| English | German |
| break-fix | Problemlösungs- (Pertaining to a service agreement which provides for the repair or replacement of multiple types of in-warranty or out-of-warranty broken IT equipment) |
| buddy fix | Buddy Fix (An unofficial hotfix which may not be fully tested or packaged. It is released to the customer to verify that it solves the problem before final testing and packaging) |
| compatibility fix | Kompatibilitätspatch (A small piece of code that intercepts API calls from applications, transforming them so that Windows Vista will provide the same product support for the application as previous versions of the operating system) |
| Fix pane | Bereich "Reparieren" (An area in Windows Photo Gallery that includes an assortment of picture editing tools for common editing tasks. The Fix pane is opened by clicking the Fix button on the toolbar in Photo Gallery) |
| private fix | privater Fix (An unofficial hotfix which may not be fully tested or packaged. It is released to the customer to verify that it solves the problem before final testing and packaging) |
