| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | application development environment | 應用程式開發環境 (An integrated suite of programs for use by software developers. Typical components of application development environments include a compiler, file browsing system, debugger, and text editor for use in creating programs) |
| comp., MS | composed environment | 組成環境 (A virtual environment that was created from virtual machines. Those virtual machines were created outside of Microsoft Test Manager and are already deployed on a host group) |
| comp., MS | deployed environment | 已部署環境 (A group of virtual machines located on a team project host group and controlled by Microsoft Test Manager. A deployed environment can be running or stopped) |
| comp., MS | Development Tools Environment | 開發工具環境 (A set of interfaces that enable developers to programmatically achieve several of the key tasks achievable from the Integrated Development Environment (IDE)) |
| comp., MS | Distributed Computing Environment | 分散式運算環境 (A set of standards from the Open Group (formerly the Open Software Foundation) for development of distributed applications that can operate on more than one platform. One of two types of hardware connected by an RS-232-C serial connection, the other being a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device. A DCE is an intermediary device that often transforms input from a DTE before sending it to a recipient. A modem, for example, is a DCE that modulates data from a microcomputer (DTE) and sends it along a telephone connection) |
| comp., MS | environment snapshot | 環境快照 (A file-based snapshot of the state, disk data, and configuration of all virtual machines in an environment at a specific point in time) |
| comp., MS | environment template | 環境範本 (A resource, consisting of virtual machines, that is stored in a team project library share and can be used to create new virtual environments) |
| comp., MS | environment variable | 環境變數 (One of a set of dynamic values maintained by the operating system that provides configuration and status information) |
| comp., MS | environment viewer | 環境檢視器 (An application that enables a user to start, pause, stop, or create a snapshot of the virtual machines in an environment) |
| comp., MS | integrated development environment | 整合式開發環境 (A set of integrated tools for developing software. The tools are generally run from one user interface and consist of a compiler, an editor, and a debugger, among others) |
| comp., MS | isolated development environment | 隔離式開發環境 (A private copy of the database that is created from the database project and typically filled with data by using a data generation plan) |
| comp., MS | lab environment | 實驗室環境 (An environment, consisting of virtual machines, that is managed by a lab service) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment | Microsoft Office 隔離轉換環境 (A feature that is added to the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack to open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint binary format files and securely convert them to the Office 2007 file formats) |
| comp., MS | network isolation environment | 網路隔離環境 (A virtual environment that is run with network isolation, thereby protecting it from network conflicts) |
| comp., MS | nonproduction environment | 非商業執行環境 (An environment of one or more computers in which the computers are not available for business operations, but are instead used for developing and testing applications) |
| comp., MS | physical environment | 實體環境 (An environment composed of physical machines) |
| comp., MS | Pre-Boot EXecution Environment | 開機前執行環境 (A remote boot technology based on Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) that is used to start or install an operating system on a client computer from a remote server. A WDS Server is an example of a PXE Server) |
| comp., MS | PROD data center environment | 生產資料中心環境 (A data center environment that supports computers running Microsoft FlexGo technology that have been sold to customers) |
| comp., MS | Production data center environment | 生產資料中心環境 (A data center environment that supports computers running Microsoft FlexGo technology that have been sold to customers) |
| comp., MS | Production PROD data center environment | 生產資料中心環境 (A data center environment that supports computers running Microsoft FlexGo technology that have been sold to customers) |
| comp., MS | production environment | 生產環境 (A deployment area in which a Windows Azure cloud service is released live to serve external end-users or clients) |
| comp., MS | Protected Environment Authorization service | 受保護環境授權服務 (A utility whose primary goal it is to maintain the security of protected content processing binaries and letting those binaries know the security of the kernel (whether it is safe to run protected content). It determines the kernel to be at a particular security level that the Protected Environment secure process can interpret) |
| comp., MS | staging environment | 預備環境 (A deployment area in a Windows Azure cloud service that mirrors the production environment and allows the service to be tested before deploying it to production) |
| comp., MS | standard environment | 標準環境 (A collection of computers on which you can run and manage tests as a single entity) |
| comp., MS | startup environment | 啟動環境 (In dual-boot or multiple-boot systems, the configuration settings that specify which system to start and how each system should be started) |
| comp., MS | virtual environment | 虛擬環境 (An environment composed of virtual machines) |
| comp., MS | Windows Azure emulation environment | Windows Azure 模擬環境 (The Windows Azure compute and storage emulators that are installed as part of the Windows Azure SDK) |
| comp., MS | Windows Preinstallation Environment | Windows 預先安裝環境 (A minimal Win32 operating system with limited services that's used to prepare a computer for Windows installation, to copy disk images from a network file server, and to initiate Windows Setup) |
| comp., MS | Windows Recovery Environment | Windows 修復環境 (A special version of Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) that includes diagnostic, troubleshooting, and maintenance tools) |