directory services
Definition
Network administrator and/or user access facility provided by a networking software that lists all available resources (such as applications, data sources, files, peripherals), and information about users, on the network. Directory services list these resources as meaningful names instead of as logical or physical addresses. Also called name services.
directory services is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, Data Management, Communications, & Networks, Documentation & Recordkeeping and Information Science & Technology subjects.
directory services appears in the definitions of the following terms: network operating system (NOS), distributed computing environment (DCE) and name services
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