Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

1134 Glossary
character set A group of alphabetic, numeric, and other characters that have some relationship
in common. For example, the standard ASCII character set includes letters, numbers,
symbols, and control codes that make up the ASCII code scheme. See also code page.
check in To release the lock for editing and enable other users to view the updated file or
check out the file.
check out To lock a file while editing it to prevent others from overwriting or editing it inadvertently.
Only the user who checks out a document can edit the document.
check-in form The form that displays when a user checks in a document to a backward-compatible
document library. The form contains a box for check-in comments, an option to
publish a document, and a drop-down menu for selecting a document profile.
clear text Unencrypted, non-machine-dependent ASCII text in readable form.
code page An ordered set of characters in which a numeric index (code point) is associated
with each character of a particular writing system. There are separate code pages for
different writing systems, such as Western European and Cyrillic.
code point A numeric value in Unicode or in a code page that corresponds to a character. For
example, in the Western European code page, 132 is the code point for the character ä;
however, in another code page, the code point 132 might correspond to a different
character.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) A standard method of extending Web server functionality by
executing programs or scripts on a Web server in response to Web browser requests,
such as in form processing. Use of CGI can make a Web page more dynamic.
component settings database A database that stores service information for each portal site in
a deployment.
configuration database The Microsoft SQL Server or MSDE database that contains the configuration
information that applies across all servers in a deployment of SharePoint Products
and Technologies, such as virtual server information.
configuration property A property that allows an administrator to control Windows SharePoint
Services settings.
connection type The type of Web Part connection. For example, the Provide Row To connection
type passes a row of data from one Web Part to another Web Part, and the Get Filter
From connection type gets a value from one Web Part and filters the data in another
Web Part based on that value.
content database The Microsoft SQL Server, MSDE, or WMSDE database that contains the content
for one or more SharePoint sites.
content index The full-text index, pointer to the property store, and other data that describes
content across content sources, scopes, and servers.
content source A starting point for crawling a file system, database, or website.