portal extension.

 

UIA (n) -  The accessibility model for Microsoft Windows that programmatically gathers information about an application's User Interface (UI) elements and exposes it to assistive technology products and automated test scripts.

 

UIAutomation (n) -  The accessibility model for Microsoft Windows that

 

programmatically gathers information about an application's User Interface (UI) elements and exposes it to assistive technology products and automated test scripts.

 

UID (n) -  An alphanumeric identification used to identify a particular user.

 

UID cache (n) -  A file for storing Unique Identifier alphanumeric values for e-mail users. UID list (n) -  A list of Unique Identifier alphanumeric values.

 

UIDL command (n) -  A PowerShell command that calls a Unique Identifier List.

 

UII (PN) -  The base components that are included in the CRM SDK that you can use to build applications for customer care.

 

UIM (PN) -  A card developed for cdmaOne/CDMA2000 (CDMA') handsets that extends the GSM SIM card to CDMA phones and networks.'

 

UIM card (PN) -  A card developed for cdmaOne/CDMA2000 (CDMA') handsets that extends the GSM SIM card to CDMA phones and networks.'

 

UIPI (PN) -  A window manager subsystem that blocks applications at a lower UI privilege level from sending messages to or hooking threads belonging to processes with a higher UI privilege level.

 

ULS (PN) -  An instrumentation and logging platform that provides monitoring, reporting and log viewing capabilities for Office servers and services.

 

Ultra DMA, UDMA  -  (Direct Memory Access)- A standard for- EIDE- disk controllersrelating to how fast they can transfer data. Often followed by a number representing the transfer rate in- Mbps, eg UDMA100 operates at up to 100 Mbps. ultra wide-band (n) -  A wireless technology similar to radar that is centered on the 200MZ to 4GHz band.

 

ultra-bold (adj) -  Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 800 according to the OpenType specification.

 

ultra-light (adj) -  Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 200 according to the OpenType specification.

 

ultra-mobile PC (n) -  A class of mobile PCs that has a touch screen no larger than 7 inches and a tablet pen.

 

ultra-wideband (n) -  A wireless technology similar to radar that is centered on the 200MZ to 4GHz band.

 

UM (PN) -  An application that consolidates a user's voice mail, fax, and e-mail into one mailbox, so that the user only needs to check a single location for messages, regardless of type. The e-mail server is used as the platform for all types of messages, making it unnecessary to maintain separate voice mail and e-mail infrastructures.

 

UM access telephone number (n) -  A telephone number that points to a hunt group and is the access number for calls that are routed to Unified Messaging servers.

 

UM Management (PN) -  The role group that gives users the permissions to manage Unified Messaging (UM) server configurations, UM properties on mailboxes, UM prompts, and UM auto attendant configuration.

 

UML (n) -  A language developed by Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and Jim Rumbaugh of Rational Software that can be used for specifying, building, and documenting software and non-software systems, such as business models.

 

unallocated disk space (n) -  Any unpartitioned and unformatted space on a hard disk. unallocated space (n) -  Available disk space that is not allocated to any volume. The type of volume that you can create on unallocated space depends on the disk type. On basic disks, you can use unallocated space to create primary or extended partitions. On dynamic disks, you can use unallocated space to create dynamic volumes.

 

Unannounced Transfer (n) -  A button on Phone Controls that transfers the current phone

 

call without the user remaining on the line to announce the call.

 

unapproved (adj) -  The status that indicates an article has been written and is ready for

 

review.

 

unary operator (n) -  An operator that takes only one operand, for example, the increment (++) operator.

 

unattend.xml (n) -  A file that automates Windows Setup. This file enables the

 

configuration of Windows settings, the addition and removal of components, and many Windows Setup tasks, such as disk configuration.

 

unattended installation (n) -  An installation that runs unattended and does not require any user input after it has been started.

 

unattended service account (n) -  The security account that is used when a data source is configured to connect as a single shared identity for all users.

 

unattended setup (n) -  An installation that runs unattended and does not require any user input after it has been started.

 

unauthorized DHCP server (n) -  A DHCP server that is not an authorized server, as specified in [RFC2131], section 7.

 

unauthorized server (n) -  A server which is using non-standard processes and at odds with company policy. It may be set up to spread a virus, collect names for spammers or for some other illicit purpose.

 

unavailable (adj) -  Pertaining to the state of a control in which normal functionality is not available to a user.

 

Unavailable (PN) -  An option that allows the user to forward incoming calls when the user is not available to answer them.

 

unavailable appearance (n) -  The visual display for a control when it is unavailable. unbalanced hierarchy (n) -  A hierarchy in which one or more levels do not contain members in one or more branches of the hierarchy.

 

unblock code (n) -  An operator-provided code to unblock a SIM card.

 

unbound application (n) -  An application in the system that is not yet bound to a logical server on the deployment diagram.

 

unbound control (n) -  A control that is not connected to a field in an underlying table, query, or SQL statement. An unbound control is often used to display informational text or decorative pictures.

 

unbound form (n) -  A form that isn't connected to a record source such as a table, query, or SQL statement.

 

unbound object (n) -  An object, such as a picture, whose value isn't derived from data stored in a table.

 

unbound object frame (n) -  A control you place on a form or report to contain an unbound object.

 

unbound report (n) -  A report that isn't connected to a record source such as a table, query, or SQL statement.

 

unbound stream (n) -  An event stream that contains the definition of the event model or payload type, but does not define the data source.

 

unbound type (n) -  A type that is referenced in a project and that IntelliSense and the C# compiler cannot match to a declaration.

 

unboxing (n) -  The conversion of an object instance to a value type.

 

UNC (n) -  A convention for naming files and other resources beginning with two backslashes (\), indicating that the resource exists on a network computer.

 

UNC path (n) -  The standard path to access network shares.

 

uncloak (v) -  Remove the cloaked attribute from a project.

 

uncomment (v) -  To convert text that has been commented out back into source code so that it will no longer be ignored by the compiler or interpreter. uncommittable (adj) -  Pertaining to a transaction that remains open and cannot be completed. Uncommitable transactions could be considered a subclass of partially failed transactions, where the transaction has encountered an error that prevents its completion, but it is still holding its locks and has to be rolled back by the user.

 

Unconditional (adj) -  An option that forwards all incoming calls unconditionally. undead  -  An undead object is an object that cannot be proven to be dead by the garbage collector, but whose liveness is dubious.

 

undecorated name (n) -  In C++, the form that an identifier has in the source code (as a string of human-readable characters) as opposed to its decorated name, which consists of symbols that are meaningful only to the compiler and the linker.

 

undeliverable (adj) -  Not able to be delivered to an intended recipient. If an e-mail message is undeliverable, it is returned to the sender with information added by the mail server explaining the problem; for example, the e-mail address may be incorrect, or the recipient's mailbox may be full.

 

underallocation (n) -  The result of assigning a resource to work fewer hours than the resource has available.

 

under-construction (n) -  A status for a tangible asset that indicates that the asset is not productive. For example, the asset is being transported or installed. In impairment accounting, the impairment cost is distributed when the construction of an asset is complete.

 

underdelivery (n) -  A limit, specified as a percentage of quantity ordered, for how much the purchaser will accept under the amount ordered. Underdelivery typically applies to bulk items.

 

underline (v) -  To format a selection of text so that the text is printed with a line slightly below it.

 

underlying table (n) -  A table referenced by a view, cursor, or stored procedure. underscore (n) -  The _ character.

 

Undirected (adj) -  A node placement style that specifies that the nodes do not have a

 

particular direction in relation to the MOM Management Server.

 

undo (v) -  To go back to a previous state by reversing the effects of one or more

 

commands.

