| English | German |
| absolute pointing device | absolutes Zeigegerät (A mechanical or physical pointing device whose location is associated with the position of the on-screen cursor. For example, if the user of a graphics tablet places the pen on the upper right corner of the tablet, the cursor moves to the upper right corner of the screen or on-screen window associated with the pen) |
| add-on device | Zusatzgerät (A device that is traditionally added to the base computer system to increase functionality, such as audio, networking, graphics, or SCSI controller) |
| asynchronous device | asynchrones Gerät (A device whose internal operations are not synchronized with the timing of any other part of the system) |
| audio device | Audiogerät (A hardware device capable of reproducing sound) |
| audio input device | Audioeingabegerät (An audio input device records music and voice input into your computer. Examples of audio input devices are CD-ROM players and microphones) |
| backup device | Sicherungsgerät (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| backup device | Sicherungsmedium (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| BlackBerry device | BlackBerry-Gerät (One in a line of smartphones developed by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) that supports e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, Internet faxing, and other wireless information services) |
| block device | Blockgerät (A device, such as a disk drive, that moves information in blocks--groups of bytes--rather than one character (byte) at a time) |
| calling device | Gesprächshardware (Equipment, telephone or computer, used to place a call) |
| capture device | Aufnahmegerät (Hardware that transfers audio and video from an external source, such as a VCR or camcorder, to a computer) |
| composite device | Verbundgerät (A child device of the composite bus enumerator that aggregates multiple transport devices for a single point of access) |
| computing device | Computergerät (A piece of equipment that is used for running programs) |
| control device object | Steuerungsgerätobjekt (A device object that represents the filter driver to the system and to user-mode application and which allows applications to communicate with the filter driver directly, even before the filter is attached to a file system or volume device object) |
| custom device | benutzerdefiniertes Gerät (A microphone and speaker combination configured by the user in Lync and Office Communicator) |
| default device | Standardgerät (The device that Lync and Communicator uses by default when the user places a call (either PBX telephone phone or computer through a VOIP connection)) |
| desktop device app | Desktopgeräte-App (A device app built in C++/Win32/COM) |
| Device Access API | Gerätezugriffs-API (A set of COM interfaces that a device companion app can use to send requests, to a specialized device, synchronously or asynchronously) |
| device adapter | Geräteadapter (An ASP.NET page framework class that adapts the behavior of mobile pages and controls based on the target device) |
| device agent | Geräte-Agent (An application that a desktop application deploys and executes on a smart device. Usually, a device agent communicates or exchanges data with the desktop application that deployed it) |
| device authentication | Geräteauthentifizierung (Allowing only specific users to connect and configure a device) |
| device bar | Geräteanforderung (The minimum requirements a LUN device has to meet in order to be included in MPIO transfers) |
| Device Bay | Erweiterungsschacht (An industry specification that defines a mechanism for adding and upgrading computer peripheral devices without opening the chassis) |
| device capability | Gerätefunktion (A device functionality available through the HasCapability method or the element) |
| device capability (A device functionality available through the HasCapability method or the | Gerätefunktion |
| device channel | Gerätekanal (In a site collection, a group of settings that is configured to include certain mobile devices based on defined criteria, and that can be mapped to a SharePoint master page to optimize a publishing site for those devices) |
| Device Channels | Gerätekanäle (A SharePoint feature that enables a single publishing site to be rendered differently for different mobile devices in order to optimize the user experience) |
| device claim | Geräteanspruch (A statement that a device makes to indicate that it can be trusted to access secure resources, such a folder on a file share) |
| device conflict | Gerätekonflikt (A conflict that occurs when the same system resources have been allocated to two or more devices. System resources include interrupt request (IRQ) lines, direct memory access (DMA) channels, input/output (I/O) ports, and memory addresses) |
| device context | Gerätekontext (A data structure that defines the graphic objects, their associated attributes, and the graphic modes that affect output on a device) |
| device coordinate | Gerätekoordinate (The coordinate used by the physical device being drawn on, such as a screen or sheet of paper) |
| device definition | Gerätedefinition (The characteristics of a device available through the MobileCapabilities class and the DeviceSpecific control) |
| device driver | Gerätetreiber (Software that enables hardware or peripherals (such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard) to work with your computer or mobile device) |
| device driver interface | Gerätetreiberschnittstelle (A set of functions that are implemented by the operating system for use by drivers) |
