| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | active element | 活动元素 (The layout container element that is currently subject to special operations, such as adding child elements or defining columns and rows. The active element is identified by a yellow bounding box) |
| comp., MS | ancestor element | 上级元素 (In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element) |
| comp., MS | behavior extension element | 行为扩展元素 (An XML element in a configuration file that allows you to configure a service behavior) |
| comp., MS | block-level element | 块级元素 (An HTML element that, in general, begins a new line. A block-level element may include other block-level elements or inline elements) |
| comp., MS | bound element | 绑定元素 (In a static structure diagram, a use of a parameterized class, or template, in which the parameters from the parameterized class are bound to actual values) |
| comp., MS | branch element | 分支元素 (An element of workflow logic that defines an alternative condition and action or additional steps, in cases when the criteria in a condition element are not met. A logical "else-if-then" statement in a workflow) |
| comp., MS | brand element | 品牌元素 (A distinctive component that is unique to a company and that adds to its recognition with consumers) |
| comp., MS | chart element | 图表元素 (One of the distinct pieces that make up a chart, such as a title, axis, legend, trendline, or error bar) |
| comp., MS | child element | 子元素 (In a tree structure, an element that is contained by a parent element. A subordinate element) |
| comp., MS | clock vector element | 时钟向量元素 (A pair of values, consisting of a replica key and a tick count, that represents a change to a replica) |
| comp., MS | code element | 码位元素 (The minimum bit combination that can represent a unit of encoded text for processing or exchange) |
| comp., MS | container element | 容器元素 (An object that can contain one or more child objects) |
| comp., MS | derived element | 派生元素 (An element, such as an attribute or association, that can be calculated or derived from other information. For example, an age attribute for the class Person can be derived if you know the Person's date of birth) |
| comp., MS | design element | 设计元素 (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 | 文档元素 (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 | element binding | 元素绑定 (Data binding the property of one object to a property of another object) |
| comp., MS | 2-element constraint | 二元素约束 (A constraint that applies to two elements, such as two classes or two associations. The constraint is shown as a dashed arrow from one element to the other, labeled by the constraint string in braces ({ })) |
| comp., MS | element initializer | 元素初始值设定项 (A sequence of object initializers that are assigned to the collection elements in the same statement in which the collection is constructed) |
| comp., MS | inline element | 内联元素 (An HTML element that typically does not start a new line, such as EM, FONT, and SPAN) |
| comp., MS | invisible element | 不可见元素 (An element that is not displayed on a web page) |
| comp., MS | master element | 主元素 (An element in a parent document to which a child document is attached. Examples of master elements are input, frame, iframe, or elements created by an element behavior) |
| comp., MS | otherwise element | otherwise 元素 (A logical "else" statement in a workflow that defines an alternative action in all cases that do not match the criteria defined in condition or branch elements) |
| comp., MS | parent element | 父元素 (In a tree structure, an element that contains subordinate elements called child elements) |
| comp., MS | picture element | 像素 (The smallest element used to form the composition of an image on a computer monitor. Computer monitors display images by drawing thousands of very small pixels arranged in columns and rows) |
| comp., MS | programming element attribute | 编程元素属性 (A descriptive declaration that can be applied to programming elements such as types, fields, methods, and properties) |
| comp., MS | pseudo-element | 伪元素 (An element used by CSS selectors to style typographical rather than structural elements) |
| comp., MS | required element | 必需元素 (An element that is required to be present in order to satisfy a schema) |
| comp., MS | root element | 根元素 (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 | scorecard element | 记分卡要素 (Any one of the individual components of a scorecard, such as key performance indicators (KPIs), members, properties, actuals, targets, or MDX expressions) |
| comp., MS | United Nations Trade Data Elements Dictionary | 联合国贸易数据要素字典 (The dictionary of all elements used within the EDIFACT standard) |
| comp., MS | workflow decision element | 工作流决策元素 (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 | 工作流元素 (A modeling element used to define workflow processes) |
| comp., MS | XML element | XML 元素 (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) |