| English | German |
| parent account | übergeordnete Firma (An account that is above other accounts in the hierarchy to which any action taken on the main account entity can propagate to) |
| parent business | übergeordnetes Unternehmen (A business in which any action taken on the main business can propagate to the subordinate business) |
| parent business unit | übergeordnete Geschäftseinheit (A business unit that is immediately above another business unit in the business hierarchy of an organization) |
| parent cache server | übergeordneter Cacheserver (In a multi-tiered cache hierarchy, a disk-based cache proxy/server that sits between the edge cache node and the origin server) |
| parent category | übergeordnete Kategorie (An entity used in catalogs to group a set of products in a hierarchy. For example Music is a parent category and Rock Jazz and Classical are child categories) |
| parent content type template | übergeordnete Inhaltstypvorlage (A type of content that exists prior to the association with an actual Windows SharePoint Services list. This distinction is made since items cannot use a type until it is associated with a WSS list) |
| parent customer | übergeordneter Kunde (An account that is immediately above a contact entity. Any action taken on the account entity can propagate to the child contact entity) |
| parent domain | übergeordnete Domäne (For DNS and Active Directory, domains that are located in the namespace tree directly above other derivative domain names (child domains)) |
| parent element | übergeordnetes Element (In a tree structure, an element that contains subordinate elements called child elements) |
| parent host group | übergeordnete Hostgruppe (" A host group that contains another host group, which is known as a "child host group.") |
| parent keyword | übergeordnetes Stichwort (A keyword that is associated with one or more subordinate keywords) |
| parent node | übergeordneter Knoten (A node with subordinate node(s), called children) |
| parent object | übergeordnetes Objekt (The object in which another object resides. A parent object implies relation. For example, a folder is a parent object in which a file, or child object, resides. An object can be both a parent and a child object. For example, a subfolder that contains files is both the child of the parent folder and the parent folder of the files) |
| parent partition | übergeordnete Partition (The partition that manages the virtual machines) |
| parent picklist | übergeordnete Auswahlliste (A drop-down list control that determines the values of another drop-down list (also known as a picklist) or a check box) |
| parent project | übergeordnetes Projekt (A project that has one or more subprojects) |
| parent record | übergeordneter Datensatz (The highest-level container of one or more work items that includes new and changed configuration items) |
| parent site | übergeordneter Standort (A site that has one or more child sites) |
| parent solution | übergeordnete Lösung (A solution to which a component belongs to. A component can have only one parent solution) |
| parent table | übergeordnete Tabelle (A table that assumes a parent role when it participates in an integrity relationship with another table and whose attribute values migrate to foreign key attributes in the table assuming the child role in the relationship) |
| parent Web | übergeordnetes Web (In a hierarchical structure, the Web site that contains the active site) |
| parent Web site | übergeordnete Website (In a hierarchical structure, the Web site that contains the active site) |
| parent window | übergeordnetes Fenster (A primary window that provides window management for a set of child windows. See also child window and multiple-document interface) |
| parent workflow | übergeordneter Workflow (A workflow that starts a child workflow. The child workflow communicates its outcome back to the parent workflow) |
| primary parent category | primäre übergeordnete Kategorie (The parent category of a product or category that is used to determine the canonical path to that product or category, or to apply category level pricing rules to the category or product) |