| Device Driver Wizard | Gerätetreiber-Assistent (A wizard that helps a driver developer get the new driver packages up and going quickly in Visual Studio) |
| Device Encryption | Geräteverschlüsselung (The out-of-the-box encryption capabilities that are automatically included on PCs running Windows RT.) |
| device encryption | Geräteverschlüsselung (The use of encryption to protect local device data from offline hardware attacks) |
| device experience | Gerätefunktion (The combination of device, device driver, device metadata, and Windows Store device app) |
| device filter | Gerätefilter (A section of the Web.config file where you specify values for specific mobile devices. These values are used to create device-specific content) |
| device font | Druckerschriftart (A font residing in or intended for a printer. Font cartridges are available for laser printers that allow your printer print additional fonts. Printer fonts are distinct from screen fonts, which are designed for displaying text on a computer) |
| device group | Gerätegruppe (A collection of devices that are grouped together for convenience of administration. Devices can be grouped together if they have similar characteristics such as device vendor or device location. This helps effectively manage several devices at one time, instead of individually) |
| device handle | Gerätezugriffsnummer (A piece of software code or an ID that allows a user to programmatically access the mobile device) |
| device ID | Geräte-ID (A unique ASCII string for the device created by enumerators to identify a hardware device and used to cross-reference data about the device stored in the registry. Distinguishes each logical device and bus from all others on the system) |
| device independent pixel | geräteunabhängiges Pixel (A unit of measure that equals 1/96 of an inch) |
| device independent unit | geräteunabhängige Einheit (A unit of measure that equals 1/96 of an inch) |
| device license | Gerätelizenz (A software license assigned to a client computer; it allows any authorized person access to the software by using that computer) |
| device lock | Gerätesperre (A feature that provides enhanced protection for data by locking the device and requiring user authentication through a password) |
| device management | Geräteverwaltung (The exchange of requests and responses that control and configure the operational state of a device. Device management requires the use of a Communication Class interface) |
| device management point | Geräteverwaltungspunkt (A Configuration Manager site system that communicates with mobile device clients and that must be hosted on a Configuration Manager management point) |
| Device Manager | Geräte-Manager (An administrative tool that you can use to manage the devices on your computer. Using Device Manager, you can view and change device properties, update device drivers, configure device settings, and uninstall devices) |
| device metadata package | Gerätemetadatenpaket (A .cab file that can only have one locale support and that provides all the hardware display components in order for your device information to be shown in the Control Panel) |
| Device Metadata Retrieval Client | Client für den Gerätemetadatenempfang (A feature that provides an interface for acquiring rich metadata in order to support showing device detail information in the Device Center and the Device Stage) |
| device name | Gerätename (A user-defined description of a particular device) |
| device partnership | Gerätepartnerschaft (A registry key on a Windows CE-based device that a desktop computer uses to identify the device when it is connected. The key defines values for synchronization, file conversions, and backup and restore information, which enable multiple Windows CE-based devices to connect to the same desktop computer. A device partnership is created the first time you connect a Windows CE-based device to a desktop computer) |
| device password | Gerätekennwort (A passcode that a user enters on a mobile device that supports the Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The device password unlocks the device and allows access to the data stored on the device) |
| device PC | verwendeter PC (A computer that is part of a OneCare circle but is not a hub PC or a monitor PC. A device PC has no privileges to monitor or make changes to any other computer in the OneCare circle) |
| device property | Geräteeigenschaft (The configuration setting of a device, such as name, vendor, location, and source) |
| device registration | Geräteregistrierung (The process of verifying a user's credentials and the server certificate, as well as to register information about the device on the server) |
| Device Security Manager | Gerätesicherheits-Manager (A feature in Visual Studio that allows you to configure device security and manage certificates on Windows Mobile-based devices) |
| device-specific module | gerätespezifisches Modul (A storage array manufacturer's module that incorporates knowledge of the manufacturer's hardware and interacts with the MPIO driver. The DSM plays a crucial role in device initialization and I/O request handling, including I/O request error handling) |
| device stack | Gerätestapel (A chain of device objects that represent the drivers for a device. Each device stack contains a device object for each driver that is part of handling input/output (I/O) to a particular device. The parent bus driver has a physical device object (PDO), the function driver has a functional device object (FDO), and each filter driver has a filter device object (DO)) |
