| English | German |
| AC power connector | Netzeingang (A connector that is used to connect an AC power cord to a piece of equipment, such as a device, a computer, or Surface unit) |
| active power plan | aktiver Energiesparplan (The power plan that is currently selected in Power Options in Control Panel) |
| Active State Power Management | Energieverwaltung für den laufenden Betrieb (A power-saving mode which reserves power by ensuring efficient execution of computing tasks and by reducing the number of components running unnecessarily when not actually in use) |
| broadband over power lines | Breitband über das Stromnetz (A type of high-speed Internet connection using existing electrical wiring. With BPL, you plug a modem directly into a power outlet. BPL connection speeds are comparable to those of other broadband technologies, such as digital subscriber line (DSL) or cable) |
| idle-state power management | Energieverwaltung für den Leerlaufbetrieb (A power-saving mode which ensures the lowest possible power consumption by clearly defining what it means for a component to be active, and reserves power by placing inactive components in a very low-power state) |
| Microsoft Power Map for Excel | Microsoft Power Map für Excel (The Excel feature that allows users to plot geographic and temporal data visually, analyze that data in 3D, and create interactive tours to share with others) |
| Microsoft Power Query for Excel | Microsoft Power Query für Excel (The Excel business intelligence add-in focused on data discovery and access) |
| non-peak power plan | Nebenzeit-Energiesparplan (A Configuration Manager power plan that you can configure with power settings that are applied outside peak hours or business hours) |
| OnNow Power Initiative | OnNow-Stromversorgung (A system-wide approach to power management. All components can be instantly on or off and work in conjunction with hardware and software components to alter their power state as system use requires) |
| On/Standby power button | Ein-/Standbyschalter (The power button that turns a device, computer, or Surface unit, on and off) |
| peak power plan | Hauptzeit-Energiesparplan (A Configuration Manager power plan that you can configure with power settings that are applied during the peak hours or business hours that you specify) |
| Power ballad | Power Ballade (One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. Winamp genre ID 117) |
| Power BI for Office 365 | Power BI für Office 365 (The cloud-based, business intelligence service for Excel and Office 365) |
| Power button | Netzschaltersymbol (The power button (that has no label) in the Windows Vista Start menu) |
| power button | Netzschalter (A button that turns a device off and on) |
| Power button | Netzschalter (A hardware button or slider on all form factors that controls the power of the PC) |
| Power button on the Start menu | Netzschaltersymbol im Startmenü (The power button (that has no label) in the Windows Vista Start menu) |
| Power Efficiency Diagnostic | Energieeffizienzdiagnose (A Wizard-based interface for maximizing battery life based on user preferences) |
| power management | Energieverwaltung (Mechanisms in software and hardware to minimize system power consumption, manage system thermal limits, and maximize system battery life. Power management involves trade-offs among system speed, noise, battery life, processing speed, and power consumption) |
| power-on self test | Selbsttest (A set of routines stored in read-only memory (ROM) that tests various system components such as RAM, the disk drives, and the keyboard, to see if they are properly connected and operating. If problems are found, these routines alert the user with a series of beeps or a message, often accompanied by a diagnostic numeric value. If the POST is successful, it passes control to the bootstrap loader) |
| power optimization | Energieoptimierung (The capability to automatically turn off a virtual host machine that is not needed to meet resource requirements within a host cluster and then turn the virtual host machine back on when it is needed again) |
| Power Options | Energieoptionen (A Control Panel icon in Windows Vista that takes user to the Power Options dialog box where the user can manage the battery life settings) |
| power plan | Energiesparplan (A group of preset power-management options. For example, you can set elapsed times for putting your computer on standby and for turning off your monitor and hard disk. You save these settings as a named power scheme) |
| power reader | Hauptleser (A server role that grants read-only access to all dashboard elements on the PerformancePoint Server server, and is primarily used for alerts. It enables users to download dashboard elements from the PerformancePoint Server server) |
| power scheme | Energieschema (A group of preset power-management options. For example, you can set elapsed times for putting your computer on standby and for turning off your monitor and hard disk. You save these settings as a named power scheme) |
| power trendline | Potenzfunktions-Trendlinie (A curved trendline that is used with data sets that compare measurements that increase at a specific rate) |
| power trip point | Wert für Akkualarm (A battery alarm level trigger setting for critical or low battery level) |
| Power Users group | Gruppe "Hauptbenutzer" (A group whose members can manage accounts, resources, and applications that are installed on a workstation, stand-alone server, or member server. This group does not exist on domain controllers. Administrative tasks that can be performed by members of this group include creating local users and groups; modifying and deleting accounts that they have created; removing users from the Power Users, Users, and Guests groups; installing most applications; and creating and deleting file shares) |
| Scenario Power Manager | Energie-Manager für Szenarien (The entity in the operating system that decides on and manages performance and power settings for certain user scenarios) |
| uninterruptible power supply | unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung (A device, connected between a computer (or other electronic equipment) and a power source (usually an outlet receptacle), that ensures that electrical flow to the computer is not interrupted because of a blackout and, in most cases, protects the computer against potentially damaging events, such as power surges and brownouts) |
| uninterruptible power supply | unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung (A device, connected between a computer (or other electronic equipment) and a power source (usually an outlet receptacle), that ensures that electrical flow to the computer is not interrupted because of a blackout and, in most cases, protects the computer against potentially damaging events, such as power surges and brownouts) |
| zero power ODD | Zero-Power-ODD (Pertaining to the ability to reduce the power consumption of optical disk drives in the operating system to zero to save energy when the drives are not in use) |
| zero power optical disk drive | optisches Laufwerk mit Zero-Power (Pertaining to the ability to reduce the power consumption of optical disk drives in the operating system to zero to save energy when the drives are not in use) |
