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E-mail terms

101. Bounced Message A returned, can't deliver e-mail message.
102. bound The upper or lower limit in a permitted range of values. [Exchange 2007]
103. bridgehead server A nominated server that acts as a message transfer point between Exchange 2000 routing groups.
104. broadcast meeting Invitees are notified about a meeting but do not need to respond to the invitation.
105. Broken One of four health states of a storage group copy. Broken indicates that the system has detected a condition that prevents replication and replay.
106. Browser An application, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, used to view and navigate the World Wide Web and other Internet resources.
107. Button A white acrylic disk that indicates the (nominal) dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button. Example: "Oh, the button raised."
108. button bar In the Notes client, the bar that displays actions as buttons. Actions let users click to accomplish tasks, from mimicking the Notes menus to tasks…
109. CA (Certificate Authority) The link that allows a server and client to communicate. A CA vouches for the identity of a server and client by issuing certificates stamped with the…
110. CA (certification authority) An entity responsible for establishing and vouching for the authenticity of public keys belonging to subjects (usually users or computers) or other…
111. Cached Exchange Mode A feature that lets a Microsoft Outlook user who has a Microsoft Exchange e-mail account work offline, either by choice or due to a connection problem.
112. Calendar The calendar is the daily list of all cases scheduled for hearing. In Housing Court, it is computerized and usually includes notations written by the…
113. Calendar Attendant An Exchange Server feature that automatically places meetings marked Tentative on the recipient's calendar without requiring the intervention of any…
114. Calendar Concierge A set of calendar enhancements that enable users to schedule people and resources quickly, efficiently, and reliably.
115. Calendar profile A document that lets you customize your calendar and indicate the times that you are available for meetings.
116. call answering A voice mail application that answers a call so that a message can be left. [Exchange 2007]
117. canonical format A format for storing hierarchical names that displays the hierarchical attribute of each component of the name.
118. catalog See Index.
119. categorizer A component of Exchange transport that processes all incoming messages and determines what to do with the messages based on information about the intended…
120. category A word, phrase, or number used to group documents in a view.
121. CCR (cluster continuous replication) A clustered Exchange deployment that combines the asynchronous log shipping and replay features in Exchange 2007 with the failover and management features…
122. CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) An Application Programming Interface that is a superset of CDO for Windows 2000.
123. CDO (Collaboration Data Objects) for Windows 2000 CDO for Windows 2000 is defined in the Windows 2000 section earlier in this document. [Exchange 2000]
124. CDO for Exchange 2000 CDO for Exchange 2000 is included with Exchange 2000 and its services are supplied from the CDOEX.DLL file. [Exchange 2000]
125. CDO for System Management (fka Exchange Management Objects - EMO) An API that allows administrators to programmatically access management information on an Exchange 2000 server, including databases and mailboxes.
126. central directory architecture Directory architecture in a Domino domain in which some servers store Configuration Directories and use primary Domino Directories on remote servers for…
127. certificate Digital signature combining data verification and encryption key. See PKI Digital Signature.
128. Certificate Authority certificate A binary file stored on the CA server's hard drive that contains a public key, a name, and a digital signature.
129. Certification Certification means the approval by a certifying official that a labor condition application is complete and does not contain obvious inaccuracies.
130. certifier ID A file that generates an electronic "stamp" that indicates a trust relationship.
131. CGI (Common Gateway Interface) Abbreviation for Common Gateway Interface (CGI). CGI is a standard that connects external programs with information servers such as Web servers or HTTP…
132. chain server topology Connects servers one-to-one, end-to-end. Information travels along the chain and then back.
133. character set A grouping of alphabetic, numeric, and other characters that have some relationship in common.
134. checksum A computed value that depends on the contents of a file. It is stored with data to detect file corruption.
135. child document A document that inherits values from another document (the parent document).
136. CIDR (Classless Interdomain Routing) An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while…
137. Classless Interdomain Routing An IP address and routing management method that allocates IP addresses in a way that reduces the number of routes stored on any individual router, while…
138. Click-Through Rate (CTR) Measures how many people of one hundred clicked on a link in an email on average.
139. client Any computer system that requests a service of another computer system. A workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of…
140. Client Access server role A set of components and services that enable users to access their Exchange mailboxes through the application Outlook Web Access and the protocols…
141. client certificate An electronic stamp that contains a public key, a name, an expiration date, and a digital signature.
142. client-server architecture The structural basis of Exchange. The client sends requests to a server, and the server carries out the instructions. [Exchange 5.5]
143. cloned configuration The practice of deploying new Edge Transport servers based on the configuration information of a previously configured source server.
144. CLS files Country Language Services (CLS) files convert characters such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters to other characters when importing or…
145. cluster Clusters are fixed length blocks of bytes that store data for Microsoft operating systems.
146. cluster continuous replication (CCR) environment A clustered Exchange deployment that uses built-in asynchronous log shipping technology to create and maintain a copy of each storage group on a second…
147. cluster-aware The classification of an application or service that runs on a server cluster node, is managed as a cluster resource, and is designed to be aware of and…
148. cluster-aware application An application that can run on a cluster node and that can be managed as a cluster resource.
149. clustered mailbox server In Exchange Server 2007, a mailbox server that is installed in a Windows failover cluster.
