directory

  1. [File System]  A mechanism for organizing information.
    Directories are usually organized hierarchically (i.e., a directory may contain information about files, objects, and other directories) that are used to organize collections of files and other objects for application or human convenience.
  2. [File System]  A file or other persistent data structure in a file system that contains information about other files.
  3. [Management] An LDAP-based repository consisting of class definitions and instances of those classes.

Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) and Novell's NetWare Directory Service (NDS) are examples of enterprise-wide LDAP directories.

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