It's an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.
dafrawg
2008-02-26 11:29:25 UTC
LDAP is a (supposedly lightweight) 'directory access protocol'. It's a language used between an LDAP server and a client.
LDAP is often used as a very informative kind of address book. The protocol can be used to 'log in' into the directory, search through it and change/update information.
LDAP is sometimes just used for it's authentication mechanism; some services use LDAP to log in users.
Smock
2008-02-26 11:39:23 UTC
It's basically a way for a PC to check a master list of users allowed into a system
row_o
2008-02-26 11:42:04 UTC
a phonebook directory
Simmo
2008-02-26 11:24:23 UTC
its an acronym
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