| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | LINQ pattern | LINQ-Muster (The set of standard query operators that is available in all LINQ queries, and the rules that define the structure of a LINQ query) |
| comp., MS | LINQ provider | LINQ-Anbieter (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) |