Object Manager is the part of the Windows NT Executive that provides uniform rules for retaining, naming, and setting the security of objects. Objects are software components that consist of a data type, attributes, and a set of operations the object performs.
Like other Windows NT components, the Object Manager is extensible so that new object types can be defined as technology grows and changes.
Object Manager also creates object handles. An object handle consists of access control information and a pointer to the object. Processes use object handles to manipulate Windows NT objects.
In addition, the Object Manager tracks the creation and use of objects and manages the global namespace for Windows NT. The namespace includes all named objects in the local computer environment. The object namespace is organized like a hierarchical file system, with directory names in a path separated by a backslash (\). Some of the objects that can have names include