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1. A/V Authentication Service A service that is found in Office Communications Server 2007 that enables voice media to be passed through devices that use Network Address Translation…
2. accelerator In a user interface, a key or combination of keys that invokes an application-defined function. For example, ALT+F shows the File menu.
3. accepted domain Any SMTP namespace for which an Exchange organization sends and receives e-mail.
4. access control The mechanisms for limiting access to certain information based on a user's identity and membership in various predefined groups.
5. access-controlled section A defined area on a form that allows only certain users to edit the fields in the section.
6. Account An account consists of an email address and a password, used to log into a mail server to retrieve or send mail.
7. Account document A document that contains information such as the user name and password about an Internet connection.
8. ACE (access control entry) An entry in an object's discretionary access control list (DACL) that grants permissions to a user or group.
9. ACL (access control list) A security type used by Lotus Notes developers to grant varying levels of access and user privileges within Lotus Notes databases.
10. activation The process of converting a storage group copy to a production storage group. Local continuous replication (LCR) and standby continuous replication (SCR)…
11. Active Directory The directory service for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003.
12. Active Directory and Journaling Although there is no performance impact or special considerations about the impact of journaling on Active Directory®, it is important to understand how…
13. Active Directory contact An Active Directory object that contains information about an individual such as name, address, and job title. It can include a foreign e-mail address.
14. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) The Windows-based directory service. Active Directory stores information about objects on a network and makes this information available to users and…
15. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services A stand-alone directory service that is designed specifically for use with directory-enabled applications.
16. Active Directory Service Interfaces A directory service model and a set of Component Object Model (COM) interfaces.
17. Active Directory Users and Computers An administrative tool used by administrators to perform day-to-day Active Directory administrative tasks.
18. Active Messaging Protection A process by which antivirus and anti-spam agents and filters are applied to e-mail messages for the purpose of stopping unsolicited or malicious e-mails…
19. activity The number of transformations that take place each second in a given amount of radioactive material.
20. activity logging A process used to collect information about the activity in an enterprise.
21. ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) A stand-alone directory service that is designed specifically for use with directory-enabled applications.
22. ADC (Active Directory Connector) The service that replicates information between the Exchange Server 5.5 directory and Active Directory.
23. address Addresses using a number of different protocols are commonly used on the Internet.
24. Address Book A directory of address lists available to Exchange users that enables them to address e-mail messages, and select conferencing resources.
25. address list A collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts…
26. Address Rewrite A tool that can be used to rewrite return e-mail addresses on outgoing e-mail messages sent from a third party mail system to Exchange and destined for…
27. address rewriting Functionality available on Receive connectors and Send connectors on the Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server that lets e-mail administrators modify…
28. Address Rewriting agent An agent on the Receive connector and Send connector on a computer that has the Edge Transport server role installed, which lets e-mail administrators…
29. Address Rewriting Inbound agent Address Rewriting agent for messages that enter an Exchange Server 2007 organization. See Address Rewriting agent. [Exchange 2007]
30. Address Rewriting Outbound agent Address Rewriting agent for messages that leave an Exchange Server 2007 organization. See Address Rewriting agent. [Exchange 2007]
31. Address Rewritting Functionality that enables an e-mail administrator to modify the SMTP addresses of senders and recipients on messages that enter and leave an Exchange…
32. address space Address information that identifies a message and its route. [Exchange 5.5]
33. Adjacent Domain document A document that defines the name, location, and access to adjacent (connected) and non-adjacent (unconnected) IBM® Lotus® Domino™ domains and…
34. ADMD (administrative management domain) Part of a management domain that is a set of messaging systems managed by an organization that contains at least one message transfer agent (MTA).
35. Administration group A collection of servers running Exchange 2000 that can be administered as a single unit.
36. Administration Process A server task (Adminp) that automates many administrative tasks. You initiate the tasks, and the Administration Process completes them for you.
37. administration server The server that you assign to apply Administration Process updates to a primary replica.
38. Administrator Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, and such authorized representatives as may be designated to…
39. Administrator program A graphical user interface that enables administrators to manage and configure Exchange objects, such as organizations, sites, and servers. [Exchange 5.5]
40. administrator role In Exchange 2007, an administrator role is a predefined security group that provides specific permissions to allow role members to manage Exchange…
41. ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) A programming layer built on top of OLE DB that allows high-level programming languages such as Visual Basic and VBScript to access an underlying data…
42. ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces) A directory service model and a set of Component Object Model (COM) interfaces.
43. advanced security Provides administrators and users with the ability to protect and verify messages. [Exchange 5.5]
44. Agent Agent means any individual, other than a broker-dealer, who represents a broker-dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales…
45. Agent Manager The background server program that manages and runs agents on a server. An agent performs a series of automated tasks according to a set schedule or at…
46. alarm Alert, Locate, and Report Missiles.
47. alias Called by another name.
48. Aliasing (redirecting) Using a fictitious address with which to send and receive e-mail. Typically done to avoid having people write to long "real" e-mail addresses or if…
49. Allow phrase A custom word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to enable the processing of e-mail messages to Exchange Server 2007…
50. alternate mail A mail system other than Lotus Notes mail.
