| English | German |
| algorithmic language | algorithmische Sprache (A programming language, such as Ada, Basic, C, or Pascal, that uses algorithms for problem solving) |
| application development language | Anwendungsentwicklungssprache (A computer language designed for creating applications. The term is usually restricted to refer to languages with specific high-level constructs geared toward record design, form layout, database retrieval and update, and similar tasks) |
| available language | verfügbare Sprache (A language pack that is present in the langpacks folder, but is not yet installed to the Windows image. To install an available language, you must run Windows Setup. Optionally, you can use the Lpksetup.exe tool to install a language pack after Windows is installed) |
| base language | Ausgangssprache (The language used for the installation of software) |
| command language | Befehlssprache (The set of keywords and expressions that are accepted as valid by the command interpreter) |
| common language runtime | Common Language Runtime (The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support) |
| common language runtime host | Common Language Runtime-Host (An unmanaged application that uses a set of APIs, called the hosting interfaces, to integrate managed code into the application. Common language runtime hosts often require a high degree of customization over the runtime that is loaded into the process) |
| Common Language Runtime support | Common Language Runtime-Unterstützung (The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support) |
| communications language | Kommunikationssprache (The language chosen by a company in which they want to receive e-mail messages and other business communications from Microsoft) |
| computer language | Computersprache (An artificial language that specifies instructions to be executed on a computer. The term covers a wide spectrum, from binary-coded machine language to high-level languages) |
| conceptual schema definition language | konzeptionelle Schemadefinitionssprache (An XML-based language that is used to define the entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and association sets of a conceptual model) |
| control-of-flow language | Sprachkonstrukte zur Ablaufsteuerung (Transact-SQL keywords that control the flow of execution of SQL statements and statement blocks in triggers, stored procedures, and batches) |
| Data Control Language | Datenkontrollsprache (The subset of SQL statements used to control permissions on database objects) |
| data definition language | Datendefinitionssprache (A language that defines all attributes and properties of a database, especially record layouts, field definitions, key fields, file locations, and storage strategy) |
| data description language | Datenbeschreibungssprache (A language that defines all attributes and properties of a database, especially record layouts, field definitions, key fields, file locations, and storage strategy) |
| data description language | Datenbeschreibungssprache (A language that defines all attributes and properties of a database, especially record layouts, field definitions, key fields, file locations, and storage strategy) |
| data manipulation language | Datenbearbeitungssprache (The subset of SQL statements that is used to retrieve and manipulate data. DML statements typically start with SELECT INSERT UPDATE or DELETE) |
| database language | Datenbanksprache (The language used for accessing, querying, updating, and managing data in relational database systems) |
| default language | Standardsprache (The human language that SQL Server uses for errors and messages if a user does not specify a language) |
| domain-specific language | domänenspezifische Sprache (A custom language that targets a problem domain and defines the problem at a high level of abstraction) |
| Explicit Language | Derbe Sprache (A content descriptor developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO)) |
| Extensible Application Markup Language | eXtensible Application Markup Language (An XML-based language used to represent a tree of objects. Events generated by these objects can be handled using any .NET programming language) |
| extensible rights markup language | Extensible Rights Markup Language (A proposed standard digital rights management (DRM) markup language which enables users to specify rights and conditions associated with resources, such as digital content or Web services) |
| fallback language | Fallbacksprache (The base language that appears when a string has not been localized into a partially localized language) |
| free-form language | Freiform-Programmiersprache (A language whose syntax is not constrained by the position of characters on a line. C and Pascal are free-form languages; FORTRAN is not) |
| fully localized language | vollständig lokalisierte Sprache (A language in which 100 percent of Windows resources have been translated. Fully localized languages are always included in full language packs) |
| input language | Eingabesprache (A Regional and Language Options setting that specifies the combination of the language being entered and the keyboard layout, IME, speech-to-text converter, or other device being used to enter it) |
| installed language | installierte Sprache (The base language used that governs how several language characteristics will behave, such as the language of the primary dictionary, and the direction and alignment of text (left-to-right or right-to-left)) |
| interactive structured query language | Interactive SQL (An interactive command prompt utility provided with SQL Server that lets users run Transact-SQL statements or batches from a server or workstation and view the results that are returned) |
