Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links

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1. Active Directory Service.

2. Active Directory Structure.

3. Automated Deployment Services.

For more information see:

• www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/ads/default.mspx

4. Alternate Data Stream(s).

A file system attribute on Windows NTFS file systems which can store additional information associated with a file, but unlike a normal file attribute an Alternative Data Stream is not limited in size.

For more information see:

• www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/altds - Practical guide to Alternative Data Streams.
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/105763 - Microsoft knowledge base article for developers, on how to use NTFS Alternate Data Streams.