51. anonymous access A type of access that allows users and servers to access a server without first authenticating with it.
52. anonymous public folder A public folder that anonymous users can access. [Exchange 5.5]
53. anonymous user A non-validated user who is not recognized by the server, and who can access only published folders and address lists. [Exchange 2003]
54. anti-spam stamping Functionality in Exchange Server 2007 that helps the messaging administrator diagnose spam-related problems by applying diagnostic metadata, or "stamps,"…
55. antivirus stamping A mechanism that helps reduce the volume of antivirus scanning that is required across an organization by stamping messages that have been scanned for…
56. API (Application Programming Interface) A set of functions that gives programmers access to another application's internal features from within their own application.
57. APOP APOP stands for Authenticated Post Office Protocol. Every mail connection made sends your username and password across the network in clear text (no…
58. Application Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), an oral or written request for an extension of credit that is made in accordance with the procedures…
59. application catalog A IBM® Lotus® Notes® application (CATALOG.NSF) on an IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server that contains a list of Notes applications on the server.
60. application library an application that lists links and uses replication ID numbers to locate applications on various servers.
61. application manager A person with manager access to a Notes application, whose responsibilities include setting up and maintaining access to the application and monitoring…
62. archive A copy of data (any information stored on a computer) on a computer drive, or on a portion of a drive, maintained for historical reference.
63. ArchiveSink A diagnostic tool that can be used to log all message and recipient details of an e-mail message for incoming and outgoing messages on an Exchange server.
64. archiving reducing the strain of storing data by backing it up, removing it from its native environment, and storing it elsewhere. [...
65. ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) A technology that enables a computer to interpret human speech. [Exchange 2007]
66. attach To store a file with a Lotus Notes document or form. The file, or attachment, is stored with the document or form in the application until one of them is…
67. Attachment Taking a person's property to satisfy a courtordered debt.
68. Attachments Any file type associated with or attached to an e-mail.
69. attribute An attribute is a characteristic of data that sets it apart from other data, such as location, length, or type.
70. Audio Codec The digital encoding used to represent audio data. [Exchange 2007]
71. authentication The process of validating the credentials of a person, computer process, or device.
72. author access An access level that allows users to create and read documents and edit the ones they created and saved.
73. Authors field A field that lists the names of people who have Author access. This field does not override the access control list.
74. Auto Attendant A feature that supplies a caller with information and performs an action without the intervention of a human operator.
75. Auto Responder A preconfigured message immediately sent back to anyone you receive an email from.
76. Autodiscover A feature available in Outlook 2007 and some mobile devices that automatically configures the clients for access to Exchange Server 2007.
77. Autodiscover service A service that returns server configuration information for a mobile device or other client using only the user's SMTP e-mail address and password.
78. autoregistration A process by which external databases may be automatically added when the database type and path are supplied during connection.
79. Autoresponders (Mailbots) Automated programs which are established to return a prewritten message upon receipt of e-mail.
80. autosave A feature that automatically saves files such as documents and chat transcripts.
81. AV (antivirus software) A computer program designed to detect and respond to malicious software, such as viruses and worms.
82. Availability service The Availability service improves information workers' free/busy data by providing secure, consistent, and up-to-date free/busy information to computers…
83. Back pressure A pressure that can cause water to backflow into the water supply when a user's water system is at a higher pressure than the public water system.
84. backbone The bones, muscles, tendons, and other tissues that reach from the base of the skull to the tailbone.
85. backoff In Exchange Server 2007, a mechanism used to deliver messages at an interim hop along the least cost routing path when direct relay fails for any reason…
86. BadMail folder The BadMail folder contains messages that cannot be delivered to your organization, and also cannot be returned to the sender.
87. Base64 It is a method of encoding arbitrary binary data as ASCII text. This is necessary for sending files via Internet email, which can only handle 7-bit ASCII…
88. Basic authentication Authentication protocol supported by most Web servers and browsers. Transmits the user name and password in clear text.
89. BCC A Bcc (blind carbon copy) is a copy of an email message sent to a recipient whose email address does not appear in the message.
90. Bcc journaling Bcc journaling is message-only journaling with the added ability to capture the Bcc recipients.
91. Bifurcation A split in the delivery path of an e-mail message, which is sent to multiple recipients, so that the different recipients receive different copies of the…
92. binary tree server topology Connects servers in a pyramid fashion: the top server connects to two servers below it, each of which connects to two servers below it, and so on.
93. Black List Block email from email addresses and domains added to this list.
94. Blacklist A Blacklist collects known sources of spam. Email traffic then can be filtered against a blacklist to remove spam.
95. Block phrase A custom word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to prevent e-mail messages that contain specific words or phrases from…
96. Blog Blogs, also referred to as Web logs, are frequent, chronological Web publications consisting of links and postings.
97. Body The main part of an email message containing the actual, arbitrary data such as text or images.
98. bookmark A link to a Web site or page previously visited.
99. bookmark folder A folder in the Bookmark Bar containing bookmarks.
100. bounce message A non-delivery receipt that is sent to an e-mail sender when a message cannot be delivered to the intended recipient temporarily or permanently.