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A web part is a reusable piece of content or functionality that is inserted into a web part page. SharePoint supports web parts and web part pages and utilizes web parts heavily for creating the user experience.
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SharePoint Services refers to the versions of SharePoint that are included with the Windows Server licence. Prior to 2003 this means SharePoint Team Services, or STS for short. After 2003 the product line changed name to Windows SharePoint Services, or WSS for short. The 2003 version of WSS is referred to as WSS2 while the 2007 version of WSS is referred to as WSS3.
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Moss 2007 is an abbrviation for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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A SharePoint site refers to a collection of lists, libraries, pages, and other functionality.
Site is a technical term that has changed meaning from version 2 to version 3 of the SharePoint platform. In version 2, meaning WSS2 and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the term refered to a collection of webs, with a web being a collection of lists, libraries, and pages as described above.
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A SharePoint list is a collection of similar items. A list contains columns or fields that define the item data or metadata schema. Each item stored in a list shares the same schema.
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SharePoint 2003 refers to the version 2 products of the SharePoint product line, including SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services 2.
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This post was written by furuknap on December 7, 2008