Microsoft Sharepoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit eBook

1138 Glossary
My Site The name of a personal site created on a portal site.
network domain A group of users in a network who share a common set of shared resources,
such as server disk drives and printers. A large network may have several domains
based on the needs of each set of users.
NTFS file system An advanced file system designed for use specifically with Microsoft Windows
NT and later operating systems. NTFS allows for stronger security and more
flexible file management methods than FAT. See also file allocation table.
parallel approval A type of approval route where a document is routed to multiple approvers
at the same time.
personal site A site, named “My Site,” created by an individual on a portal site.
personal view A view of a list, SharePoint document library, or Web Part Page that is available
only to a particular user. The personal view of a Web Part Page uses a combination of
shared property values and personalized property values. Changes made to a personal
view apply only to the list, library, or page in that view and are therefore visible to that
user only.
personalize To change the layout, view, content, etc., for yourself but not for others.
personalized Web Part A shared Web Part that has been modified by a user in personal view.
The changes made to a personalized Web Part are visible only to the user who made the
changes.
private Web Part A Web Part added to a Web Part Page by a user who is working on the page
in personal view. Private Web Parts are available only to the user who added or
imported the Web Part.
property weighting The ability to manipulate the rank of a search result by assigning more
importance to particular property values. For example, a file that matches a search term
in the title might rank higher than a file that matches the search term only in the text.
quiet installation An installation started with the /q command-line option that runs without
generating any user prompts. Also known as unattended installation.
quota A value that limits the amount of storage or number of users for a website.
quota template A predefined set of quotas to apply to a site or to all sites on a virtual server.
rank The relevance of a file to a search query.
rank coercion The ability to rank a file at the top of search results for a given search query.
remote host A Web server on a separate server computer. A remote host is connected to other
servers by a network connection.
rights File-level and folder-level permissions that allow access to a website.
role See site group.