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  • GC
    See global catalog.

  • global catalog
    The global catalog contains a replica of all of the directory objects for an entire forest. The global catalog only contains a subset of the attributes for each object.

  • global catalog server
    A domain controller that contains the global catalog for the forest.

  • global group
    A group that can contain members from its own domain, but can be granted permissions to resources in any trusting domain.

  • group
    An object class that is used to contain other objects, such as users, computers and other groups, as members.

  • group policy
    A feature of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 that simplifies management of user and computer settings.