| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | operational database | 操作数据库 (A SQL Server 2008 database, by default named OperationsManager, which stores configuration data, operations data, and security data) |
| comp., MS | operational excellence | 卓越运营 (A risk management principle by which business and/or IT processes run with best possible performance) |
| comp., MS | operational log | 运行日志 (A log that contains information about operations carried out by a computer in the process of executing a program) |
| comp., MS | operational workflow | 即用工作流 (A workflow that is synchronous and starts immediately) |
| comp., MS | post-operational workflow | 非即用工作流 (A workflow that is asynchronous or that starts at a later time, but does not have to wait for a previous workflow to finish) |