| Device Sync options | Optionen für die Gerätesynchronisierung (A dialog for synchronizing photos to a device) |
| device type | Gerätetyp (A value from a developer-defined list that specifies the types of devices that a given application will support) |
| Devices charm | Charm "Geräte" (A user interface element that provides access to external devices like media players or printers) |
| display device | Anzeigegerät (A visual output device aimed at displaying various type of information) |
| dump device | Sicherungsmedium (A tape or disk drive containing a backup medium) |
| Enable device syncing in Digital Image Library | Gerätesynchronisierung in Foto Designer-Bibliothek aktivieren (A checkbox that turns the Device Syncing feature on or off. If it is off, no UI is exposed to the user) |
| Enhanced Storage device | erweitertes Speichergerät (A storage device that provides storage function and authentication. Such devices are usually small form-factor devices such as USB thumb drives) |
| export a device | Gerät exportieren (To move device information into a file, either by copying the device information to another BizTalk RFID server or by making a backup of the device properties) |
| ghost device | verwaistes Gerät (A device that is detected by a computer even though it is no longer installed or connected. You can remove ghost devices in Device Manager) |
| handwriting input device | Handschrift-Eingabegerät (A tool, such as a digital pen and tablet, used to enter text by writing instead of typing. Along with writing tablets, you can use 3-D drawing or Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) tablets, or a tablet-PC. You can also write by moving your mouse on the mouse pad) |
| Hardware and Devices troubleshooter | Hardware- und Geräteproblembehandlung (A troubleshooter that helps find and fix problems about hardware and devices) |
| headless device | monitorloses Gerät (A device that does not have a conventional keyboard, mouse, or video monitor during normal operation) |
| health device | Gesundheitsgerät (A variety of health and fitness devices that can be connected with HealthVault, including blood pressure monitors, peak flow meters, blood glucose meters, pedometers, and scales) |
| IEEE Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices | IEEE 1667 (The IEEE industry standard that defines methods for authenticating transient removable storage devices (e.g. USB flash drives, memory cards, and portable hard disks) when they are mounted to host computers in corporate, government, academic, and other environments) |
| imaging device | Bildverarbeitungsgerät (A hardware type for digital cameras and scanners) |
| import a device | Gerät importieren (To move device information and properties into the BizTalk RFID server from a file) |
| Import from a device | von einem Gerät importieren (An option that allows user to import images from a device as opposed to some form of media. Device denotes an electronic device capable of showing or transmitting digital images) |
| infrared device | Infrarotgerät (A computer, or a computer peripheral such as a printer, that can communicate using infrared light) |
| input device | Eingabegerät (A peripheral device whose purpose is to allow the user to provide input to a computer system. Examples of input devices are keyboards, mice, joysticks, and styluses) |
| integrated device electronics | IDE-Schnittstelle (A type of disk-drive interface in which the controller electronics reside on the drive itself, eliminating the need for a separate adapter card. IDE offers advantages such as look-ahead caching to increase overall performance) |
| legacy device | Legacygerät (A device that does not use (PCI), (USB), 1394, or later physical interconnect, but is fully (PnP) compliant. A legacy device cannot be configured or managed by using either mechanisms or PnP methods to specify resource configurations) |
| logical device | logisches Gerät (A volume that you create within an extended partition on a basic master boot record (MBR) disk. Logical drives are similar to primary partitions, except that you are limited to four primary partitions per disk, whereas you can create an unlimited number of logical drives per disk. A logical drive can be formatted and assigned a drive letter) |
| LPT device | Parallelgerät (A device that uses a parallel connection) |
| mass storage device | Massenspeichergerät (A generic term for disk, optical disk, or other device that provides persistent storage for computer data) |
| medical device | Medizinisches Gerät (A medical instrument used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a disease) |
| MFC Smart Device DLL Wizard | MFC-DLL-Assistent für intelligente Geräte (A wizard in Smart Device Development. It is used to create an MFC DLL project. The users get a working starter application that has built-in functionality that, when it is compiled, will implement the basic features of a DLL) |
| Microsoft CRM Mobile Device Registration Service | Geräteregistrierungsdienst für Microsoft CRM Mobile (A service that is installed and started on the Microsoft CRM server that registers devices) |
| mobile device | mobiles Gerät (A piece of handheld equipment such as a portable music or video player, PDA (personal digital assistant), mobile phone, or Windows Mobile device that works on its own but can also connect to a computer. Many of these devices can sync information with Windows) |
