Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

crawl To search content to include it in a content index.
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cross-site group A custom security group that applies to more than one website. A cross-site
group can be assigned to a site group as if it were a single user.
customize To change the layout, view, content, etc., for a group of users.
datasheet view A view of a SharePoint list that allows you to modify multiple values.
dictionary A defined list of values for a property.
Digest Access authentication An authentication method that transmits user names and passwords
in a secure format.
discussion server A computer that stores discussion text and information about the location of
the file being discussed.
discussion thread In a discussion board or Web discussions, a series of messages or comments
in which replies are nested under the message or comment instead of being arranged
in chronological or alphabetical order.
document library A folder where a collection of files is stored and where the files frequently
use the same template. Each file in a library is associated with user-defined information
that is displayed in the content listing for that library.
document profile A set of properties applied to similar documents in the backward-compatible
document library.
Document Workspace site A website based on the Document Workspace template that workspace
members use for discussing, editing, and working together on a document.
encryption A method used to scramble the content of a file or data packet to make the data
unreadable without the decryption key.
encryption key A block of data that is used to encrypt or decrypt information.
encryption, 128-bit A high level of encryption that uses a 128-bit key to scramble the contents
of a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key.
encryption, 40-bit A low level of encryption that uses a 40-bit key to scramble the contents of
a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key.
enhanced folder A folder in a backward-compatible document library that supports document
management tasks such as check-in, check-out, versioning, approval, and publishing.
enterprise application A back-end business application that SharePoint Portal Server 2003
connects to by using the application definition Web Part.
enterprise application integration The process of bringing data or functions from an enterprise
application together with data or functions from another enterprise application.
extend To apply Windows SharePoint Services to a virtual server.