| English | German |
| backup media pool | Sicherungsmedienpool (A logical collection of data-storage media that has been reserved for use by Microsoft Windows Backup. Backup uses Removable Storage to control access to specific media within a library) |
| backup medium | Sicherungsmedium (Disk file or tape used to hold one or more backups) |
| Brilliant Black for Windows Media Player | Brilliantschwarz für Windows Media Player (A Windows Media Player skin created specifically for touch-screen computers) |
| continuation media | Anschlussmedien (The series of removable backup media used after the initial medium becomes full, allowing continuation of the backup operation) |
| early media | Early Media (Audio and video on a call that are exchanged before the recipient accepts the call. Examples include announcements, requests for input, and caller voice commands) |
| free media pool | Pool freier Medien (A logical collection of unused data-storage media that can be used by applications or other media pools. When media are no longer needed by an application, they are returned to a free media pool so that they can be used again) |
| import media pool | Importmedienpool (A logical collection of data-storage media that has not been cataloged by Removable Storage. Media in an import media pool is cataloged as soon as possible so that they can be used by an application) |
| media access control | Media Access Control (A sublayer of the IEEE 802 specifications that defines network access methods and framing) |
| media asset | Medienobjekt (A digital media file) |
| Media Browser | Medienbrowser (A panel within the Toolbox that provides browsing and previewing of music, movies, images, and other media files) |
| Media Center Extras | Media Center-Extras (A collection of third-party extensibility applications for Windows Media Center) |
| media clip | Clip (A single media file, including art, sound, animation, or movies) |
| media entry | Medieneintrag (An individual entry in a playlist that specifies the location of a media asset, and for Web playlists, additional attributes such as whether the media asset can be sought or skipped by clients during playback) |
| media family | Medienfamilie (Data written by a backup operation to a backup device used by a media set. In a media set with only a single device, only one media family exists. In a striped media set, multiple media families exist. If the striped media set is unmirrored, each device corresponds to a family. A mirrored media set contains from two to four identical copies of each media family (called mirrors). Appending backups to a media set extends its media families) |
| media file | Mediendatei (A file that contains audio, video, or script data) |
| media header | Medienheader (A label that provides information about the backup media.) |
| media information | Medieninformationen (Information about digital media content such as the artist, title, album, rating, producer, and so forth. Also known as metadata or tags) |
| media link entry | Medienlinkeintrag (An entry in a data feed that contains a reference to a related media resource. This is the Open Data Protocol (OData) representation of an entity that has related binary large object data that is not serialized in the data feed) |
| media outlet | Medien (A publication, such as a magazine, or a place that broadcasts programs, such as a radio station, that transmits feature stories and news to the public through various distribution channels) |
| media parser plug-in | Medienparser-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that that can read different file formats) |
| media processor | Medienprozessor (A processor that transforms media content into a different output) |
| media relay | Mediarelay (A server, in the perimeter network, that has two separate network interfaces or edges (one for accepting connections from internal clients and another for accepting connections from external clients) and that is used to enable applications to pass audio and video data across NATs and firewalls) |
| media relay server | Mediarelayserver (A server, in the perimeter network, that has two separate network interfaces or edges (one for accepting connections from internal clients and another for accepting connections from external clients) and that is used to enable applications to pass audio and video data across NATs and firewalls) |
| media resource | Medienressource (Any media item that can be transferred over any network as a binary stream. One media item could have multiple binary streams depending on the encoding features. For example, some media items could have three streams (or resources): WMV encoded stream for a 2 Mbps throughput, WMV encoded stream for a 500 Kbps throughput, and MPEG-2 encoded stream for a 5 Mbps throughput) |
| media sense thread | Medienerkennungsthread (The thread, or object within a process, that detects the presence of media) |
| media server | Medienserver (A server that hosts and delivers media across a network) |
| media set | Mediensatz (An ordered collection of backup media written to by one or more backup operations using a constant number of backup devices) |
| Media Sharing Center | Medienfreigabecenter (The primary interface used to enable sharing media to other computers and devices, and to access media sharing settings and devices that interact with the media sharing feature. If you enable sharing you can play your favorite music, videos, and pictures on any computer or device in any room in your home) |
| media stream source | Mediendatenquelle (ssn) |
| Media Stream Source | Mediendatenquelle (The service that allows apps to send audio and video samples to the media pipeline to decode, encode into a file, and stream to Xbox using Play To) |
| media usage rights | Mediennutzungsrechte (Permissions to use a protected Windows Media-based file in a particular way. For example, a content provider, such as an online music store, can grant you the right to play a song on your computer (a play right), to burn the song to an audio CD (a burn right), or to sync the song to a portable device (a sync right). The content provider dictates the terms of the rights (for example, which rights it grants to you and for how long) and Windows Media Digital Rights Management(DRM) enforces those rights) |
