The last part(s) of distinguished names common to the entire directory. In a parent-child tree, which theoretically extends outside the directory, the naming context could be thought of as the parent of the directory. The country attribute is commonly used as the naming context ("c=US").
a DIT that resides entirely on one server
a logical partition in the directory that replicates as an independent unit
a subtree of the directory, and is identified by the DN of the entry at the top of the subtree
an abstraction that maps a name to a set of attributes or to another naming context
A subtree that resides entirely on one server. It must be contiguous, that is, it must begin at an entry that serves as the top of the subtree, and extend downward to either leaf entries or knowledge reference (also called referrals) to subordinate naming contexts. It can range in size from a single entry to the entire DIT.
A subtree that resides entirely on one directory server. It is a contiguous subtree, that is, it must begin at an entry that serves as the top of the subtree, and extend downward to either leaf entries or references to subordinate naming contexts. It can range in size from a single entry to the entire directory information tree (DIT). An Oracle Context can be created under a naming context.
A contiguous Active Directory® subtree that is replicated on one or more Windows 2000 domain controllers in a forest. Also known as a directory partition.
a.k.a namingContext or DIT defines a unique name space starting from (and including) the root DN.
See definition for: directory partition
CORBA object that supports the NamingContext interface and functions as a sort of directory which contains (points to) other naming contexts and/or simple names. Similar to a directory structure, where the last item is a file and preceding items are directories, in a naming context, the last item is an object reference name, and the preceding items are naming contexts.