location of a machine on the Internet (for example, 198.93.93.10).
ISO
International Standards Organization.
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knowle dge re fe rence
Pointers to directory information stored in different databases.
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Directory service protocol designed to run over TCP/IP
and across multiple platforms.
LDAP client
Software used to request and view LDAP entries from an LDAP Directory Server.
See Also browser.
LDAP Dat a Inte rchange Format
See LDAP Data Interchange Format.
LDAP URL
Provides the means of locating Directory Servers using DNS and then completing the query via
LDAP. A sample LDAP URL is ldap://ldap.exam ple.com.
LDAPv3
Version 3 of the LDAP protocol, upon which Directory Server bases its schema format.
LDBM database
A high-performance, disk-based database consisting of a set of large files that contain all of the
data assigned to it. The primary data store in Directory Server.
LDIF
LDAP Data Interchange Format. Format used to represent Directory Server entries in text form.
leaf entry
An entry under which there are no other entries. A leaf entry cannot be a branch point in a
directory tree.
Light weight Direct ory Access Prot ocol
See LDAP.
locale
Identifies the collation order, character type, monetary format and time / date format used to
present data for users of a specific region, culture, and/or custom. T his includes information on
how data of a given language is interpreted, stored, or collated. T he locale also indicates which
code page should be used to represent a given language.
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