| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | abstract application definition | abstrakte Anwendungsdefinition (The abstract type of an application, which defines common characteristics of a class of applications) |
| comp., MS | abstract definition | abstrakte Definition (The definition of a class of (concrete) definitions, which describes characteristics common to all instances of the abstract definition) |
| comp., MS | abstract endpoint definition | abstrakte Endpunktdefinition (The abstract type of an endpoint, which defines common characteristics of a class of endpoints. Examples include, Web Site Endpoint, Http Client Endpoint, Http Server Endpoint) |
| comp., MS | abstract server definition | abstrakte Serverdefinition (The abstract type of an application server, which defines common characteristics of a class of logical application servers including the set of supported abstract endpoint definitions) |
