An entry in either a securable object's discretionary access control list (DACL) or an object's system access control list (SACL). In a DACL, the entry grants or denies permissions to a user or group. In a SACL, the entry specifies which security events to audit for a particular user or group or controls the Windows Integrity Level for the object.
access control list
In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that apply to an entire object, a set of the object's properties, or an individual property of an object, and that define the access granted to one or more security principals.
access URL
The internal URL that is used by a crawler to identify and access an item.
ACE
An entry in either a securable object's discretionary access control list (DACL) or an object's system access control list (SACL). In a DACL, the entry grants or denies permissions to a user or group. In a SACL, the entry specifies which security events to audit for a particular user or group or controls the Windows Integrity Level for the object.
ACL
In Windows-based systems, a list of access control entries (ACE) that apply to an entire object, a set of the object's properties, or an individual property of an object, and that define the access granted to one or more security principals.
activity feed
A feed that provides information, notifications and updates based on people, documents, and tags you are following.
activity flow
A running instance of a workflow that consists of a sequence of action instances and/or activity model instances. Action instances and activity model instances can be sequenced in any order to create a single activity flow.
activity model
A predefined sequence of actions.
after event
An asynchronous event whose handler runs only after the action that raised the event is complete.
alert subscription
A request to receive an Internet message automatically when user-defined criteria are met. Such messages are generated automatically when items such as documents, webpages, list items, sites, or other resources on a server are changed.
alternate account
An additional user account that is in a different domain, but within the same forest as the primary account.
app catalog
A SharePoint document library that administrators can use to distribute apps for Office and SharePoint to their end users.
app custom action
A type of custom action that is added to a host site by a SharePoint Add-in (formerly an app for SharePoint) and that links to more functionality that is contained by the add-in.
app for SharePoint
A cloud-enabled app that integrates rich, scenario-focused content and services into a SharePoint environment. Now known as “SharePoint Add-in.”
app part
A component of a SharePoint Add-in (formerly an app for SharePoint) that can be embedded on a site page to expose the functionality of the add-in.
app web
A sub website to which the SharePoint components of an add-in are deployed when the add-in is installed on a host web.
application directory
The directory on an index server or a query server where all files are stored for the purpose of creating a full-text index catalog or performing queries on a full-text index catalog.
application session
The period of time when an application is running. When an application starts, the session starts. When an application quits, the session ends.
AppSource
Formerly known as Office Store. An Internet site that provides a collection of products and services developed by Microsoft partners for Microsoft Office users.
audience identifier
A GUID or string that is used to uniquely identify an audience.
audience rule
A set of logical conditions that determine whether a user profile can be a member of an audience.
authoritative page
A webpage that a site collection administrator has designated as more relevant than other webpages. This is typically the URL of the home page for the intranet of an organization. The higher the authority level assigned to a page, the higher the page appears in search results. Also referred to as authoritative page.
authority level
A floating-point number that designates that a specific webpage is more relevant than other webpages. Allowed values are 0, 1, or 2. Zero (0) signifies the most valuable authoritative page level.
authority page
A webpage that a site collection administrator has designated as more relevant than other webpages. This is typically the URL of the home page for the intranet of an organization. The higher the authority level assigned to a page, the higher the page appears in search results. Also referred to as authoritative page.
autohost
To deploy the components of an add-in on appropriate hosts and establish add-in isolation automatically.
available site template
An XML-based collection of predefined or user-defined settings that are stored as a site definition configuration or a site template, and can be used when creating a site.
backward signing
A condition of a handwritten signature, in an image or .ink file, that specifies the direction of the characters in the signature, right-to-left or left-to-right.
base view identifier
An integer that uniquely identifies a view definition for a list.
basic page
A web parts page that contains only one web part zone and, by default, a Content Editor web part.
BCS
A feature that enables users to interact with back-end (LOB) data from within the Office Suite and SharePoint.
BCS solution deployment
BCS server to client solution deployment that is based on ClickOnce technology.
before event
A synchronous event whose handler runs completely before the action that raised the event starts.
blank site
A site that was created by using the “Blank” site template.
Business Connectivity
A feature that enables users to interact with back-end (LOB) data from within the Office Suite and SharePoint.
Business Connectivity Services
A feature that enables users to interact with back-end (LOB) data from within the Office Suite and SharePoint.
CAML
An XML-based language that is used to describe various elements, such as queries and views, in sites that are based on SharePoint products and technologies.
Central Administration site
A special SharePoint site where an administrator can manage all sites and servers in a farm that is running SharePoint products and technologies.
chrome control
An HTML and JavaScript based control that renders the top chrome, which is available to use in apps for SharePoint.
