Identity delegation. Identity delegation is a feature of AD FS 2.0 that allows administrator-specified accounts to impersonate users. With identity delegation, applications can be authorized to impersonate their users when they access infrastructure services, even when the original users do not have local accounts.
Baselining is a method for analyzing computer network performance. The method is marked by comparing current performance to a historical metric, or baseline.
Tier one is essentially top-notch capital, with core tier one a subset comprising the best of the best. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, whose Basel III rules form the basis for global bank regulation, is focused on the core tier one ratio, which, like the Americans, it refers to as the equity tier one ratio.