| Term |
Definition |
| Central Administration |
A special SharePoint site where an administrator can manage all sites and servers in a farm that is running Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. The Central Administration is provisioned as soon as a SharePoint product is installed and running. |
| Designer |
A web and application design program used to design, buiIt can be downloaded for free both in a 32
bit and in a 64 bit version. |
| Document library |
A location on a SharePoint site where users can upload, collect and manage files with other team members. By default, a team Web site comes with a built-in document library named Shared Documents, which is listed on the Quick Launch bar as well as on the
Documents and Lists page. |
| Feature |
Specific declarative (XML) programming elements that work as a control panel for a host of function. Features are deployed by means of solutions. |
| Gallery |
A library that is used to store a collection of site resources, such as Web Parts, list templates, or site templates. |
| List |
Editable, web-based table that facilitates concurrent, multi-user interactions against a common, centralized and extensible set of columns and rows. |
| Permission level |
A set of rules (permissions) that determines what an user or a group can do on a site, list, library or item. |
| Quick launch |
A collection of links to frequently used site resources placed on the left side of a SharePoint site's page. |
| Service application |
The evolution of Shared Service Provider (SSP) from previous versions of SharePoint. A service application is a distinct application deployed to an application server and accessed through a web server connection that provides some specific service. Service
applications provide an extensible, pluggable model that allows web applications to consume individual services as needed. |
| Site collection |
The entire hierarchical structure of a top level site and all its subsites. |
| Solution |
The only supported method for deploying developer artifacts consistently to multiple servers in a farm. Each solution contains one or more features, thus providing a mechanism for extending SharePoint functionality. |
| Web part |
The basic building blocks of a page: modular and reusable pieces of code that allow users to modify their appearance, content and behaviour. |
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