Glossary
 
 
 
activate

Part of the Autodesk software registration process, it allows you to run a product in compliance with the product's end-user license agreement.

Active Directory

A directory service from Microsoft that is part of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server that manages the identities and relationships that make up network environments.

FLEXnet

License management technology from Flexera Software, Inc.. FLEXnet provides administrative tools that help to simplify management of network licenses. FLEXnet can be used to monitor network license status, reset licenses lost to a system failure, troubleshoot license servers, and update existing license files.

group policy

Microsoft server technology that provides a way to do push installations and advertising-based installations using standard Microsoft 2000 Server administration components.

language pack

Provides for installation of a core product plus a language of choice. A pack consists of the localized content of a program, plus installer files.

License Transfer utility

Allows you to use an Autodesk product on more than one computer without purchasing a separate license for each computer.

MSI

Microsoft installer that supports a variety of parameters that can be scripted.

multi-seat stand-alone installation

A type of installation where multiple stand-alone seats of the program are installed using a single serial number.

network license installation

A type of installation where you install the program to workstations with the files and registry entries that allow the program to communicate with the Network License Manager.

patch

A software update to an application.

power user

A user with rights to access and write to the Program Files folder and the HKEY_Local_Machine folder of the registry.

pull technology

An installation technology that requires user interaction to complete the installation.

push technology

An installation technology that installs files to a remote desktop without any user interaction.

service pack

Autodesk terminology for an application patch.