150. cmdlet A single-feature command-line tool that is used to manipulate objects in Windows PowerShell. [Exchange 2007]
151. CMS (Conferencing Management Service) The network service that coordinates the booking of virtual resources for online meetings in the Exchange Conference Service.
152. code page Ordered set of characters in which a numeric index (code point) is associated with each character of a particular writing system.
153. coexist See "coexistence." [Exchange 2007]
154. coexistence When you connect Exchange Server 2003 to another messaging system, including an earlier version of Exchange, the two systems coexist.
155. Collaboration Data Objects 1.21 - CDO 1.21 (aka Active Messaging and OLE Messaging) An application programming interface (API) that allows users and applications to access data objects within a server running Exchange.
156. collaboration history A document that shows all collaborative activity, such as e-mail, saved chats, and work in shared documents, that transpired between one user and a…
157. collapse An action that hides documents under categories or hides response documents under main documents in a view.
158. command For command-oriented functions, the authorization required to perform command operations. 55
159. command key A key that directly triggers an action and usually makes use of the CTRL or COMMAND keys. For example, to print press CTRL+P (COMMAND+P on Macintosh).
160. compact An agreement between states apportioning the water of a river basin to each of the signatory states.
161. compliance solution framework The IT infrastructure that your organization has implemented to comply with the specific regulations that apply to your industry.
162. component Subsystem, assembly, or subassembly of logically grouped hardware and software, that performs interacting tasks to provide BMDS capability at a functional…
163. composite application An application that combines smaller applications or components. Depending on the platform and deployment options, a composite application might included…
164. computed field On a form, a field whose value is determined by a formula that you write.
165. condensed Directory Catalog A directory catalog optimized for small size and used primarily on Notes clients.
166. ConfigCA (Configuration Connection Agreement) A special Connection Agreement implemented as part of the Active Directory Connector that replicates configuration naming context data from downlevel…
167. Configuration Directory A directory in a central directory architecture that contains only documents related to Domino configuration.
168. Connection Agreement The configuration of information to replicate using the Active Directory Connector.
169. Connection document In the Domino Directory, a Connection document enables communication between two servers and specifies how and when the information exchange occurs.
170. connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
171. console tree In Exchange 2007, this is left pane of the Exchange Management Console. [Exchange 2007]
172. contact An Active Directory object that represents a user who is outside of the Exchange organization.
173. Contacts The Lotus Notes feature that provides a repository for information about people and groups, and that provides a way to create mailing lists.
174. Container In the Exchange Administrator program, an object that contains other objects. For example, the Recipients container is composed of recipient objects.
175. content conversion The process of transforming e-mail messages from one format to another for the purpose of mail flow or storage, such as MAPI to MIME, or uuencode to…
176. Content Filtering This filter allows a user to search incoming messages for certain words or string of words to either delete, so it never reaches its final destination, or…
177. control message A command used by USENET host computers to create and remove newsgroups or cancel messages that have already been posted. [Exchange 5.5]
178. Copy Suspend One of four health states of a storage group copy. Copy Suspend indicates that an administrator has temporarily halted log copying. [Exchange 2007]
179. create access list A list that restricts a form, so that only specified users can create documents using the form.
180. Criteria standards against which compliance is evaluated. The criteria are used to evaluate whether the laboratory activity meets the standard.
181. CRL (Certificate Revocation List) A list of Internet certificates that have been revoked. CRLs are issued regularly by Internet certifiers.
182. cross certification Enables organizations to establish trust with other organizations so that users can verify the digital signature of messages sent by users in other…
183. Cross-Certificate Domino uses two types of cross-certificates: Notes and Internet. Notes cross-certificates allow users in different hierarchically certified organizations…
184. CTL (certificate trust list) A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client…
185. CTP (Conference Technology Provider) A provider of data conferencing services such as real-time video, audio, and telephony integration. [Exchange 2000]
186. custom address list An address list created to help users who need a custom view of recipients within an Exchange organization.
187. custom phrase A word or phrase that the administrator sets for the Content Filter agent to evaluate the content of an e-mail message and apply appropriate filter…
188. custom recipient In Exchange 5.5 and earlier, a custom recipient is a user who is not hosted by Exchange.
189. DACL (discretionary access control list) The part of an object's security descriptor that grants or denies specific users and groups permission to access the object.
190. data directory a directory that contains local applications, local templates, country language services (CLUs) files, DESKTOP.
191. data note A document in a Notes application.
192. data type The type of information that one field can store, for example, text, rich text, numbers, keywords, and time.
193. database In electronic records a database is a set of data elements consisting of at least one file, or of a group of integrated files, usually stored in one…
194. database cache A section of memory on an IBM® Lotus® Domino™ server where databases are stored for quick access.
195. Database Catalog A database containing information about databases stored on a single Domino server, a group of servers, or all the servers in a domain.
196. database header An internal structure that stores database-wide information such as a time stamp that indicates when a database was first created or when the Fixup task…
197. database library See application library.
198. database manager See application manager.
199. database replica See replica.
200. DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning) (aka HTTP-DAV and Web-DAV) An extension to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1.1 (HTTP/1.1) that allows for the manipulation (reading and writing) of objects and attributes on a Web…