| Subject | English | German |
| IT | configuration item | Konfigurationsobjekt |
| comp., MS | configuration item | Konfigurationselement (Any component that needs to be managed to deliver a service. In Service Manager, configuration items might include services, hardware, software, buildings, people, and formal documentation, such as process documentation and service level agreements (SLA)) |
| comp., MS | configuration item class | Konfigurationselementklasse (A collection of configuration items. Groups can contain members of different configuration items classes (for example, a computer and a user)) |
| mech.eng. | controlled configuration item | Produkt mit kontrollierter Konfiguration |
| comp., MS | uninterpreted configuration item. | nicht interpretiertes Konfigurationselement (An imported configuration item that cannot be interpreted by the Configuration Manager console and whose properties cannot be viewed or edited in the console) |