76 Glossary
locale
Identifies the collation order, character type, monetary format and time / date format used to
present data for users of a specific region, culture, and/or custom. This includes information on
how data of a given language is interpreted, stored, or collated. The locale also indicates which
code page should be used to represent a given language.
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managed object
A standard value which the SNMP agent can access and send to the NMS. Each managed object
is identified with an official name and a numeric identifier expressed in dot-notation.
managed role
Allows creation of an explicit enumerated list of members.
management information base
See MIB.
mapping tree
A data structure that associates the names of suffixes (subtrees) with databases.
master agent
See SNMP master agent.
master server
The server that contains the master copy of the directory trees or subtrees that are replicated to
replicas. The master server is read-write.
matching rule
Provides guidelines for how the server compares strings during a search operation. In an interna-
tional search, the matching rule tells the server what collation order and operator to use.