| Subject | English | German |
| AI. | root node | Wurzelknoten (eines Baumes) |
| comp., MS | Root node | Stammknoten (The location where the exception was raised, which provides information about entry points (external call) for an application: ASP page, web service method, Remoting methods, and so on) |
| IT, dat.proc. | root node | Wurzel |
| busin., IT | root node | Wurzelknoten |
| comp., MS | snap-in root node | Snap-In-Stammknoten (The top node in any snap-in, whether stand-alone or extension) |