 

undo (n) -  The phase during database recovery that reverses (rolls back) changes made by any transactions that were uncommitted when the redo phase of recovery completed. undo disk (n) -  A virtual hard disk that stores the changes made to a virtual machine's guest operating system and data after the Undo Disks feature has been enabled for the virtual machine. Changes accumulate in the undo disk (.vud) file until you commit or discard the changes. Each time you shut down or turn off a virtual machine, you decide whether to keep, commit, or discard the changes.

 

undo file (n) -  A file that saves the content of the pages in a database after they've been modified by uncommitted, rolled back transactions and before recovery restores them to their previous state. The undo file prevents the changes performed by uncommitted transactions from being lost.

 

undo phase (n) -  The phase during database recovery that reverses (rolls back) changes made by any transactions that were uncommitted when the redo phase of recovery completed.

 

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

 

unenforced relationship (n) -  A link between tables that references the primary key in one table to a foreign key in another table, and which does not check the referential integrity during INSERT and UPDATE transactions.

 

unenlist (v) -  To eliminate all subscriptions and instances (running or suspended) for that service.

 

unfavorite (v) -  To remove something from one's Favorites.

 

unfold button (n) -  A command button used to expand a secondary window to a larger size to reveal additional controls or information.

 

unfollow (v) -  Action taken by a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user on a CRM record (such as an Account -€“ Contoso) that stops posts about that CRM record from showing up on the user's personal Wall.

 

Unfollow (PN) -  The button in Yammer that appears in a tooltip when the curser hovers over someone that a user is following that allows them to choose to no longer receive updates on what the other person is posting on the feed.

 

unfollow (v) -  The act of stopping tracking a person, group, or organization on a social

 

media website or application by unsubscribing from their account.

 

unfreeze (v) -  To release nonscrolling panes within a worksheet.

 

unfriend (v) -  To remove someone from your Messenger friends list. The opposite of

 

sending someone a friend (buddy) invitation.

 

ungroup (v) -  To release objects that have been combined together as a single object. unhandled exception (n) -  An exception that was identified with a try catch or finally block' structure or that occurred outside this structure but was not caught by any structured error handler. ‘Dr. Watson' errors are examples.'

 

Unhold (n) -  A feature that allows the user to resume a temporarily suspended phone call. unicast (n) -  In data communications networks, to transmit data from one terminal to another, such as from client to server, or from server to server.

 

unicast address (n) -  An address used for one-to-one communication between IPv6 hosts, which have multiple unicast addresses.

 

Unicode (n) -  A character-encoding standard developed by the Unicode Consortium that represents almost all of the written languages of the world. The Unicode character repertoire has multiple representation forms, including UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32.

 

Most Windows interfaces use the UTF-16 form.

 

Unicode collation (n) -  A set of rules that acts as a sort order for Unicode data. unicode escape sequence (n) -  In regular expressions, a backslash followed by the letter ‘u' followed by four hexadecimal digits. It matches a character in the target sequence that has the value that is specified by the four digits.

 

unidentified caller (n) -  A caller whose caller ID information is not available.

 

unified communications (n) -  A system that integrates platforms for communications including e-mail, voice mail, telephony, instant messaging, and voice and video conferencing.

 

Unified Communications SIP phone (n) -  A SIP phone that integrates with the Communicator client.

 

Unified Connection Manager (PN) -  A Windows service that is designed to aggregate network information (connection availability/status, profiles lists, radio state/strength, etc.) from infrastructure networks so that it can be presented to the user in a meaningful way.

 

The main function of the UCM service includes making connection decisions

 

(connect/disconnect) based on policy across multiple media types. The UCM service also allows for third-party media types to be seamlessly integrated into the system making the UCM expandable with future media types.

 

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (PN) -  A standard programming interface for setting up and booting a computer, based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) developed by Intel. It provides runtime services, which are used to access the drivers that were loaded in the pre-boot environment. For example, when booting from a network, the operating system can continue to use the same network protocols used to download it in the first place.

 

Unified Logging Service (PN) -  An instrumentation and logging platform that provides monitoring, reporting and log viewing capabilities for Office servers and services.

 

Unified Messaging (n) -  An application that consolidates a user's voice mail, fax, and e­mail into one mailbox, so that the user only needs to check a single location for messages, regardless of type. The e-mail server is used as the platform for all types of messages, making it unnecessary to maintain separate voice mail and e-mail infrastructures.

 

Unified Messaging language (n) -  One of the languages in which Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM) functionality is supported by the availability of UM language packs.

 

Unified Messaging server role (n) -  A set of components and services that enable voice, fax, and e-mail messages to be stored in a user's single mailbox. Users can also access their Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 mailbox from a telephone or a computer.

 

Unified Modeling Language (n) -  A language developed by Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and Jim Rumbaugh of Rational Software that can be used for specifying, building, and documenting software and non-software systems, such as business models.

 

Unified Service Desk for Microsoft Dynamics CRM (PN) -  An out of the box (OOB) solution where admins can set up and configure the applications that a customer service agent needs easily and quickly.

 

Unified Tracing Model (n) -  The name given to the processes that define how to receive tracing information from both the IIS request-processing pipeline and related technologies like ASP.NET through a single tracing infrastructure.

 

unified work list (n) -  A list of all tasks, approvals, and alerts assigned to the current user. Uniform Data Transfer (n) -  In OLE, a set of interfaces that allow data to be sent and received in a standard fashion, regardless of the actual method chosen to transfer the data. Uniform Resource Identifier (n) -  A character string used to identify a resource (such as a file) from anywhere on the Internet by type and location. The set of Uniform Resource Identifiers includes both Uniform Resource Names (URNs) and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).

 

Uniform Resource Locator (n) -  An address that uniquely identifies a location on the Internet. A URL is usually preceded by http://, as in http://www.microsoft.com. A URL can contain more detail, such as the name of a page of hypertext, often with the file name extension .html or .htm.

 

Uniform Resource Name (n) -  A scheme for uniquely identifying resources that may be available on the Internet by name, without regard to where they are located.

 

uninitialize (v) -  To change the state of an enumerator or data source object so that it cannot be used to access data.

 

uninstall (v) -  When referring to a device, to remove the corresponding device drivers from the hard disk and physically remove the device from the computer. uninstall (v) -  When referring to software, to remove program files and folders from the hard disk and remove related data from the registry so the software or solution is no longer available.

 

Uninstall  -  Remove a program from your system. You can't just delete its folder, because almost all programs make changes to various parts of Windows.- Many programs come with a special uninstaller, which you should use if it exists. Otherwise, you can uninstall programs (in Windows) from the Control Panel.

 

uninterpreted configuration item. (n) -  An imported configuration item that cannot be interpreted by the Configuration Manager console and whose properties cannot be viewed or edited in the console.

 

uninterruptible power supply (n) -  A device, connected between a computer (or other electronic equipment) and a power source (usually an outlet receptacle), that ensures that electrical flow to the computer is not interrupted because of a blackout and, in most cases, protects the computer against potentially damaging events, such as power surges and brownouts.

 

union (n) -  In database management, a relational operator. Given two relations (tables), A and B, that are union-compatible (contain the same number of fields, with corresponding fields containing the same types of values), A UNION B builds a new relation containing those tuples (records) that appear either in A or in B or in both. Compare difference, intersect

 

union query (n) -  A query that uses the UNION operator to combine the results of two or more select queries.

 

UnionPay Online Payment (PN) -  An online payment method using UnionPay bank cards or services from China.

 

uni-processor (n) -  A computer with a single processor.

 

uni-processor (adj) -  In reference to a computer with a single processor.

 

unique column constraint (n) -  A property of a field that requires all of the values in that field to be unique.

 

unique customer (n) -  A customer who may visit a Web site several times within a certain timeframe, but is counted only once.

 

unique ID (n) -  A number used as a unique identifier for each Windows Live ID holder. This number is disclosed to residents of the European Union to comply with EU privacy regulations.

 

unique identifier (n) -  A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number. It is used to identify a particular device, component, user, or session.