| interface definition language | Interface Definiton Language (In object-oriented programming, a language that lets a program or object written in one language communicate with another program written in an unknown language. An IDL is used to define interfaces between client and server programs. For example, an IDL can provide interfaces to remote CORBA objects) |
| keyboard language | Tastatursprache (The language you want to use when you type. Some programs that are designed for the Windows platform recognize this setting. When you add a new keyboard language, a keyboard layout for that language is also added) |
| language code identifier | Sprachcode-ID (A 32-bit value which consists of the language ID in the low word (bits 0-15) and the sorting ID (bits 16-19) and a reserved value (bits 20-31) in the high word) |
| language collection | Sprachensammlung (Languages that share a common script, but may have different keyboard layouts, fonts, code pages, Input Method Editors (IMEs), or language pack kits) |
| language-dependent | sprachabhängig (Varying from one language to another) |
| Language for non-Unicode programs | Sprache für Programme, die Unicode nicht unterstützen (A Regional and Language Options setting that specifies the default code pages and associated bitmap font files for a specific computer that affects all of that computer's users. The default code pages and fonts enable a non-Unicode application written for one operating system language version to run correctly on another operating system language version) |
| language group | Sprachgruppe (A group that controls which system locale, user locales, input locales, and user interface (UI) languages can be selected) |
| Language ID | Sprachen-ID (A standard international numeric abbreviation for a country or geographical region. A language identifier is a 16-bit value that consists of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier) |
| language identifier | Sprachen-ID (A standard international numeric abbreviation for a country or geographical region. A language identifier is a 16-bit value that consists of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier) |
| language-integrated query | Language Integrated Query (A query syntax that defines a set of query operators that allow traversal, filter, and projection operations to be expressed in a direct, declarative way in any .NET-based programming language) |
| Language Interface Pack | Benutzeroberflächen-Sprachpaket (Add-in software that provides partially localized user interfaces for particular computer programs in languages not supported by localized versions of those programs) |
| language-neutral | sprachunabhängig (Having no language-dependent or language-specific content) |
| language pack | Sprachpaket (A solution package that contains only a DLL that stores localized versions of strings in another solution package. After a language pack is deployed to a site, users can display the corresponding user interface in that language) |
| language pack | Language Pack (A collection of binaries that can be installed on top of the core product and enables users to select a preferred language so that the user interface and Help files appear in that preferred language) |
| Language Profile Service | Sprachprofildienst (A Windows service that automatically manages user language preferences. Localized apps can inherit these settings, saving developers time and effort by making it unnecessary for applications to manage user language preferences on their own) |
| language service | Sprachdienst (A service in Visual Studio that provides language-specific support for editing source code in the integrated development environment (IDE)) |
| language service parser | Sprachdienstparser (A component that is used to describe the functions and scope of the tokens in source code) |
| language service scanner | Sprachdienstscanner (A component that is used to identify types of tokens in source code. This information is used for syntax highlighting and for quickly identifying token types that can trigger other operations, for example, brace matching) |
| language-specific | sprachspezifisch (Specific to a single language) |
| macro language | Makrosprache (The collection of macro instructions recognized by a given macro processor) |
| mapping specification language | Mapping-Spezifikationssprache (An XML-based language that is used to map items defined in a conceptual model to items in a storage model) |
| markup language | Markupsprache (A set of codes in a text file that instruct a computer how to format it on a printer or video display or how to index and link its contents. Examples of markup languages are Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML), which are used in Web pages, and Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which is used for typesetting and desktop publishing purposes and in electronic documents. Markup languages of this sort are designed to enable documents and other files to be platform-independent and highly portable between applications) |
| Microsoft design language | Microsoft-Entwurfssprache (The set of look-and-feel elements (type, color, icons, etc) that create a sense of brand and a cohesive user experience with Microsoft products) |
| Microsoft® Office Language Pack 2007 | Microsoft® Office Language Pack 2007 Deutsch/German (A set of cross-language document sharing and collaboration features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, along with features that increase the ease of use for individual locales. The Microsoft Office Language Pack contains select languages supported by the 2007 release) |
