| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | semantic error | 语义错误 (An error in meaning; a statement in a program that is syntactically correct (legal) but functionally incorrect) |
| comp., MS | semantic layout | 语义式布局 (Markup that is based on meaning or intention, as opposed to direct specification of style) |
| comp., MS | Semantic Model Definition Language | 语义模型定义语言 (A set of instructions that describe layout and query information for reports created in Report Builder) |
| comp., MS | semantic object | 语义对象 (An object that can be represented by a database object or other real-world object) |
| comp., MS | semantic validation | 语义验证 (The process of confirming that the elements of an XML file are logically valid) |
| comp., MS | Semantic Zoom | 语义式缩放 (Zooming behavior that is specified by the developer. Zooming in on a UI or a collection of things and providing greater, meaningful context. You might zoom in on a collection of photos and suddenly titles or dates appear. The photos may go from file names to thumbnails or from small thumbnails to large ones, or from thumbnails to full photo files) |