| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | data-tier application | Datenebenenanwendung (A application that captures the SQL Server database and instance objects used by a client-server or 3-tier application) |
| comp., MS | data-tier application instance | Datenebenenanwendungsinstanz (A copy of a DAC deployed on an instance of the Database Engine. There can be multiple DAC instances on the same instance of the Database Engine) |
| comp., MS | data-tier application package | Datenebenenanwendungspaket (An XML manifest that contains all of the objects defined for the DAC; the package gets created when a developer builds a DAC project) |
| comp., MS | SQL Server data-tier application project | Datenebenenanwendungsprojekt für SQL Server (A Visual Studio project used by database developers to create and develop a DAC. DAC projects get full support from Visual Studio and VSTS source code control, versioning, and development project management) |