| English | German |
| Adaptation Kit Update | Adaptionskitupdate (A collection of fixes and updates for an embedded platform that is delivered to hardware device manufacturers so that they can create or update their devices. It is like a service pack for embedded platforms) |
| ATM adaptation layer | ATM-Adaptionsschicht (The layer of the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) protocol stack that parses data into the payload portion of the ATM cell for transport across an ATM network) |
| logical link control and adaptation protocol | Logical Link Control and Adaptation-Protokoll (A protocol used in personal wireless network applications that provides connection-oriented and connectionless data services to upper layer protocols with protocol multiplexing capability, segmentation and reassembly operation, and group abstractions) |
| shape adaptation | Zeichenformanpassung (The process of training the recognizer to associate a specific shape with a given character. This "personalizes" a recognizer in that it learns to map a very specific shape to a character, rather than a whole set of shapes from various writers) |
