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TermDescription
ContactA customer's contact person.
CustomerA company that orders licenses from a Vendor.
End userA machine defined by a set of HostIDs, for example a personal computer, server, virtual machine, or any other equipment running licensed software.
Feature

Any functionality that needs to be licensed. The definition of feature is developer-dependent, according to the application and to the developer's requirements.

For example, a feature can consist of:

  • A single program irrespective of its version (for example, MS Office).
  • Version (one feature can have multiple versions, such as MS Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and so on).
  • An application system that consists of multiple programs.
  • A module of a program.
Floating license
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Floating license def

A license that can authorize usage of an application for users on a network. A license server is required to manage a floating license. With this type of license, the number of concurrent users is counted with the licensed application usable by only a specified number of users at any time. A variation of this scheme is a license that can be locked to work both with specific client computers and with a specified server computer.

A floating license is sometimes referred to as a network licensinglicense. 

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HostID		A unique machine value that can be used to lock a license file to a specific host.
LicenseA text file shipped to an end user, which provides one or more features. Features contain information about specific modules in your program that are licensed. Each feature in a license has its own key, where all security information is encrypted.
License Order
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License Order def

A set of information about the order of a product created by a Vendor for the Customer.

Node-locked license
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Node-locked license def

A license that can authorize use of an application running on a single specific machine, as opposed to being on a network. Node-locked licenses do not require a license server because they are uncounted.

A node-locked license is sometimes referred to as local licensinglicense.

VendorThe manufacturer of a software application using a particular license server.
Vendor nameThe name of the vendor that is used in license files.

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