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  • A distinct, named set of attributes that represents something concrete, such as a user, a printer, or an application. The attributes hold data describing the thing that is identified by the directory object. Attributes of a user might include the user's given name, surname, and e-mail address. See also: attribute
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  • An entity, such as a file, folder, shared folder, printer, or Active Directory object, described by a distinct, named set of attributes. For example, the attributes of a File object include its name, location, and size; the attributes of an Active Directory User object might include the user's first name, last name, and e-mail address. Any resource that can be manipulated by a program or process. Objects include resources that you can see through the user interface, such as files, folders, printers, registry subkeys and entries, Active Directory objects (that reside in an OU and has attributes stored... such as Users, Computers, and Groups), and the MS Windows desktop. They also include resources that you cannot see, such as sessions, processes, threads, and access tokens. An object can functions as a logical container for other objects.
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  • Instance of an object class
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  • Browse Related Terms: Attribute, Attributes, Classes, Globally Unique Identifier (GUID), GUID, Object identifier (OID), Schema, X.500

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