 

unique index (n) -  An index in which no two rows are permitted to have the same index value, thus prohibiting duplicate index or key values.

 

unique permission (n) -  A permission setting for using a list, library, or site that is different from the permission settings of its parent site.

 

Unique Program Identifier (n) -  A 21-character identifier used to identify computers enabled by FlexGo technology product models and locales for a specific solution provider. unique volume name (n) -  A name containing a globally unique identifier (GUID) that is assigned to a volume. The name is guaranteed to be unique. Using unique volume names, you can avoid the ambiguity of drive letters in the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system. uniqueidentifier data type (n) -  A data type containing a unique identification number stored as a 16-byte binary string used for storing a globally unique identifier (GUID). uniqueifier (n) -  A 4-byte column that the SQL Server Database Engine automatically adds to a row to make each index key unique.

 

uniqueness constraint (n) -  A constraint that prohibits repetition of individual data or combinations of data.

 

unit (n) -  A measurement that specifies in what quantity a product or service is sold. unit availability (n) -  Amount of time, expressed as a percentage or a decimal number, that a resource can be scheduled for assigned work. It refers to the availability of a resource; for example, a resource may be available 50%, 100%, or 300% of full time. unit class (n) -  A classification of units of measurement.

 

unit contribution margin (n) -  The unit sales price minus the unit variable cost. unit conversion factor (n) -  The factor used to convert from one unit of measure to another unit of measure, such as from centimeters to meters.

 

unit group (n) -  A compilation of the different measurements that a product is available in. A unit group contains the base unit in which a product is available, for example, a two- liter. It then lists all the different increments that this base unit is packaged in for sale, such as an individual two-liter bottle or a case of 6 two-liter bottles, and also indicates which measurement is the primary unit.

 

Unit Hours (PN) -  The unit of measure for BizTalk Server used on Azure.

 

unit of measure (n) -  A division of quantity established in calibrated or normative systems of measurement.

 

unit of measure (n) -  The type of measurement system used in a drawing. In formulas, used after a number to specify the unit of measure that the number represents. unit of measurement (n) -  A division of quantity established in calibrated or normative systems of measurement.

 

unit of work (n) -  An object that uses referential integrity constraints to sequence database reading and writing operations in one atomic work process. unit price (n) -  The amount per unit an item is sold for.

 

unit test (n) -  A test that confirms the functionality and peformance of specific modules and behaviors of code. Often a subset of unit tests are also used as check-in test to discover bugs before a build.

 

unit variance amount (n) -  The amount of variance between the invoice net unit price and the purchase order net unit price when invoice lines and purchase order lines are compared.

 

unite (v) -  To combine two or more shapes or paths to result in a single compound path that represents all of the area that was covered by the individual shapes and paths. If the resulting path is not a solid shape (for example, if there are holes), you can release the compound path, which results in a path object being created for each contiguous edge.

 

United Nations Trade Data Elements Dictionary (n) -  The dictionary of all elements used within the EDIFACT standard.

 

United Parcel Service zone (n) -  A geographical division used by the U.S.-based carrier, UPS, to determine shipping time and costs.

 

United States (PN) -  The US-American geo within the Azure region taxonomy. units (n) -  The quantity of a resource assigned to a task. The maximum units is the maximum number of units available for the resource. For example, if you have three plumbers, the maximum units is 300 percent or three plumbers working full-time. Universal (BBFC) (n) -  A content descriptor developed by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

 

universal app (n) -  ?An app that is built using the Windows universal app

 

platform.- Developers can create a Windows universal app that runs on all Windows-based device types, or they can choose to limit an app to specific devices. universal app platform (n) -  ?The portion of the Windows universal platform that app developers use to build apps that can target all Windows-based device families.

 

Universal Business Language (n) -  A language for defining XML business documents that is maintained by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

 

Universal Character Set (n) -  An international standard character set reference that is part of the Unicode standard. The most widely held existing version of the UCS standard is UCS-2, which specifies 16-bit character values currently accepted and recognized for use to encode most of the world's languages.

 

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (n) -  A specification for publishing and locating information about Web services. It defines a standards-based way to store and retrieve information about services, service providers, binding information, and technical interface definitions, all classified using a set of standard or custom classification schemes.

 

Universal Disk Format (n) -  A file system defined by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) that is the successor to the CD-ROM file system (CDFS). UDF is used for removable disk media like DVD, CD, and magneto-optic (MO) disks. universal driver (n) -  ?A driver that is available on more than one Windows-based device family.

 

universal driver platform (n) -  ?The portion of the Windows universal platform that driver developers use to build drivers that can work across all Windows-based device families.

 

universal group (n) -  A security or distribution group that can contain users, groups, and computers from any domain in its forest as members.

 

Universal Naming Convention (n) -  A convention for naming files and other resources beginning with two backslashes (\), indicating that the resource exists on a network computer.

 

Universal Naming Convention name (n) -  The full name of a resource on a network. It conforms to the \servername\sharename syntax, where servername is the name of the server and sharename is the name of the shared resource. UNC names of directories or files can also include the directory path under the share name with the following syntax: \servername\sharename\directory\filename.

 

Universal Naming Convention path (n) -  The standard path to access network shares. Universal Object Control (n) -  A data driven UI that takes two inputs: the OVC describing how to render the UI for the object to be edited/created, and the resource object which is being edited/created.

 

universal provider (n) -  A data provider that supports session, membership, roles, and/or profile properties and is part of the ASP.NET Universal Providers package.

 

Universal Providers (PN) -  A package of unified data-provider classes that support session, membership, roles, and profile properties in all versions of SQL Server 2005 and later, including SQL Server Compact Edition and SQL Azure.

 

Universal Receiver Transmitter (n) -  A circuit which is used for synchronous, asynchronous, or combined synchronous/asynchronous communications, and which contains a serial-to-parallel converter for data transmitted out of the computer and a parallel-to-serial converter for data coming in.

 

universal serial bus (n) -  An external bus that supports Plug and Play installation, which enables you to connect and disconnect devices without shutting down or restarting your computer.

 

Universal Windows app (n) -  An app that is built using the Universal- Windows Platform (UWP), which was first introduced in Windows 8 as the Windows Runtime.

 

Universal Windows Platform (PN) -  The converged Windows platform that enables the creation of Windows apps, games, and drivers that can target every Windows 10 device. Universal Windows Platform Bridge (PN) -  A toolkit of tools and run-time technologies that enable a developer to bring existing code from another code base into the Universal Windows Platform. Each toolkit will vary in terms of the tooling and run-time technologies that it provides, but all of them make it easier to quickly bring code from its code base- to the Windows Store.

 

universally unique identifier (n) -  A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number. It is used to identify a particular device, component, user, or session.

 

Universe (n) -  A directory that holds the data for all Parature Departments belonging to one Parature Client.

 

UNIX (PN) -  A powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system initially developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1969 for use on minicomputers. UNIX is considered more portable, that is, less computer-specific, than other operating systems because it is written in C language. Newer versions of UNIX have been developed at the University of California at Berkeley and by AT&T.

 

Unix  -  A computer operating system (the basic software running on a computer, underneath things like word processors and spreadsheets). Unix is designed to be used by many people at the same time (it is multi-user) and has- TCP/IP- built-in.

 

UNIX file permissions (n) -  A set of permissions that describes the access rights to a UNIX file or directory for the file owner, the group owner, and other users. Every UNIX file and directory possesses a set of permissions, and each user can have any combination of read, write, or execute access.

 

UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy (n) -  A set of software programs that facilitates transmission of information between UNIX systems using serial data connections, primarily the public switched telephone network.

 

Unknown (PN) -  A status message for an incoming call that indicates that the caller cannot be identified (e.g. Internet call).

 

unknown (adj) -  Used to describe a value, parameter, or variable that is not known. unknown member (n) -  A member of a dimension for which no key is found during processing of a cube that contains the dimension.

