| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp., MS | abstract application definition | 抽象アプリケーション定義 (The abstract type of an application, which defines common characteristics of a class of applications) |
| comp., MS | application definition | アプリケーション定義 (A design-time description of an 'atomic' deployable application layer system that offers and/or consumes services) |
| comp., MS | application definition file | アプリケーション定義ファイル (An XML file that fully describes a single Notification Services application. The ADF file contains the schemas for the events, subscriptions, and notifications; the rules for matching events with subscriptions; and may provide the name of the XSLT file used to format generated notifications) |