Highclere Castle, Berkshire, from Downton Abbey. The 5,000-acre estate and Jacobethan castle shot to fame due to ITV's hit series about British class. In fact, Downton could well have saved the property, owned by the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, from closure. It needed Â£11.75 million worth of repairs prior to the series.
LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. As the name suggests, it is a lightweight protocol for accessing directory services, specifically X.500-based directory services. LDAP runs over TCP/IP or other connection oriented transfer services.
It explains in computing terminology what LDAP means and is one of many Internet terms in the TechTerms dictionary. All definitions on the TechTerms website are written to be technically accurate but also easy to understand. If you find this LDAP definition to be helpful, you can reference it using the citation links above.