BaseDN

This defines the starting point of the LDAP tree for a search within an LDAP server.

BindDN

The credentials used to authenticate against an LDAP server. Usually comes with a password associated with it.

dc

Domain Component.

DN

Distinguished Name. This uniquely identifies an entry and describes its position in the Directory Information Tree. A DN is much like an absolute path on a filesystem, except whereas filesystem paths usually start with the root of the filesystem and descend the tree from left to right, DNs ascend the tree from left to right.

head

The use of the word "head" in this document means the customer record to which a synchronization record is linked.

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A software protocol for enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network, whether on the public Internet or on a corporate intranet. Read more about LDAP : https://www.ldap.com/basic-ldap-concepts

LDIF

LDAP Data Interchange Format. A standard plain text data interchange format for representing LDAP directory content as a set of records.

SSL

Secure Socket Layers.

TLS

Transport Layer Security.

UI

User Interface.

UTF-8

A character encoding capable of encoding all possible characters, or code points, defined by Unicode