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• access-control entry
  An entry, in an access-control list, that contains a set of access rights and a security identifier, that identifies a trustee for whom rights are granted, denied, or audited.

• access-control list
  A list of access-control entries that define permissions for an object.

• ACE
  See access-control entry.

• ACL
  See access-control list.

• Active Directory Service Interfaces
  A set of specifications for COM objects and interfaces used to perform common administrative operations, such as adding a new user or managing a print queue.

• ADSI
  See Active Directory Service Interfaces.

• ADsPath
  A string that uniquely identifies an object in a directory service, including the directory service provider.

• Automation
  A set of methods, accessed through the IDispatch interface, used to manipulate objects within a scripting environment.