| Administrator | The administrator is the person who knows/sets the Time Clock MTS administrator password and is responsible for setting up and controlling Time Clock MTS. This person may also be responsible for all reporting |
| Administrator Account | The administrator account defines Time Clock MTS when the administrator password has been entered and administrative functions are being used |
| Administrator Password | This is a 6-12 character password used to log into the Time Clock MTS Administrator Account |
| Allowable Connections | The allowable connections are how many database connections you are allowed according to how many licenses you have purchased. By default this is zero for the single user or free version of the software. |
| Backend Database | See Database |
| Badge Number | This is a number up to 12 digits that uniquely identifies each employee in your Time Clock MTS database |
| Bulletins | Bulletins are messages setup by the administrator that are broadcast to employees when they clock in or out of Time Clock MTS |
| Client | See The Time Clock MTS Client |
| Clock Event | A Clock In or Clock Out event |
| Clock In | A employee 'clocking in' or 'punching in' to the Time Clock MTS system |
| Clock In / Out Station | A computer with the Time Clock MTS Client installed on it and setup to allow employees to use it to Clock In or Out |
| Clock Out | A employee 'clocking out' or 'punching out' of the Time Clock MTS system |
| Connection | A connection is created whenever the Time Clock MTS program or the Time Clock MTS Client is started up and connects to a Time Clock MTS database. |
| Database | This is the database in which Time Clock MTS stores all its' information. It can be a Microsoft Access database or optionally an SQL Server / MSDE database |
| Database Connection | See Connection |
| Database Size | The database size determines how many employee records you can have in your database. By default this is 75, for the free version it is 3. You can purchase a license to expand this database size. |
| Employee | An Employee in Time Clock MTS is a record representing an employee in your company |
| Employee Number | See Badge Number |
| Hourly Rate | A rate per hour an Employee gets paid, may be for normal time or over time |
| License | A license is the commercial arrangement you have with Timesheets MTS Software. When you purchase Time Clock MTS you are purchasing a 'license' for the software. The license determines how many computers you may install the software on and how big your employee database is allowed to be |
| Main Time Clock MTS Program | This is the normal Time Clock MTS program used in single computer installations or used as the 'administration' program in multi computer installations |
| Normal Time Clock MTS Program | See Main Time Clock MTS Program |
| Overtime | Working time in which an employee is usually paid a penalty rate which is higher than their normal rate of pay |
| PIN | The Time Clock MTS PIN (personal identification number) is a code you can require employees to enter as an added level of security to prevent fraudulent Clock Events |
| Punch Event | See Clock Event |
| Punch In | See Clock In |
| Punch Out | See Clock Out |
| Register | When you 'register' Time Clock MTS you will enter a 'registration code' supplied to you by Timesheets MTS Software. This will remove the trial period from the software and update your allowable number of connections and employee database size |
| Registration | See Register |
| Salary | A Salary is what an employee gets paid per time period (week, month, year etc) regardless of hours worked. Typically salaried employees do not get paid overtime |
| Single User Version | The Single User Version of Time Clock MTS allows you to install the main Time Clock MTS program on one computer only |
| Time Clock MTS | See Main Time Clock MTS Program |
| Time Clock MTS Client | The Time Clock MTS Client is a cut down version of the Main Time Clock MTS program that can connect to a Time Clock MTS database and allow the computer to act as a Clock In / Out Station |
| Time Clock MTS Database | See Database |