 

unknown tape (n) -  Tape that has not been identified by the DPM server.

 

unlike (v) -  Action taken by a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user on a post to undo their Like on that post.

 

unlike (PN) -  A Facebook term for removing the -Crlike-C? a friend's post or

 

disconnecting from a Page by clicking the unlike' button.'

 

Unlike (PN) -  The button in Yammer that allows users to undo the application of the Like' button for a post.'

 

Unlimited (adj) -  Characteristic of a subscription which gives you, for a per-month fee,

 

unlimited calls to a selected country/region; e.g. Unlimited Portugal.

 

unlimited calls (n) -  A part of a Skype subscription offer that allows a user to call to

 

selected destination(s) within limits defined by the Fair Usage Policy.

 

unlimited material (n) -  A method for scheduling resources that assumes that all the

 

component materials needed for production are available at the time they are needed.

 

unlimited music (n) -  Users who subscribe to Xbox Music Pass can download and listen

 

to as many songs as they want as long as the subscription remains active.

 

unlimited purchase approval (n) -  An approval for which no maximum amount has been

 

specified on purchase documents.

 

unlimited request approval (n) -  An approval for which no maximum amount has been specified on purchase request documents.

 

unlimited sales approval (n) -  An approval for which no maximum amount has been specified on sales documents.

 

unlink (v) -  To disconnect an item from a record, or a record from another record. unlink (v) -  To separate linked inboxes.

 

unlink (v) -  To remove the mapping from a folder to OneDrive.

 

unload (v) -  To remove software from system memory.

 

Unlock (PN) -  An option that unlocks the keypad after it was locked.

 

unlock (v) -  To enable an object to be modified.

 

unlock (v) -  To gain access to all phone functionality by entering the correct password when the phone has locked itself due to delayed use or when the user has manually locked it.

 

Unlock (PN) -  A UI button that gives a user access to all phone functionality when the phone has locked itself due to delayed use or when the user has manually locked it. unlock (v) -  To free a GSM cell phone from the restriction to use a particular cellular carrier. A phone that is SIM locked may be unlocked by entering a code. unlock code (n) -  A code needed to use a phone with a SIM card on another cellular network.

 

Unlock Session (oth) -  The button in Conference Controls that unlocks the current conference so that additional participants can now join.

 

unlocked group (n) -  A group whose membership can be changed by users other than the owner of the group.

 

unlocked user profile (n) -  A user account whose settings that are changed in a user

 

session are retained every time the user logs on to the account.

 

unmanaged (adj) -  Pertaining to a computer or device that is not managed by MOM.

 

unmanaged Azure tenant (n) -  A directory that has no global administrator.

 

unmanaged client (n) -  A client that is not communicating with its assigned site in the

 

Configuration Manager hierarchy and therefore cannot receive policy or upload inventory

 

data.

 

unmanaged code (n) -  Code that is executed directly by the operating system, outside the .NET Framework common language runtime. Unmanaged code must provide its own memory management, type checking, and security support, unlike managed code, which receives these services from the common language runtime.

 

unmanaged function (PN) -  A function that is compiled to machine code (such as x86 or x64) as opposed to intermediate language (IL).

 

unmanaged instance (n) -  An instance of SQL Server not monitored by a utility control point.

 

unmarshal (v) -  To deserialize one or more data structures from an octet stream using a specific transfer syntax (for example, unmarshaling a 32-bit integer). unmarshaling (n) -  In OLE, the process of unpacking parameters that have been sent across process boundaries.

 

Unmute (PN) -  A button on Audio Controls that turns off mute on the user's phone. Unmute (PN) -  An option that allows the user to reactivate the device's microphone during a call so that sound is transmitted to other call participants.

 

unmute (v) -  To enable on-screen and sound notification.

 

Unmute Microphone (PN) -  A button on Audio Controls that turns off mute on the user's microphone.

 

Unmute Speakers (PN) -  A button on Audio Controls that turns off mute on the user's speakers.

 

UNN (PN) -  An identifying number required to perform payment transactions from Belarus individuals or companies.

 

unpair (v) -  To remove a Bluetooth link or connection between two Bluetooth-€“enabled devices.

 

unpark (v) -  To reopen a core processor that had been parked for power saving purpose. unpin (v) -  To remove an item, such as a tile, library, movie, game, or app, from a given area of the UI, to make it inaccessible in that area (e.g. to make a library non-visible in the navigation pane).

 

unpivot (v) -  To expand values from multiple columns in a single record into multiple records with the same values in a single column.

 

unplumb (v) -  To destroy any streams linked with a physical or logical interface and close the related device.

 

unposted transaction (n) -  A transaction that has been entered into the financial data, but that has not yet been posted.

 

unprotect (v) -  To remove access restrictions or permissions for a file or specific elements within a file.

 

unprotected solution (n) -  A solution that is open' and that can be modified by anybody

 

with the required privileges. ‘

 

unpublish (v) -  To remove an item from public view.

 

unpublished work (n) -  Beta software or other materials that are not released to the general public.

 

unrated (adj) -  A record that has not received a rating.

 

Unread Changes (PN) -  A feature that highlights new or changed content in a shared notebook that the user has not yet read.

 

unrealized gain (n) -  The anticipated increase in the value of an asset calculated as the difference in the value of the asset when two economic events occur and when the difference is recognized on the occurrence of the second event as an anticipated increase in wealth.

 

unrealized loss (n) -  The anticipated decrease in the value of an asset calculated as the difference in the value of the asset when two economic events occur and when the difference is recognized on the occurrence of the second event as an anticipated reduction in wealth.

 

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

 

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

 

unrecognized media pool (n) -  A repository of blank media and media that are not recognized by Removable Storage.

 

unrecognized tape (n) -  A tape that contains content that was not created by DPM. unrestricted mode (n) -  A state that does not apply a specific set of restrictions to JavaScript code.

 

unsafe character (n) -  A character in a URL that may be altered during transport across the Internet.

 

unsafe code (n) -  Code that is executed directly by the operating system, outside the .NET Framework common language runtime. Unmanaged code must provide its own memory management, type checking, and security support, unlike managed code, which receives these services from the common language runtime.

 

unscheduled conference (n) -  A conference that is created on the fly by inviting multiple users to a new or ongoing IM session.

 

unseal (n) -  For BitLocker Drive Encryption, the process that a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) uses to decrypt data in a sealed binary large object (BLOB) to reveal the original secret.

 

unsearchable item (n) -  An item that can't be indexed for a mailbox search using Multi­Mailbox Search. This includes unrecognized message types and messages that contain attachments that are encrypted or have an unrecognized format.

 

Unselect without sub-labels (v) -  An option that deselects a parent label with deselected children.

 

unshare (v) -  To make resources, such as folders, printers, records, etc., unavailable to others.

 

unshelve (v) -  To restore individual file revisions from a shelveset to your workspace. un-sign (v) -  To remove the digital signature added to the document. unsigned driver (n) -  A driver that is not supported and that is not certified to work with a particular version of Windows.

 

unsigned integer (n) -  A data type that can only hold a whole number with a value greater than, or equal to, zero. In this implementation, the maximum value that an unsigned integer can hold is 0xFFFFFFFF (4,294,967,295).

 

unsolicited commercial e-mail (n) -  An unsolicited and typically unwelcome message, often commercial or political in nature, transmitted via the Internet as a mass mailing (sometimes as if from a fictitious user or domain) to a large number of recipients. unsolicited vendor (n) -  A vendor that applies to supply products to one or more legal entities without responding to a formal or informal request.

 

unstack (v) -  To remove the stacked view of windows.

 

unstack (v) -  To remove the stack' association from a group of similar photos that have been stacked together in the Photos app.'

 

unstructured parallelism (n) -  In the Concurrency Runtime, parallel code that can start in one context and finish in a different context. For example, a set of tasks in a task group can start in one context, and then finish in a different context.

