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name resolution

Name resolution is the process of translating a name into some object or information that the name represents.

namespace

A namespace is a directory service that uses a particular syntax for naming conventions. Examples are:

LDAP

WinNT

"//MyWorkstation/MyName"

"//MyServer/C=US/O=MS/CN=MyName"

NDS

"//Planets/O=Mars/OU=DEV"

Novell NetWare® 3.x

"//Docs/MyNw3xPrinter"

naming context (NC)

A naming context (also called a directory partition) is a contiguous Active Directory™ subtree that is replicated on one or more Windows 2000 domain controllers (DCs) in a forest. See directory partition.

native mode

A Windows® 2000 Domain is in native mode when:

• All domain controllers in the domain have been upgraded to Windows® 2000
• An administrator has enabled the native mode operation using the domain property page in the Active Directory™ Users and Computers snap-in

  Domains must be operating in native mode for nested groups to be supported.

NDS

NDS refers to NetWare Directory Services.