| medium tile | Mittelgroße Kachel (A square tile of 150 x 150 pixels on the Start screen) |
| Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition | Microsoft® Office 2008 für Mac Special Media Edition (The Special Media Edition of the suite of Microsoft productivity software for the Macintosh that supports common business tasks, including word processing, e-mail, presentations, and data management and analysis) |
| mirrored media set | gespiegelter Mediensatz (A media set that contains two to four identical copies (mirrors) of each media family. Restore operations require only one mirror per family, allowing a damaged media volume to be replaced by the corresponding volume from a mirror) |
| network media | Netzwerkmedien (The type of physical wiring and lower-layer protocols used for transmitting and receiving packets, for example, Ethernet, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), and Token Ring) |
| on-media identifier | auf dem Medium gespeicherte ID (A label that is electronically recorded on each medium in a Removable Storage system. Removable Storage uses on-media identifiers to track media in the Removable Storage database) |
| packaged Windows Media file | verpackte Windows Media-Datei (A Windows Media file encrypted with a key, which consumers cannot play unless they have a key provided by a license. A packaged Windows Media file is produced by and protected through the implementation of digital rights management using the Windows Media Rights Manager Software Development Kit(SDK) or a program based on the Microsoft Windows Media Format SDK) |
| portable media identifier | ID für tragbare Medien (A unique identifier for removable storage media such as compact flash cards. The identifier is hard coded into the storage media and is not changeable) |
| portable media player | tragbarer Media Player (A generic handheld device that can play music, videos, display pictures, etc. Specifically, a non-Microsoft-branded type of this device) |
| recovery media | Wiederherstellungsmedium (Media provided by the OEM to the customer that enables the customer to repair or reinstall their installation of Windows) |
| remote media connection | Remotemedienverbindung (A Windows Media Player (WMP) specific feature that allows you to use the Internet to access music, pictures and videos available on your home network. The feature must be activated on at least two computers in order to work) |
| RemoteFX Media Streaming | RemoteFX-Medienstreaming (A feature that enables communication of media objects through a streaming process using RemoteFX) |
| removable media | Wechselmedien (Anything used for information storage that is designed to be easily inserted into and removed from a computer or portable device. Common removable media include CD and DVD discs, as well as removable memory cards) |
| shiny media | beschreibbares Medium (A CD or DVD disc onto which files can be copied. Common writeable disc types include CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW) |
| striped media set | Stripesetmedien (A media set that uses multiple devices, among which each backup is distributed) |
| system media pool | Systemmedienpool (In Removable Storage, one of two classes of media pools: system and application. The system media pool holds cartridges that are not in use and includes free media pools, unrecognized media pools, and import media pools) |
| unrecognized media pool | unbekannter Medienpool (A repository of blank media and media that are not recognized by Removable Storage) |
| Windows Media Audio codec | Windows Media-Audiocodec (A codec used to compress and decompress audio streams) |
| Windows Media audio encoder library | Windows Media-Audioencoderbibliothek (A static library of APIs that is used to convert audio data into a specified digital format for convenient storage, retrieval, and delivery over a network) |
| Windows Media client | Windows Media-Client (The ActiveX control called Windows Media Player that receives and renders content from Windows Media server components. The client can be on either the same computer as the server, or another computer) |
| Windows Media Device Manager | Windows Media-Geräte-Manager (An element in Microsoft Windows Media that acts as a broker between an application, the Microsoft Digital Rights Management (DRM) system, and the service provider. All communication requests between the application and the portable audio player must go through Microsoft Windows Media Device Manager) |
| Windows Media Digital Rights Management | Verwaltung digitaler Rechte für Windows Media (Windows Media digital rights management platform and associated technologies) |
| Windows Media Encoding Script | Windows Media-Codierungsskript (A command-line tool in Windows Media Encoder 9 Series that is used to encode and broadcast digital media content) |
| Windows Media Encoding Utility | Windows Media-Codierungshilfsprogramm (A command-line utility for earlier versions of Windows Media Encoder, which encodes and broadcasts digital media content) |
| Windows Media file | Windows Media-Datei (A file that contains audio, video, or other data. The content of the file is encoded with one of the Windows Media codecs.) |
| Windows Media Screen codec | Windows Media-Bildschirmcodec (A codec used to compress and decompress sequences of screen images) |
| Windows Media Sharing Center | Windows-Medienfreigabecenter (The primary interface used to enable sharing media to other computers and devices, and to access media sharing settings and devices that interact with the media sharing feature. If you enable sharing you can play your favorite music, videos, and pictures on any computer or device in any room in your home) |
| Windows Media Speech codec | Windows Media-Sprachcodec (A codec used to compress and decompress audio streams with an emphasis on speech) |
| Windows Media Video codec | Windows Media-Videocodec (A codec used to compress and decompress video streams) |
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center | Windows 8 Pro mit Media Center (An edition of Windows 8 Pro that contains Windows Media Center) |
