Of course, you should always pay your credit card bills on time, as late payments could result in credit limit (and credit score) decreases. Six months is simply the minimum amount of time you will have to make timely payments on your account before creditors will even consider raising your credit card limit.
Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) is a new mode of Active Directory that is designed specifically for directory-enabled applications. ADAM is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service that runs as a user service, rather than as a system service.
The diagram of the Active Directory architecture (Figure 2.3) illustrates four avenues of entry to Active Directory: LDAP/ADSI, REPL (replication), SAM, and MAPI. Each of these access routes uses a different set of protocols and APIs that enable communication with the directory service. Table 2.1 shows the APIs that Active Directory supports and that can be used by developers to integrate with Active Directory or use resources in Active Directory.