| Mild Language | Kraftausdrücke (A content descriptor developed by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)) |
| national language support | Unterstützung der Landessprache (A set of routines that gives applications access to locale-specific information) |
| national language support API | National Language Support API (Set of system functions in 32-bit Windows containing information that is based on language and cultural conventions) |
| native language | Muttersprache (The machine language of a CPU) |
| natural language | natürliche Sprache (A language spoken or written by humans, as opposed to a language used to program or communicate with computers) |
| natural language | natürliche Sprache (A language spoken or written by humans, as opposed to a language used to program or communicate with computers) |
| natural language searching | Suchen mit natürlicher Sprache (A search method that lets you direct your search using conversational language) |
| Notification Language option | Benachrichtigungssprache (The option on the Spam Filter page for selecting a language other than English for Spam Quarantine notifications) |
| partially localized language | teilweise lokalisierte Sprache (A language which contains 100 percent of the resources for that language and locale, but not all of the resources are translated in the language pack. Partially localized languages are installed on top of a fully localized language pack. For example, Arabic (Saudi Arabia) is a partially localized language pack and contains 80 percent of the language resources localized in Arabic. The remaining 20 percent of the language resources can be in either English or French. Both English and French are fully localized languages) |
| phone language | Handysprache (The default language of hubs, tiles, settings, dates, and other headings on the phone) |
| programming language | Programmiersprache (An artificial language that specifies instructions to be executed on a computer. The term covers a wide spectrum, from binary-coded machine language to high-level languages) |
| recognizer language | zu erkennende Sprache (A language that user can set in handwriting recognizer on Tablet PC) |
| Report Definition Language | Berichtsdefinitionssprache (A set of instructions that describe layout and query information for a report. RDL is composed of XML elements that conform to an XML grammar created for Reporting Services) |
| scripting language | Skriptsprache (A simple programming language designed to perform special or limited tasks, sometimes associated with a particular application or function) |
| single language pack | Sprachpaket (A set of language resources that supports the deployment of a software program in a particular language) |
| source language | Quellsprache (The programming language in which the source code for a program is written) |
| source language | Quellsprache (The programming language in which the source code for a program is written) |
| store schema definition language | Datenspeicherschema-Definitonssprache (An XML-based language that is used to define the entity types, associations, entity containers, entity sets, and association sets of a storage model, often corresponding to a database schema) |
| Structured Query Language | strukturierte Abfragesprache, Structured Query Language (A database query and programming language widely used for accessing, querying, updating, and managing data in relational database systems) |
| system language | Systemsprache (The default language that is used by the application text localization system) |
| system-preferred interface language | voreingestellte Sprache der Oberfläche (The language that displays on a system when the user has not selected a user-preferred interface language) |
| ultimate fallback language | endgültige Fallbacksprache (A final fallback language independent of user and system preferences. Resources for this language may either be built into the language-neutral portable executable, or otherwise guaranteed (through the installation process) to be always available) |
| Unified Messaging language | Unified Messaging-Sprache (One of the languages in which Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging (UM) functionality is supported by the availability of UM language packs) |
| user interface language | Sprache der Benutzeroberfläche (The language in which all software (including the operating system) displays its menus, help files, error messages, and dialog boxes) |
| user-preferred interface language | benutzerdefinierte Sprache der Oberfläche (A language selected by the user for viewing menus, dialog boxes, messages, and Help files. If none is selected, the system-preferred language is displayed) |
| Web Service Description Language Schema | Web Service Description Language-Schema (An interface implemented in the XML message format for describing the network services offered by the server) |
| Windows 8 Single Language | Windows 8-Edition in einer lokalen Sprache (An edition of Windows 8 designed to make Windows affordable to mainstream consumers in emerging markets) |
| WMI Query Language | WMI-Abfragesprache, WMI Query Language (A subset of ANSI SQL with semantic changes adapted to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)) |
| XML schema definition language | Sprache der XML-Schemadefinition (The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard language used for creating XML schema documents. The XML schema contains two parts: a set of predefined types (for example, string, dateTime, decimal), and an XML language for defining new types (for example, complexType, minOccurs, element)) |
