Definitions for "Naming context"
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 scoping mechanism for names, similar in philosophy to class packages in Java
a collection that contains a set of name bindings in which each name is unique
an object that contains a set of name bindings in which each name