Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Also known as LDAP. A protocol that is used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is being implemented in web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. It is expected that LDAP will someday provide a common method for searching e-mail addresses on the Internet, eventually leading to a global white pages. LDAP is a sibling protocol to HTTP and FTP, and it uses the ldap:// prefix in its URL.

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