SharePoint - App Definitions

Below are some SharePoint Dictionary App Words of the Day:

App

Features that a site owner or administrator can add to a SharePoint Site, such as document libraries, lists, calendars and tasks.

 

App catalog

A SharePoint document library that administrators can use to distribute apps for Office and SharePoint to users.



App custom action

A category of a custom action that is added to a host site by an app for SharePoint and which links to additional functionality that is contained by the app.



App for SharePoint

A cloud-enabled app that adds rich, scenario-focused functionality into a SharePoint environment.



App part

A module of an app for SharePoint that can be embedded on a site page to show the functionality of the app.



App web

A sub-web site where the SharePoint elements of an app are deployed when the app is installed on a host web.

SharePoint - Alternate Access Mapping

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Alternate access mapping


A mapping of URLs to Web applications. Incoming alternate access mappings are used to provide several URL access points for the same set of content. Outgoing alternate access mappings are utilized to confirm that content is rendered in the correct URL environment.

SharePoint - Alert Subscription

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Alert subscription


A request to receive an Internet message automatically when user-defined criteria are met. Such communication messages are generated automatically when items such as documents, Web pages, list items, sites, or other assets have changed.

SharePoint - Alert

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Alert


An Internet communication that is sent to subscribers automatically to notify them when certain criteria are met. Alerts are once set-up are automatically sent when items such as documents, Web pages, list items, sites, or other assets have changed.

SharePoint - After Event

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


After event


An asynchronous event whose handler runs only after the action that raised the event is finished. Also called a "post-event." Unlike a before event, an after event handler doesn’t terminate the action that caused the event.

SharePoint - Activity Flow

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Activity flow


A running request of a workflow that contains a sequence of action occurrences and/or activity model requests. These action and activity instances can be sequenced in any order to build a single activity flow.

SharePoint - Activity Feed

Below is a SharePoint Dictionary Word of the Day:


Activity feed


A feed that delivers information, notifications and updates constructed on people, documents, and tags one is following.