| multifunction device | Multifunktionsgerät (A piece of hardware that supports multiple discrete capabilities, such as audio, mixer, and music, on a single card. This device is sometimes treated as a bus that can be enumerated to locate the devices on that bus) |
| My Device | Mein Gerät (A menu choice or remote button that offers access to the user's portable media device) |
| Network Device Enrollment Service | Registrierungsdienst für Netzwerkgeräte (In Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 the Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) is the Microsoft implementation of the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP). There is also an add-on module for SCEP for Windows Server 2003 Certificate Services. NDES and the SCEP add-on provide support for the SCEP protocol which allows Cisco routers and other intermediate network devices to obtain certificates) |
| offline device | Offlinegerät (A device that is physically disconnected from, or that is not available in, BizTalk RFID) |
| online device | Onlinegerät (A device that is physically connected or is available in BizTalk RFID) |
| Open Device Access Model | Modell für den offenen Zugriff auf Geräte (The access model for horizontal solutions, which enables a horizontal strategy. Open Device Access enables many different Windows Store apps to access a specialized device. Examples: a smartphone with multiple apps that synchronize contacts; a pedometer that allows multiple apps to read its data and post it to a website) |
| output device | Ausgabegerät (Any peripheral which purpose is to convey information from a computer to a user in the form of text, images, sounds or other) |
| parallel device | Parallelgerät (A device that uses a parallel connection) |
| partnered device | Partnergerät (A device that has been set to establish device-to-device connection with another one, such as by radio, Bluetooth or infrared) |
| PCMCIA device | PCMCIA-Gerät (A removable device, approximately the size of a credit card, that can be plugged into a PCMCIA slot in a portable computer. PCMCIA devices can include modems, network adapters, and hard disk drives) |
| Per Device licensing mode | Lizenzierungsmodus "Pro Gerät" (A mode in which the remote desktop server requests an RDS Per Device client access license (RDS Per Device CAL) from a Remote Desktop license server so that a device can connect remotely to the remote desktop server) |
| Ping device | Gerät pingen (The action of testing a particular device on the network for troubleshooting purposes using the ping utility) |
| PnP device | PnP-Gerät (A type of device, such as a game controller or printer, that automatically works when you connect it to your computer. The computer configures the settings and installs the necessary drivers by itself) |
| pointing device | Zeigegerät (" An input device used to control an on-screen cursor for such actions as "pressing" on-screen buttons in dialog boxes, choosing menu items, and selecting ranges of cells in spreadsheets or groups of words in a document.") |
| portable device | tragbares Gerät (A device that is light enough, rugged enough, and free enough of encumbering external connections to be carried by a user) |
| primary device | primäres Gerät (A software deployment condition that defines one or more devices that a specific user uses. A primary device is typically determined either by frequency of use or by business requirements) |
| primary storage device | primäres Speichergerät (A storage device that holds data in temporary memory such as RAM) |
| print device | Drucker (A device that puts text or images on paper or other print media) |
| Printing and Imaging Devices | Drucker und Bildverarbeitungsgeräte (A feature in Windows that allows users to access and manage printers, multi-function printers, digital cameras and scanners) |
| programmable logic device | programmierbarer Logikbaustein (A logic chip that is programmed by the customer, not the manufacturer. Like a gate array, a PLD is a collection of logic gates. Unlike a gate array, a PLD does not need to be programmed as part of the manufacturing process) |
| programmable logic device | programmierbarer Logikbaustein (A logic chip that is programmed by the customer, not the manufacturer. Like a gate array, a PLD is a collection of logic gates. Unlike a gate array, a PLD does not need to be programmed as part of the manufacturing process) |
| puff and sip device | Mundmaus, Saug- und Blasgerät (An assistive computer technology for people with mobility impairments. A puff and sip device is a head-mounted alternative to using the mouse. The device allows a user to move the mouse pointer without using his or her hands by puffing air into a tube) |
| RDS Per Device CAL | "Pro Gerät"-RDS-CAL" (One of the two types of Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) that permits one device (used by any user) to connect to a remote desktop server) |
| RDS Per Device CAL | Pro Gerät"-Clientzugriffslizenz für Remotedesktopdienste (One of the two types of Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) that permits one device (used by any user) to connect to a remote desktop server) |
| Remote Desktop Services Per Device client access license | Pro Gerät"-Clientzugriffslizenz für Remotedesktopdienste" (One of the two types of Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) that permits one device (used by any user) to connect to a remote desktop server) |
| remote device wipe | Remotegerätzurücksetzung (A technology that enables the Exchange server to set a mobile device to erase all data the next time the device connects to the Exchange server) |