 

unsubscribe (v) -  In a newsreader client program, to remove a newsgroup from the list of newsgroups to which upload one subscribes.

 

unsupported feature (n) -  A feature that is inactive in Office Web Apps, but that is present when the content is opened in the rich client.

 

unswizzle (v) -  To reconstruct a surface to give an application access to the content of the surface.

 

UNTDED (n) -  The dictionary of all elements used within the EDIFACT standard. Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (n) -  An independent self-regulatory agency which applies and enforces interactive game ratings in Germany.

 

untyped adapter (n) -  An adapter that accepts or emits multiple event types in which the payload structure or the type of fields in the payload are not known in advance. Examples are events from a CSV or text file, a SQL table, or a socket.

 

unwanted software (n) -  A software that was installed on the system without user's consent.

 

UOC (n) -  A data driven UI that takes two inputs: the OVC describing how to render the UI for the object to be edited/created, and the resource object which is being edited/created.

 

up vector (n) -  A vector that identifies which direction is -Crup-C? for a camera. upcast (n) -  An expression that modifies an object type into the type of a base class. update (n) -  A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a noncritical, non­security-related bug.

 

update (v) -  To change a system or a data file to make it more current.

 

update (v) -  To change an existing row of data in the data store or to transmit pending changes to the data store.

 

update (n) -  The process of scanning content to compile and maintain an index. update (v) -  To deploy a new version of a hosted service to replace an existing deployed version. There are two options for update: update in-place or swap virtual IP. Both of these update the service while it is running and without requiring the deployment to be deleted and redeployed.

 

Update Advisor (PN) -  A mobile app that- helps customers resolve space issues on their phones when installing a new update, by- moving apps and files to an SD card or OneDrive,- or deleting them.

 

update bar (n) -  A control that appears in the Page Inspector integrated browser when changes have been made to a file in a web application. It prompts the user to update the view of the web application in the Page Inspector browser by either pressing CTRL+ALT+ENTER, or by clicking the update bar with the mouse.

 

Update central (PN) -  The primary landing page for information about installing operating system updates on a Windows Phone.

 

Update Compatibility Evaluator (PN) -  A Windows serviceability tool used to help prioritize the testing of applications when evaluating a new Windows update. update compliance (n) -  A type of interactive reporting that informs if a software and hardware inventory is in adherence with update requirements.

 

update domain (n) -  A grouping of role instances in a cloud service that allows in-place updates to occur without impacting service availability. When you update a cloud service, Microsoft Azure updates it one update domain at a time, stopping the instances running within one of the update domains, updating the instances, starting them back up, and then moving on to the next update domain. In this way, at least one update domain stays running while another one gets updated.

 

update group (n) -  A collection of managed properties that are updated together in the search index.

 

update list (n) -  A list that includes the name of the person who originally sent a task request plus the names of everyone who received the task request, reassigned the task to someone else, or chose to keep an updated copy of the task in their task list. update lock (n) -  A lock placed on resources (such as row, page, table) that can be updated.

 

update management (n) -  A feature that enables administrators to view, download, and deploy software updates required by operating systems and other software on managed computers.

 

Update Management Configuration Wizard (PN) -  A wizard that guides the user through configuring the update management feature and then downloading information about current updates from Microsoft Update so the user can start deploying updates to managed computers.

 

update package (n) -  A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a noncritical, non-security-related bug.

 

update profile (n) -  Information, including changes to the system state, that describes a software update.

 

update query (n) -  An action query that changes a set of records according to criteria you

 

specify. An update query does not return any records.

 

update request (n) -  A request to change the attributes of an object.

 

update rollup (n) -  A tested, cumulative set of hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, and updates packaged together for easy deployment. A rollup generally targets a specific area, such as security, or component of a product, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

 

update sequence number (n) -  In Active Directory replication, a 64-bit counter that is maintained by each Active Directory domain controller. At the start of each update transaction (originating or replicated) on a domain controller, the domain controller increments its current USN and associates this new value with the update request. update statistics (n) -  A process that recalculates information about the distribution of key values in specified indexes.

 

updated (PN) -  The heading for information about the time at which something was added, changed, or re-posted.

 

Updates workspace (n) -  A workspace in Windows Intune that allows you to manage software updates.

 

Updating Run (PN) -  The end-to-end process feature by which Cluster-Aware Updating takes each node of a failover cluster offline, applies a set of software updates, performs a restart if necessary, brings the node back online, and moves on to the next node, until all nodes have been updated.

 

updating run (n) -  A process that is executed by the Updating Run feature.

 

up-down bars (n) -  In line charts with multiple data series, bars that indicate the difference between data points in the first and last series.

 

upgrade domain (n) -  A group in which Virtual Machine Manager automatically places instances of a tier of a service so that when the service is updated, those instances will be updated at the same time.

 

Upgrade Pre-Scan tool (PN) -  A pre-upgrade scan tool that scans the user's sites and reports issues, allowing the user to fix any errors before performing an upgrade to Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

 

upgrade with maintenance (n) -  The type of volume license agreement that grants the new version rights to the licensed product family throughout the term of the customer's volume license agreement.

 

UPHClean (PN) -  A service that helps to ensure user sessions are completely terminated when a user logs off.

 

UPID (n) -  A 21-character identifier used to identify computers enabled by FlexGo technology product models and locales for a specific solution provider. uplink (n) -  The transmission link from a computer to a networked device, such as a Windows Media Center Extender or Xbox.

 

up-link / uplink  -  A term used in satellite communications to describe the earth station and the transmit ted signal to a communications satellite .

 

uplink license (n) -  One of several elements in a license chain which contains content keys that are used to encrypt and decrypt content that is transmitted from a computer to a networked device.

 

upload (v) -  To transfer a copy of a file from a local computer to a remote computer by means of a modem or network.

 

upload (n) -  In communications, the process of transferring a copy of a file from a local computer to a remote computer by means of a modem or network.

 

Upload  -  To transfer information (files) from a user PC to a network or the Internet. See also- download.

 

Upload Center (PN) -  A central hub for viewing pending uploads to http servers (mainly SharePoint) and correcting upload errors.

 

Upload Content (PN) -  The menu option in Sway under the -CrAdd Content-C? button that allows users to upload images, Word documents, or PowerPoint presentations from their computer or mobile device into their Sway.

 

Upload Videos (PN) -  The button that allows a user to upload a video to a specific channel within the Office 365 Video.

 

UPM (n) -  A component of the Local Provisioning System (LPS) that manages the provisioning of the computer from within the operating system or software.

 

UPN (n) -  A user account name (sometimes referred to as the user logon name) and a domain name identifying the domain in which the user account is located. This is the standard usage for logging on to a Windows domain. The format is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (as for an e-mail address).

 

UPnP technology (n) -  A technology that allows devices such as personal computers, peripherals, intelligent appliances, and wireless devices to connect to a network and to communicate with each other.

 

Upper Provisioning Module (n) -  A component of the Local Provisioning System (LPS) that manages the provisioning of the computer from within the operating system or software.

 

uppercase (adj) -  Of, pertaining to, or characterized by capital letters.

 

uppercase letter (n) -  In some languages, a distinct, and usually larger, form of a letter. May be used in word-initial position in certain cases, or for emphasis. upper-left (adj) -  Pertaining to the location of something that is higher in place and on the left side relative to something else.

 

upper-right (adj) -  Pertaining to the location of something that is higher in place and on the right side relative to something else.

 

UPS (n) -  A device, connected between a computer (or other electronic equipment) and a power source (usually an outlet receptacle), that ensures that electrical flow to the computer is not interrupted because of a blackout and, in most cases, protects the computer against potentially damaging events, such as power surges and brownouts.

 

UPS service (n) -  A service that manages an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected to a computer.

 

UPS zone (n) -  A geographical division used by the U.S.-based carrier, UPS, to determine shipping time and costs.

