Software development

Software development

The production of programs to be run on hardware.

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Computer; Software development

A page from which you can find and go to other Internet sites or to documents on an intranet. Many search pages provide various ways to search, such as by topic, by keyword, or by matches to user ...

A mail-enabled Active Directory user that represents a user outside the Exchange organization. Each mail user has an external e-mail address. A mail user is similar to a mail contact, except that a ...

unit conversion factor

Computer; Software development

The factor used to convert from one unit of measure to another unit of measure, such as from centimeters to meters.

resolver

Computer; Software development

DNS client programs used to look up DNS name information. Resolvers can be either a small stub (a limited set of programming routines that provide basic query functionality) or larger programs that ...

recursive query

Computer; Software development

A query made to a DNS server in which the requester asks the server to assume the full workload and responsibility for providing a complete answer to the query. The DNS server will then use separate ...

community technology preview

Computer; Software development

Unsupported, prerelease software intended to make the latest working build of a particular product available to developers.

declaration

Computer; Software development

A binding of an identifier to the information that relates to it. For example, to make a declaration of a constant means to bind the name of the constant with its value. Declaration usually occurs in ...