| Resize for mobile device | Größe an mobiles Gerät anpassen (An option that allows a user to resize an image to fit on a mobile device, such as a cell phone or PDA) |
| Restricted Device Access Model | Modell für den eingeschränkten Zugriff auf Geräte (The device access model for vertical solutions. Restricted Device Access does not allow other applications to access a specialized device) |
| SerialKey device | Gerät für externe Eingabehilfen (Enables you to attach an alternate input device (also called an augmentative communication device) to your computer's serial port. This feature is designed for people who are unable to use the computer's standard keyboard and mouse) |
| single quorum device server cluster | Quorumgerät-Servercluster (A cluster configuration that has two or more nodes and that is configured so that every node is attached to one or more cluster storage device. The cluster configuration data is stored on a single cluster storage device. There are advantages and limitations for each cluster configuration (single node server cluster, single quorum device server cluster, and majority node set server cluster)) |
| single switch device | Gerät mit Ein-Schalter-Bedienung (An assistive computer technology for people with mobility impairments. A single switch device allows users to interact with a computer by using slight body movements) |
| smart device | intelligentes Gerät (A hardware device based on the Windows Embedded CE operating system or a derivative such as Windows Mobile or Windows Automotive) |
| Smart Device Connectivity API | Smart Device Connectivity-API (An application programming interface that enables developers to establish a connection between a desktop computer and a device. This API enables developers to focus on creating remote tools, while it handles the details of device interconnectivity and transport mechanisms) |
| solid-state device | Festkörpergerät (A circuit component whose properties depend on the electrical or magnetic characteristics of a solid substance (as opposed to a gas or vacuum)) |
| specialized device | Spezialgerät (A new type of device that we don't have built-in support for in Windows) |
| Specialized Device Access Model | Modell für den Zugriff auf Spezialgeräte (The model that describes the two ways that a Windows Store app can access a specialized device: Open Access Model and Restricted Device Access Model) |
| static virtual device driver | statischer virtueller Gerätetreiber (A virtual device driver (VxD) that is statically loaded during system startup. A static VxD can be loaded in a number of different ways, including device enumeration by the Plug and Play (PnP)static device enumerator) |
| storage device | Speichervorrichtung (A device that you can connect to a computer to copy and store files. Common storage devices include external hard disk drives and flash memory cards) |
| system device | Systemgerät (A device on a system board, such as an interrupt controller, keyboard controller, real-time clock, DMA page register, DMA controller, memory controller, FDC, IDE port, serial and parallel port, PCI bridge, and so on. In today's PCs, these devices are typically integrated in the supporting chip set) |
| target device | Zielgerät (" A device that receives an action specified by the OneCare administrator. For example, an external hard drive that is the designated the place for file backup would be considered to be the "target device" of the backup function. ") |
| telephone device for the deaf | Gehörlosentelefon (A device that enables the transmission of typed messages over phone lines. These devices typically include keyboards for typing messages to send and display and/or printers to receive messages from one device to another) |
| telephone typewriter device | Schreibtelefon (A device that enables the transmission of typed messages over phone lines. These devices typically include keyboards for typing messages to send and display and/or printers to receive messages from one device to another) |
| video capture device | Videoaufnahmegerät (A device that converts analog images (for example, from a television or VCR) into digital images) |
| volume snapshot device | Volumemomentaufnahmegerät (A virtual device created by System Restore that is needed to set a system restore point) |
| 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 Mobile Device Center | Windows Mobile-Gerätecenter (An application designed for managing Microsoft Windows Mobile® devices via a Windows Vista client computer. When the mobile device is connected to the computer by cable, cradle, infrared, or wireless LAN, the mobile user uses Windows Mobile Device Center to create a partnership between the desktop computer and the mobile device to configure the device, manage settings, add & remove applications, and synchronize data. After the partnership is created, the mobile user can manage the device using any of the connection mechanisms. While connected, the mobile user can also use the Windows Vista client computer without a partnership to do such things as browse the device and configure settings for the device) |
| Windows Portable Device API | Windows-API für tragbare Geräte (An API that provides access to digital still cameras, media players, and multi-function cellular phones that implement Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)) |
| Windows Store device app | Windows Store-Geräte-App (An app that's downloaded from the Windows Store and installed automatically to the PC when a user attaches a certified device to the PC, provided that the device manufacturer has submitted the app to the Windows Store) |
