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uid A unique number associated with each user on a Unix system.
URL Uniform Resource Locator. The addressing system used by the server and the
client to request documents. It is often called a location. The format of a URL is
. The port number is necessary only on selected
protocol://machine:port/document
servers, and it is often assigned by the server, freeing the user of having to place it
in the URL.
virtual list view index Also browsing index. Speeds up the display of entries in
the Directory Server Console. Virtual list view indexes can be created on any
branchpoint in the directory tree to improve display performance.
X.500 standard The set of ISO/ITU-T documents outlining the recommended
information model, object classes and attributes used by directory server
implementation.
310 Netscape Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference • October 2004