Microsoft Windows terms starting with P

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package A group of files that modify Windows features. Package types include service packs, security updates, language packs, and hotfixes.
Parent Object An object in which another object resides. For example, a folder is a parent object in which a file, or child object, resides.
Parent-child trust relationship The two-way, transitive trust relationship that is established when you add a domain to an Active Directory tree.
Partition A partition is an individual section of computer storage media such as a hard drive.
Partition Table The partition table indicates each logical volume contained on a disc and its location.
passive client A Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) browser, which is capable of broadly supported HTTP, that can use cookies.
Password Replication Policy A set of access control lists (ACLs) that determine what credentials can or cannot be replicated on a read-only domain controller (RODC).
Password Settings Container An object class in the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) schema that is created by default under the System container in the domain.
Password Settings object An Active Directory object that is stored in the Password Settings Container. The Password Settings object holds the attributes of a certain fine-grained…
paused A state that applies to a node in a failover cluster or server cluster. The node is a fully active member in the cluster but cannot accept new clustered…
PCR A laboratory method used to make many copies of a specific DNA sequence. Also called polymerase chain reaction.
Pending The status of a patent application that occurs before either an application is abandoned (withdrawn) or a patent issues.
Per Device licensing mode A mode in which the terminal server requests a TS Per Device client access license (TS Per Device CAL) from a Terminal Services license server so that a…
Per User licensing mode A mode in which the terminal server requests a TS Per User client access license (TS Per User CAL) from a Terminal Services license server so that a user…
Performance Logs and Alerts A Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) API that enables application programmers to log system performance and diagnosis data, and to generate alert…
perimeter network An Internet Protocol (IP) network segment that contains resources, such as Web servers and virtual private network (VPN) servers, that are available to…
permissions Authorization to perform operations associated with a shared resource, such as a file, directory, or printer.
personal identification number A unique and secret identification code similar to a password that is assigned to an authorized user and used to gain access to personal information or…
PFRD Protected Forest Root Domain
PIN Noncancerous growth of cells lining the internal and external surfaces of the prostate gland.
PLA (1) Peoples Liberation Army (Chinas army). (2) Patent License Agreement.
platform configuration register A register inside a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This register is sufficiently large to contain a hash (currently only SHA-1).
Plug and Play A type of device, such as a game controller or printer, that automatically works when you connect it to your computer.
Policy The contract form issued by the company to explain the coverage provided. It is a legal document.
possible owner A node in a failover cluster or server cluster that can run a specific resource.
pre-staged client A computer account object that is created within Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) before the operating system of the computer is installed.
primary DNS suffix The Domain Name System (DNS) suffix that a computer uses to identify the DNS domain to which it belongs.
Primary Domain Controller Emulator (PDC) PDC provides backward compatibility to Windows NT. In native forest, manages password changes and synchronizes time between DCs.
primary partition A type of partition created on basic disks that can host an operating system and functions as though it were a physically separate disk.
privilege isolation A window manager subsystem that blocks applications at a lower UI privilege level from sending messages to or hooking threads belonging to processes with…
process access token A data structure that contains authentication and authorization information for a user.
Protected Forest Root Domain (PFRD) Contains critical forest-wide management groups and users as well as critical forest-wide services.
protection level The Microsoft implementation of an integrity level. In particular, a protection level, refers to an integrity label that contains only level information…
PRP Personnel Reliability Program (ILS term).
PSC Principle Subordinate Command.
PSO An Active Directory object that is stored in the Password Settings Container. The Password Settings object holds the attributes of a certain fine-grained…