| Subject | English | French |
| comp., MS | abstract application definition | définition d'application abstraite (The abstract type of an application, which defines common characteristics of a class of applications) |
| comp., MS | application definition | définition d'application (A design-time description of an "atomic" deployable application layer system that offers and/or consumes services) |
| comp., MS | application definition file | fichier de définition d'application (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) |