Site

Sites play a major role in the Active Directory replication service, which differentiates between replication using a local network connection (intra-site replication) and replication over a slower wide area network (WAN) link (inter-site replication). Administrators use the Active Directory Sites and Services Manager snap-in to administer replication topology for both intra- and inter-site replication.

One or more well-connected (highly reliable and fast) TCP/IP subnets. A site allows administrators to configure Active Directory access and replication topology to take advantage of the physical network.

Physical partitions that control replication by creating boundaries based on IP addressing.

In archeology, any location of past human activity.

A group of related Web pages that is hosted by an HTTP server on the World Wide Web or an intranet. The pages in a Web site generally cover one or more topics and are interconnected through hyperlinks. Most Web sites have a home page as their starting point.

One or more Exchange computers (usually in the same geographical location) that share the same directory information. [Exchange 5.5]

1. The totality of all of the Internet facilities-http, ftp, etc.-offered by an individual or an organization. [After Bahorsky] 2. A Web location where Web pages are found. Synonym (in this sense) Web site. Note: A Web site describes only those resources available through the World Wide Web.