 

upsert (oth) -  A term adopted by some database implementations that applies to a database statement, or combination of statements, that inserts a record to a table in a database if the record doesn't exist or, if the record already exists, updates the existing record. upstream ( Adverb )  -  Pertaining to the direction in which the signal flow is sent from the subscriber (or front-end), towards the head-end station (or central office) on a network.

 

upvote (n) -  An action to express that you agree with similar feedback sent by someone else. Rather than resubmit the same feedback, you can tap Upvote upvote (v) -  To agree with similar feedback sent by someone else. Rather than resubmit the same feedback, you can tap Upvote

 

Upward Arrow (PN) -  A SmartArt graphic layout used to show a progression or steps that trend upward in a task, process, or workflow. Each of the first five lines of Level 1 text corresponds to a point on the arrow. Works best with minimal text. Unused text does not appear, but remains available if you switch layouts.

 

UPWARDS ANCORA (n) -  A UNICODE character; supplemental punctutation.

 

Urgent interruptions only (PN) -  Pertaining to a user who sets their status to Do Not Disturb. For the user's contacts who have a Workgroup privacy relationship, the user is displayed with the Busy icon and Urgent interruptions only text.

 

URI (n) -  A character string used to identify a resource (such as a file) from anywhere on the Internet by type and location. The set of Uniform Resource Identifiers includes both Uniform Resource Names (URNs) and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).

 

URL (n) -  An address that uniquely identifies a location on the Internet. A URL is usually preceded by http://, as in http://www.microsoft.com. A URL can contain more detail, such as the name of a page of hypertext, often with the file name extension .html or .htm.

 

URL  -  (Universal Resource Locator)- An address used to locate something on the internet, most often a web page. All web addresses are URLs.

 

URL mapping (n) -  The process of associating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) with a physical directory.

 

URL Pattern (PN) -  A field in which the user can enter intranet URLs to create Work URL exceptions.

 

URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7 (PN) -  A module that dynamically alters Internet client requests that are based on rules that specify how a URL should be modified before it is processed. For example, Internet clients will see requests that look like

 

http://www.example.com/catalog/product/123/, which are dynamically rewritten to the actual address of http://www.example.com/catalog.aspx?product=123.

 

URL smashing (n) -  The process of matching a search string (with spaces removed) against URL addresses to return the most relevant result.

 

URL template (n) -  A URL-based connection string that is used to query a web server for search results.

 

URLScan 3.1 (PN) -  A security tool that restricts the types of HTTP requests that Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 will process. UrlScan screens all incoming requests to the server by filtering the requests based on rules that are set by the administrator.

 

URN (n) -  A scheme for uniquely identifying resources that may be available on the Internet by name, without regard to where they are located.

 

URT (n) -  A circuit which is used for synchronous, asynchronous, or combined synchronous/asynchronous communications, and which contains a serial-to-parallel converter for data transmitted out of the computer and a parallel-to-serial converter for data coming in.

 

US Central (PN) -  The Central US region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

US East (PN) -  The Eastern US region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

US East 2 (PN) -  The second Eastern US region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

US Government Azure Sponsorship (n) -  A sponsored offer (a type of subscription purchased by customers) targeted to US Government customers interested in trying out Azure services.

 

US Government Pro-Direct Support (PN) -  A support offer (a type of subscription purchased by customers) targeted to US Government customers.

 

US Government Standard Support (PN) -  A support offer (a type of subscription purchased by customers) targeted to US Government customers.

 

US North Central (PN) -  The North Central US region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

US South Central (PN) -  The North Central US region within the Azure region taxonomy.

 

US unit (n) -  A unit used in the United States' measurement system, such as inches, feet, yards, and miles.

 

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

 

usage (n) -  The number of units or dollars of an inventory item consumed over a period of time.

 

usage analysis (n) -  A feature that enables data collection to evaluate how Web sites on your server are being used.

 

Usage and Health Data Collection (PN) -  A feature that collects and logs SharePoint health indicators and usage metrics for analysis and reporting purposes. usage data (n) -  Information that an administrator can use to learn how other people access and use a site. By analyzing this data, an administrator can identify a site's most popular (or unpopular) areas and clarify the most common navigational paths through the site.

 

usage dependency (n) -  A kind of dependency that indicates that one element requires the presence of another element for its correct implementation or functioning. usage event (n) -  A user action that is counted and analyzed by the recommendations algorithm in the Analytics Service.

 

usage expiration date (n) -  The date and time at which a purchased block of unlimited computer usage time terminates.

 

usage keyword (n) -  A keyword that is used to determine which search scopes are shown for a specific page in the portal UI. Each list view page in the UI specifies zero or more usage keywords, and the UI for that page will include all search scopes that contain matching keywords.

 

usage scenario (n) -  A description of the tasks that users perform to accomplish their work.

 

usage time (n) -  An amount of time that is used toward computer or software access. usage type (n) -  In Exchange Server 2007, the type of connector that is determined by the intended use of the connector. The usage type determines the default settings for the connector. This includes the SIDs that are authenticated, the permissions that are assigned to those SIDs, and the authentication mechanism.

 

USB (n) -  An external bus that supports Plug and Play installation, which enables you to connect and disconnect devices without shutting down or restarting your computer.

 

USB  -  (Universal Serial Bus)- A standard type of connection port, used to attach extra devices such as a scanner to a computer. Standard on new PCs from around 1998. USB 2.0 and 3.0 are faster versions of the same thing. Many PCs now use USB to connect the mouse and keyboard.

 

USB drive (n) -  A small device used to store information. USB flash drives plug into computer USB ports so you can copy information to or from them, making it easy to share and transport information.

 

USB port (n) -  A narrow, rectangular connection point on a computer or other device (such as a keyboard) where you can connect a universal serial bus (USB) device.

 

USBlyzer  -  A software USB Protocol Analyzer for Windows that displays USB Descriptors and captures and analyzes the activity of USB devices in real time.

 

USD (PN) -  The official currency of the United States.

 

USD (PN) -  An out of the box (OOB) solution where admins can set up and configure the applications that a customer service agent needs easily and quickly. use case (n) -  A collection of scenarios which make up a behaviorally related sequence of interactions that a user performs in a dialog with a system.

 

use case (n) -  In a use case diagram, a representation of a set of events that occurs when an actor uses a system to complete a process. Normally, a use case is a relatively large process, not an individual step or transaction.

 

use case diagram (n) -  A diagram that shows the external actors who will interact with your system and how they will use it. The diagram consists of a system boundary, actors, use cases, and use case relationships (communicates, uses, and extends).

 

use license (n) -  The license that enables end users to consume protected content.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Use Rights (PN) -  A document that specifies the terms and conditions applicable to the use of products licensed under Microsoft Volume Licensing Programs. use strict directive (n) -  A JavaScript syntactic unit that specifies that the code in the block to which it applies must obey certain restrictions.

 

use tax (n) -  An excise tax levied on products in the United States where a sales tax is not levied.

 

Usenet (n) -  A worldwide network of UNIX systems that has a decentralized

 

administration and is used as a bulletin board system by special-interest discussion groups. Usenet, which is considered part of the Internet (although Usenet predates it), is comprised of thousands of newsgroups, each devoted to a particular topic. Users can post messages and read messages from others in these newsgroups in a manner similar to users on dial-in BBSs. Usenet was originally implemented using UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX Copy) software and telephone connections; that method remains important, although more modern methods, such as NNTP and network connections, are more commonly used.

 

Usenet  -  An enormous collection of public- newsgroups- on the- Internet, well over

 

25,000 at last count, which allow users to post messages discussing particular issues. Now largely replaced by internet forums, whcih are easier to police against massive spamming. user (n) -  A person who uses a computer or device.

