HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software manual See CoS definition entry, See directory tree

data master	The server that is the master source of a particular piece of
	data.
database link	An implementation of chaining. The database link behaves like
	a database but has no persistent storage. Instead, it points to
	data stored remotely.
default index	One of a set of default indexes created per database instance.
	Default indexes can be modified, although care should be
	taken before removing them, as certain plug-ins may depend
	on them.
definition entry	See CoS definition entry.
Directory Access Protocol	See DAP.
directory tree	The logical representation of the information stored in the
	directory. It mirrors the tree model used by most filesystems,
	with the tree's root point appearing at the top of the hierarchy.
	Also known as DIT.
Directory Manager	The privileged database administrator, comparable to the root
	user in UNIX. Access control does not apply to the Directory
	Manager.
Directory Server Gateway	A collection of CGI forms that allows a browser to perform
	LDAP client functions, such as querying and accessing a
	Directory Server, from a web browser. Also called DSGW.
directory service	A database application designed to manage descriptive,
	attribute-based information about people and resources within
	an organization.
distinguished name	String representation of an entry's name and location in an
	LDAP directory.
DIT	See directory tree.
DN	See distinguished name.
DM	See Directory Manager.
DNS	Domain Name System. The system used by machines on a
	network to associate standard IP addresses (such as
	198.93.93.10) with hostnames (such as www.example.com).
	Machines normally get the IP address for a hostname from a
	DNS server, or they look it up in tables maintained on their
	systems.
DNS alias	A DNS alias is a hostname that the DNS server knows points

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