An NDS object that contains other objects. There are three available container object classes: Country, Organization, and Organizational Unit. Container objects can contain other container objects or leaf objects (or both). See also Leaf object.
An object that holds, or contains, other objects. Container objects are used to logically organize all other objects in the Directory tree. The three types of container objects are Country, Organization, and Organizational Unit.
An object that can logically contain other objects. For example, a folder is a container object. See also: noncontainer object; object