Active Directory

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Active Directory

   <operating system> A {directory service} from {Microsoft
   Corporation}, similar in concept to {Novell} {Netware
   Directory Services (NDS)}, that also integrates with the user
   organisation's {DNS} structure and is interoperable with
   {LDAP}.  Active Directory is included in {Windows 2000}.

   (2000-03-28)
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