| Subject | English | French |
| comp., MS | data tier | couche Données (A layer that is part of a three-tier server software architecture that stores and persists data. Each logical server machine group contains an interface tier (a perimeter network), an application tier, and a data tier. This architecture provides high levels of scalability) |
| comp., MS | data-tier application | application de la couche Données (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 | instance d'application de la couche Données (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 | package d'application de la couche Données (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 | projet d'application de la couche Données de 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) |