 

User Access Logging (PN) -  A logging feature that gathers unique client records and events for later retrieval by an administrator using WMI or PowerShell. user account (n) -  In Active Directory, an object that consists of all the information that defines a domain user, which includes user name, password, and groups in which the user account has membership. User accounts can be stored in either Active Directory or on your local computer.

 

User Account Control (n) -  A security feature that helps prevent unauthorized changes to a computer, by asking user for permission or administrator credentials before performing actions that could potentially affect the computer's operation or that change settings that affect multiple users.

 

User Account Control Compatibility Evaluator (PN) -  A compatibility evaluator used to identify potential compatibility issues due to permission restrictions enforced by User Account Control (UAC), formerly known as Limited User Account (LUA). user administrator role (n) -  An administrative role for PerformancePoint Server that allows members to assign users to and remove users from any administrative PerformancePoint Server role within their scope (application or model site), with the exception of the global administrator role, add users to or remove users from user-created business roles within their scope (application or model-site), add users to or remove users from the PerformancePoint Server system. User Administrator members cannot create or delete business roles.

 

user agent (n) -  A program that helps a client connect with a server.

 

user agent string (n) -  A string that identifies a user's web browser and provides details about the user's computer system to web servers hosting the websites that the user visits. User Behavior Analyzer (PN) -  Part of the Web Analytics Shared Service that analyzes user behavior data logged by the server when a user visits a Web site.

 

User Breakdown Structure (n) -  The structure that describes an organization's hierarchy. The RBS code defines the hierarchical position that a resource holds in the organization. user control (n) -  A base control that provides a way to create a reusable custom control without having to create a new control class.

 

user credentials (n) -  Information, such as user name and password, for a particular user or account for gaining access to a resource.

 

user database (n) -  A database created by a SQL Server user and used to store application data.

 

User Datagram Protocol (n) -  A connectionless transport protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack that is used in cases where some packet loss is acceptable, for example, with digital media streams.

 

user device affinity (n) -  The ability to define a relationship between a user to a device to simplify deployment.

 

user dictionary (n) -  A customizable dictionary for each user that is empty by default. Users can add typed or handwritten words to and remove them from the user dictionary. User dimension (n) -  A predefined dimension that maintains user-related information such as process scheduling reviewer and approver hierarchies, and security roles.

 

user exception (n) -  An exception that occurs while executing a normal application (in Word, Excel, etc)

 

user experience (n) -  User's perception about the utility usability and desirability of a product as they integrate it into their lives and their family system. The user experience will be the differentiator that drives adoption and use of hardware software and services. user feed (n) -  The data flow published by a user or by others on this person's udate area and that this user might see.

 

user form template (n) -  A browser-enabled form template that has been published from InfoPath, and that does not need to be uploaded by an administrator to a server running InfoPath Forms Services.

 

user function (n) -  A grouping of the tasks a certain employee needs to perform when participating in a specific business process.

 

user group (n) -  A collection of users that have been assigned identical access

 

permissions.

 

user icon (n) -  The icon or picture associated with a particular user account in Windows. user ID (n) -  An alphanumeric identification used to identify a particular user. user identifier (n) -  An alphanumeric identification used to identify a particular user. user identity (n) -  Identity assigned to a user during authentication. For example, the user identity of anonymous users would be the default iusr' account. ‘

 

User Import (n) -  Provisioning of users from a human resource management system into a directory

 

user instance (n) -  An instance of SQL Server Express that is generated by the parent instance on behalf of a user.

 

user interface (n) -  The portion of a program with which a user interacts.

 

User Interface (PN) -  An API for user interface.

 

User interface  -  A program's controls, with which the user ‘interfaces' with the program. User Interface Integration (PN) -  The base components that are included in the CRM SDK that you can use to build applications for customer care.

 

user interface language (n) -  The language in which all software (including the operating system) displays its menus, help files, error messages, and dialog boxes.

 

User Interface Privilege Isolation (PN) -  A window manager subsystem that blocks applications at a lower UI privilege level from sending messages to or hooking threads belonging to processes with a higher UI privilege level.

 

user interface privilege level (n) -  The integrity level that is stored in the access token of a process and that is used by the UI Privilege Isolation (UIPI) feature to determine if an application or process is permitted to send Windows messages to another application or process.

 

user interface virtualization (n) -  In Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, a technique by which a subset of UI elements are generated from a larger number of data items based on which items are visible on the screen. Virtualization is a performance enhancement, because it is intensive, both in terms of memory and processor, to generate a large number of UI elements when only a few may be on the screen at a given time. user isolation (n) -  A method, using user names, for separating and isolating content areas within an FTP site. This is to ensure that users don't access FTP directories of one another. User Local (PN) -  The behavior property of a Date and Time attribute where field values are displayed in the user's local time.

 

user locale (n) -  The user preferences for the formatting of dates, currencies, numbers, and so on. The user locale is a per-user setting, and does not require the user to restart or to log on or log off the computer.

 

user management administrator (n) -  A Microsoft Online Services administrator who manages user accounts, groups, and password resets, manages support tickets, and monitors services health.

 

User Manager (PN) -  A part of Microsoft CRM Deployment Manager. Its primary function is to create multiple Microsoft CRM user accounts in specific groups, such as salespeople in specific departments or regional divisions.

 

user migration (n) -  The process of moving user details, mail folders, and Active Directory data to a hosted Microsoft Exchange Server environment. user mode (n) -  The nonprivileged processor mode in which application code, including protected subsystem code, executes. User-mode applications cannot gain access to system data except by calling subsystem-supplied functions, which, in turn, call system services. user mode (n) -  The mode of the Surface unit when the Surface Shell and applications can run. In this mode, the Windows user interface and functionality are suppressed. user mode account (n) -  The user account that the software uses to log on user mode. user mode exception (n) -  An exception that occurs while executing a normal application (in Word, Excel, etc)

 

user name (n) -  A unique name that identifies a user account to operating system. An account's user name must be unique among the other group names and user names within its own domain or workgroup.

 

user name (n) -  A unique identifying string for a specific database user.

 

User Name Mapping (n) -  A service that maps UNIX user and group accounts to their Windows equivalents and thath the NFS services can use for file system access control list (ACL) mapping.

 

User Network (n) -  A worldwide network of UNIX systems that has a decentralized administration and is used as a bulletin board system by special-interest discussion groups. Usenet, which is considered part of the Internet (although Usenet predates it), is comprised of thousands of newsgroups, each devoted to a particular topic. Users can post messages and read messages from others in these newsgroups in a manner similar to users on dial-in BBSs. Usenet was originally implemented using UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX Copy) software and telephone connections; that method remains important, although more modern methods, such as NNTP and network connections, are more commonly used.

 

user notification (n) -  A notification that an application sends to inform users about important information while the application is running.

 

user object (n) -  An object from Window Manager, which includes windows, menus, cursors, icons, hooks, accelerators, monitors, keyboard layouts, and other internal objects. Users can configure Task Manager to display the number of USER objects currently being used by a process.

 

user object (n) -  An object in Active Directory that contains information about the user, including user logon name, first name, last name, display name, and telephone number. user password (oth) -  The password stored in each user's account. Each user generally has a unique user password and must type that password when logging on or accessing a server.

 

user principal name (n) -  A user account name (sometimes referred to as the user logon name) and a domain name identifying the domain in which the user account is located. This is the standard usage for logging on to a Windows domain. The format is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (as for an e-mail address).

 

user principal name suffix (n) -  The part of the user principal name (UPN) to the right of the @ character. The default UPN suffix for a user account is the DNS domain name of the domain that contains the user account. Alternative UPN suffixes may be added to simplify administration and user logon processes by providing a single UPN suffix for all users. The UPN suffix is only used within the Active Directory forest, and it is not required to be a valid DNS domain name.

 

user profile (n) -  A file that contains configuration information for a specific user, such as desktop settings, persistent network connections, and application settings. user profile (n) -  A description of the eventual users of the solution in terms of geography, organizational and communication structures, user functions, resource availability, and other relevant information.

