| Subject | English | Icelandic |
| comp., MS | ancestor element | móðureining (In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element) |
| comp., MS | chart element | stak línurits (One of the distinct pieces that make up a chart, such as a title, axis, legend, trendline, or error bar) |
| comp., MS | child element | undireining (In a tree structure, an element that is contained by a parent element. A subordinate element) |
| comp., MS | design element | hönnunareining (An item (such as a page, frameset, item type, form, view, script file, text file, cascading style sheet, or image) that contributes to an overall pattern, scheme, or layout) |
| comp., MS | document element | skjalseining (The element in an XML document that contains all other elements. It is the top-level element of an XML document and must be the first element in the document) |
| comp., MS | parent element | yfireining (In a tree structure, an element that contains subordinate elements called child elements) |
| math. | probability element | líkur þátturinn |
| comp., MS | programming element attribute | eigind forritunareiningar (A descriptive declaration that can be applied to programming elements such as types, fields, methods, and properties) |
| comp., MS | required element | nauðsynlegt stak (An element that is required to be present in order to satisfy a schema) |
| comp., MS | root element | rótareining (The element in an XML document that contains all other elements. It is the top-level element of an XML document and must be the first element in the document) |
| comp., MS | workflow decision element | ákvörðunareining verkflæðis (A guard condition that controls the logical branching of task sequences within a workflow process. A workflow decision can be made by a user or by an automation rule) |
| comp., MS | workflow element | verkflæðiseining (A modeling element used to define workflow processes) |
| comp., MS | XML element | XML-eining (An XML structure that consists of a start tag, an end tag, and the information between the tags. Elements can have attributes and can contain other elements) |