Collaborative Application Markup Language
An XML-based language that is used to describe various elements, such as queries and views, in sites that are based on SharePoint products and technologies.
content migration package
A package of XML-formatted files that is used to migrate content between site collections, sites, and lists.
content placeholder
A region within a page layout that is populated dynamically with the value of the publishing page field to which it is bound.
content type group
A named category of content types that is used to organize content types of a similar purpose.
content type identifier
A unique identifier that is assigned to a content type.
content type order
The sequence in which content types are displayed.
content type resource folder
A folder that stores the resource files that are associated with a content type.
content type schema
An XML definition that describes the contents of a content type.
content type specific view
A view that is associated with a particular content type that is associated with a folder.
context site
A site that corresponds to the context of the current request.
context type
A GUID that is used as a classification for an event receiver.
contextual search scope
A system-defined restriction that can optionally be added to a query to restrict the query results to items that are from a specific site or list.
crawl log
A set of properties that provides information about the results of crawling a display URL. The information includes whether the crawl was successful, the content source to which the display URL belongs, and the level, message, time, and identifier for any errors that occur.
crawl queue
A data structure that stores the list of items to crawl next.
crawled property
A type of metadata that can be discovered during a crawl and applied to one or more items. It can be mapped to a managed property.
cross-domain library
A JavaScript library available in apps for SharePoint to allow cross-domain client-level communication.
custom action
A dropdown menu item or ribbon component that is added to a site page.
Data View web part
A web part that is used to display items in a list.
declarative workflow association
A code-free binding of a declarative workflow to a specific list or content type using XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language).
default list view
The view of a list that is defined by the owner of the list to appear when users browse to the list without specifying a view.
default mobile list view
The view of a list that is defined by the owner of the list to appear when users browse to the list from a mobile device without specifying a view.
default search scope
The search scope that is assigned automatically to a search scope display group.
default user store
A user store supplied as a starting point for expanding group membership when a user store is not already specified in FAST Search Authorization.
deployment system object
An object that is created as part of a site or site collection. Examples of deployment system objects are root folders, catalogs, default pages, and galleries that are created during site or site collection creation. A deployment system object is not part of a template.
descendant content type
Any content type that inherits from another content type.
dynamic rank
A component of the rank that depends on how well query text matches an indexed item.
excluded item
An item that is excluded from a crawl by the administrator of the host site or the search administrator of the crawler.
extracted definition
The definition that is obtained by an index server during a crawl, to identify if any sentences in the item match the pattern for defining a term.
extracted term
A term that an extracted definition applies to.
Farm Administrators group
A group of users that has permission to manage all the servers in a server farm. Members of the Farm Administrators group can perform command-line operations and all the administrative tasks in Central Administration for the server or server farm.
farm solution
A custom solution that can be deployed to a farm by a farm administrator. A farm solution has full access to system resources and other sites in the farm.
feature definition
An XML fragment that defines a feature and its attributes.
feature identifier
A GUID that identifies a feature.
feature property
A property that is associated with an active feature at a particular scope.
feature scope
The scope at which a feature can be activated.
federated location
A source that returns a set of search results for a given search query. The source can be a search service in the local server farm or another server farm, or another search engine that is compliant with the OpenSearch protocol.
federated location definition
The configuration settings that describe how to issue a query for a given federated location and display the search results.
field internal name
A string that uniquely identifies a field in a content type or a SharePoint list.
first-stage Recycle Bin
A container for items that are deleted. Items in this container are visible to users with the appropriate permissions and to site collection administrators.
FSA Manager
The Windows service that provides administration functionality for FAST Search Authorization.
FSA worker
The Windows service that generates user search security filters in FAST Search Authorization.
full-text index component
A set of files that contain all index keys that are extracted from a set of items.
generic list
A list whose base type is Generic List.
Group Approval document identifier
A string that uniquely identifies a document that is subject to the policies defined for a Group Approval workflow. The string is generated and assigned automatically to a document by a protocol server.
high confidence property
A managed property from the metadata index that the administrator identifies as a good indicator of a highly relevant item. It is used to produce a high confidence result.
high confidence result
A search result that is considered to be highly relevant because of a precise match between a high confidence property value and the tokens in the query text.
high-trust app
An app that uses the server-to-server (S2S) protocol, where the app is responsible for creating the user portion of the access token, and therefore is trusted to assert any user identity.
host web
A SharePoint site to which an add-in is installed.
item identifier
An integer that uniquely identifies an item in a SharePoint list.
keyword consumer
A site collection that uses a particular set of keywords, synonyms, and Best Bets.
keyword synonym
An alternate phrasing of a particular keyword. When a user types a keyword synonym, search returns the same Best Bet result as the keyword.
language auto-detection
A process that automatically determines the language code identifier (LCID) for text in a document.
list folder
A folder that is contained within a SharePoint list. A list folder can contain documents or list items, and it retains the characteristics of other items in the list, such as a customizable schema.
list form
A page that allows users to create, view, or edit an item in a list.
List Form web part
A web part that is used to display, edit, or view an item in a list.
list identifier
A GUID that is used to identify a list in a site collection.
list item attachment
A file contained within a list item that is stored in a folder in the list with the segment “Attachments.”
list item identifier
An integer that uniquely identifies an item in a SharePoint list.
list server template
A value that identifies the template that is used for a list.
list template
An XML-based definition of list settings, including fields and views, and optionally list items. List templates are stored in .stp files in the content database.