The process of counting the number of executions of the copies of an application in use on the network at any given time and ensuring that the number does not exceed preset limits.
Application metering is usually performed by a network management application running on the file server. Most application metering software will allow only a certain number of copies (usually that number specified in the application software license) of an application to run at any one time and will send a message to any users who try to exceed this limit.
See also concurrent license.