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Blocked Senders list

A list of domain names and e-mail addresses that users want to be blocked. E-mail addresses and domain names on this list are always treated as junk e-mail, or spam.

cache

A special memory subsystem in which frequently used data values, such as files that are made available for use offline, are duplicated for quick access.

certificate

A digital means of proving your identity. When you send a digitally signed message you are sending your certificate and public key. Certificates are issued by a certificate authority and, like a driver’s license, can expire or be revoked.

certificate authority

An entity, similar to a notary public, that issues digital certificates, keeps track of who is assigned to a certificate, signs certificates to verify their validity, and tracks which certificates are revoked or expired. Before issuing a certificate, the certificate authority requires you to provide identification information. For example, VeriSign, Inc., is a recognized certificate authority.

chaining, chained package

Method used to include additional packages in an Office installation; chained packages are specified in the Setup settings file.

character entity reference

A set of HTML characters that are represented by easy-to-remember mnemonic names.

character set

A grouping 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 coding scheme. See also code page.

child feature

A subordinate feature in the Office feature tree; contained within a parent feature. Setting an installation state for a parent feature can affect the installation state of a child feature.

clear text

Unencrypted, non–machine dependent, ASCII text in readable form.

CMW file

A file created by the Custom Maintenance Wizard. See also configuration maintenance file.

code page

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. See also Unicode.

code point

Numeric value in Unicode encoding or in a code page; corresponds to a character. In the Western European code page, 132 is the code point for the letter ; however, in another code page, the code point 132 might correspond to a different character.

complex script

Writing system based on characters that are composed of multiple glyphs or characters whose shapes depend on adjacent characters. Thai and Arabic use complex scripts. See also glyph.

configuration maintenance file

A CMW file created by the Custom Maintenance Wizard; applies changes to feature installation states and other settings after Office is installed.