| English | German |
| application life cycle | Anwendungslebenszyklus (The stages an application used in an organization goes through: deployable, installable, executable, and executing) |
| battery life | Akkulebensdauer (The time for which a dry or alkaline cell is able to produce an electric current before it needs to be replaced) |
| battery life | Akkulaufzeit (The time for which a dry or alkaline cell is able to produce an electric current before it needs to be replaced) |
| database development life cycle | Datenbankentwicklungszyklus (A structured process that is imposed upon the development of the database portion of an application. It is essentially a subset of the software development life cycle that is specific to one or more databases in an application) |
| identity life cycle | Identitätslebenszyklus (The stages an identity goes through from the time it is conceived until the time it is destroyed) |
| Keep your life in sync | Behalten Sie den Überblick (" In this context, "your life" refers to the user's digital information and goods (photos, contacts, music, email/messages, and apps/games). To be "in sync" means to be "synchronized" or "harmonious." This string, therefore, means that Windows Phone will keep users' important information and belongings synchronized in one place, while at the same time helping keep their life organized and harmonious.") |
| life cycle model | Lebenszyklusmodell (A partitioning of the life of a product into phases that guide the project from identifying customer needs through product retirement) |
| project life cycle | Projektlebenszyklus (A collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the needs of the organization or organizations involved in the project) |
| service life | Nutzungsdauer (The time that an asset will provide a benefit to the business) |
| shelf life | Haltbarkeitsdatum (The period of time between an item's manufacture date and its expiration date) |
| straight-line service life depreciation method | lineare Abschreibung nach Nutzungsdauer (A method of depreciation that calculates the depreciation of a fixed asset as a fixed amount in each depreciation period) |
| straight-line service life remaining depreciation method | lineare Abschreibung nach Restnutzungsdauer (A method of depreciation that calculates the depreciation of a fixed asset as a fixed amount in each depreciation period. There will be a difference in the depreciation amount calculated between straight-line service life remaining and straight-line service life when there is an adjustment posted to the asset) |
