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provider (In a Web Parts connection, a server control that sends data to a consumer control. A provider can be a WebPart control or any type of server control, but must be designed to function as a provider. A provider must have a special callback method marked with a ConnectionProviderAttribute attribute in the source code. This method provides data to consumer controls in the form of an interface instance); service provider (A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP's computers) |
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Active Directory provider (A mechanism for mapping objects to Windows Media Instrumentation) |
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SMS Provider (A WMI provider that allows both read and write access to the Configuration Manager site database) |
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LINQ provider (A library that implements the functionality of the Standard Query Operators for a specific kind of data source. The LINQ provider runs the query or passes it to some other execution engine) |
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OLE DB provider (A program in the OLE DB architecture that enables native access to data, instead of accessing data using ODBC or IISAM drivers, which are external ways to access the data) |
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CNG provider (The cryptographic service provider that is used for Cryptography Next Generation (CNG)) |
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WebDAV provider (An application that presents WebDAV services to users, for example Microsoft SharePoint) |
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Internet service provider (A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations. An ISP provides a telephone number, a user name, a password, and other connection information so that users can access the Internet through the ISP's computers) |
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OLAP provider (A set of software that provides access to a particular type of OLAP database. This software can include a data source driver and other client software that is necessary to connect to a database) |
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WMI provider (In Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), a set of interfaces that provide programmatic access to management information in a system. IIS 7.0 implements a WMI provider in the namespace called WebAdministration to provide programmatic access to configuration and system settings) |