 

User profile (n) -  A form that holds predefined roles. Each user profile consists of predefined Quick Links, Alert rules, Favorites, and Metrics. Users must be assigned to a profile in order to access a respective role center.

 

user profile (n) -  A profile that defines the set of available actions, scope choices, and quota options available to a user role. Examples of profiles are App Controller Administrator, Cloud Manager, and Self-Service User.

 

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (PN) -  A service that helps to ensure user sessions are completely terminated when a user logs off.

 

User Profile service (n) -  A shared service in Microsoft SharePoint Server that enables the creation and management of user profiles that can be accessed from multiple sites and farms.

 

User Provisioning (n) -  The assignment of access privileges and system resources to users, frequently automated to reduce ongoing support costs and force compliance with security policies.

 

user rights (n) -  Tasks that a user is permitted to perform on a computer system or domain.

 

user role (n) -  A combination of a profile and a scope. A profile defines actions that a user is allowed to perform. A scope defines the objects on which the actions can be performed. user role (n) -  A set of permissions to objects in the database. Users who have been assigned the role can access these objects with the permissions specified in the role. The permissions determine what the user can do with the object -€“ read, insert, modify, delete or execute.

 

user role (n) -  A method of granting permissions to specific users for groups of data.

 

These permissions are based on a user role profile.

 

user role (n) -  A unique combination of members, scope, and quota.- A user role is based on one and only one profile.

 

user role profile (n) -  A set of permitted operations and classes of data that users need access to so they can perform specific job duties.

 

User Self Trust Certificate (n) -  In the absence of a certification authority (CA) that is capable of issuing file encryption certificates, a certificate that is generated and digitally signed by applications on behalf of the user.

 

User Services (PN) -  Configuration settings that are used to help maintain presence information and manage conferencing.

 

User Services pool (PN) -  Provides presence information and helps to manage preferences.

 

User Services service (n) -  A Lync Server service that is used to help maintain presence information for users and to manage meetings and conferences.

 

User Settings (PN) -  A Windows SteadyState tool used for configuring shared user profiles.

 

User Solution Packaging (PN) -  An approach that packages together all content deployable to SharePoint — list templates, list instance, site template, files and declarative workflows.

 

user state capture (n) -  Capability to use default settings and algorithms of Windows Easy Transfer to capture user files and settings. This capability includes logic to determine additional file types that may have been created or modified by users. Without default logic, capture is based on defined manifest of where to look for and what file formats to look for.

 

User State Migration Tool (PN) -  The tool designed to help IT professionals migrate files

 

and settings to the next version of the Windows-® operating system.

 

user story (n) -  A high-level description of a user goal that helps you estimate the work

 

needed to achieve this goal. User stories are the fundamental element of planning agile

 

projects.

 

user type (n) -  A DWORD that specifies how data is used. A user type is assigned to an identifier in the metabase.

 

user-based policies (n) -  Policies that are detailed enough to be applied to distribution groups, security groups, and individual users.

 

user-controlled scheduling (n) -  A feature that allows the user to specify manual or automatic scheduling on a per-task basis.

 

user-defined aggregate function (n) -  An aggregate function created against a SQL Server assembly whose implementation is defined in an assembly created in the .NET Frameworks common language runtime.

 

user-defined dimension (n) -  A user-created and user-modifiable dimension that is not assigned a dimension type that is recognized by PerformancePoint Planning Business Modeler. No built-in behavior is associated with it.

 

user-defined field (n) -  A field that you can define to track information specific to your business.

 

user-defined financial dimension type (n) -  A financial dimension mapped to a user- defined list of values.

 

user-defined message (n) -  Any message that is not a standard Windows message.

 

user-defined object (n) -  A custom object defined by the user.

 

user-defined style (n) -  A new style or a modification to a built-in style. User-defined styles always contain cascading style sheet formatting attributes.

 

user-defined type (n) -  A user-written extension to the scalar type system in SQL Server. user-defined type (n) -  A base data type that is explicitly defined by using the pre­compiler typedef directive.

 

user-friendly (adj) -  Easy to learn and easy to use.

 

user-interface object (n) -  An object that provides functionality to the user-interface. For example, menu items, toolbar buttons, and accelerator keys are all user-interface objects. user-interface thread (n) -  A thread that handles user input and responds to user events independently of threads executing other portions of the application.

 

user-level security (n) -  When using user-level security in an Access database, a database administrator or an object's owner can grant individual users or groups of users specific permissions to tables, queries, forms, reports, and macros.

 

username (n) -  The name by which a user is identified to a computer system or network. During the logon process, the user must enter the username and the correct password. If the system or network is connected to the Internet, the username generally corresponds to the leftmost part of the user's e-mail address (the portion preceding the @ sign, as in This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

user-preferred interface language (n) -  A language selected by the user for viewing menus, dialog boxes, messages, and Help files. If none is selected, the system-preferred language is displayed.

 

Users (PN) -  The unit of measure representing the number of users.

 

Users group (n) -  The group account that contains all user accounts. Access automatically adds user accounts to the Users group when you create them.

 

User's Guide (n) -  A comprehensive, printable reference for using the device.

 

USMT (PN) -  The tool designed to help IT professionals migrate files and settings to the next version of the Windows-® operating system.

 

USN (n) -  In Active Directory replication, a 64-bit counter that is maintained by each Active Directory domain controller. At the start of each update transaction (originating or replicated) on a domain controller, the domain controller increments its current USN and associates this new value with the update request.

 

UTC (oth) -  The standard time common to every place in the world, coordinated by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Coordinated Universal Time is used for the synchronization of computers on the Internet.

 

UTF-8 (n) -  A character set for protocols evolving beyond the use of ASCII. The UTF-8 protocol provides for support of extended ASCII characters and translation of UCS-2, an international 16-bit Unicode character set. UTF-8 enables a far greater range of names than can be achieved using ASCII or extended ASCII encoding for character data.

 

Utilities (PN) -  The Developer tools subcategory containing apps to help developers create apps.

 

Utilities & tools (PN) -  An app category to help your PC or mobile device work better. utility (n) -  A computer program that performs a specific support function required by the operating system, by other programs, or by system users.

 

utility cmdlet (n) -  A cmdlet that acts against any object rather than one that retrieves data from the system.

 

utility control point (n) -  A network node that provides the central reasoning point for the SQL Server Utility. It uses Utility Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to organize and monitor SQL Server resource health.

 

utility program (n) -  A computer program that performs a specific support function required by the operating system, by other programs, or by system users.

 

Utility Reader (PN) -  A privilege that allows the user account to connect to the SQL Server Utility, see all viewpoints in the Utility Explorer in SSMS and see settings on the Utility Administration node in Utility Explorer in SSMS.

 

utilization (n) -  The number of hours that a contact worked during a time period, that is, the sum of all hours on all time slips during the period.

 

utilization hour (n) -  An hour that is included in a calculation as billable or efficient. UUENCODE (n) -  An encoding mechanism that converts binary data into printable ASCII characters so that the data can be included in the message body without violating SMTP conventions.

 

UUID (n) -  A 16-byte value generated from the unique identifier on a device, the current date and time, and a sequence number. It is used to identify a particular device, component, user, or session.

 

UWB (n) -  A wireless technology similar to radar that is centered on the 200MZ to 4GHz band.

 

UWP (PN) -  The converged Windows platform that enables the creation of Windows apps, games, and drivers that can target every Windows 10 device.

 

UWP app (n) -  A Windows app that targets the Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP).

 

UWP Bridge (PN) -  A toolkit of tools and run-time technologies that enable a developer to bring existing code from another code base into the Universal Windows Platform. Each toolkit will vary in terms of the tooling and run-time technologies that it provides, but all of them make it easier to quickly bring code from its code base- to the Windows Store.