"directory service" meaning in English

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        "The software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a map between names and values."
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        {
          "word": "JNDI"
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        {
          "word": "RMI registry"
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        "(computing) The software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a map between names and values."
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        "computing",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "software system",
          "word": "目錄服務"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "mùlù fúwù",
          "sense": "software system",
          "word": "目录服务"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "software system",
          "word": "hakemistopalvelu"
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          "sense": "software system",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "service d’annuaire"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "software system",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verzeichnisdienst"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "direkutori-sābisu",
          "sense": "software system",
          "word": "ディレクトリ・サービス"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slúžba katalóga",
          "sense": "software system",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слу́жба катало́га"
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          "roman": "slúžba katalógov",
          "sense": "software system",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "слу́жба катало́гов"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "software system",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "servicio de directorio"
        }
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        "directory service"
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      "word": "RMI registry"
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        "(computing) The software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a map between names and values."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "software system",
      "word": "目錄服務"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mùlù fúwù",
      "sense": "software system",
      "word": "目录服务"
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      "sense": "software system",
      "word": "hakemistopalvelu"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "software system",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "service d’annuaire"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "software system",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verzeichnisdienst"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "software system",
      "word": "ディレクトリ・サービス"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slúžba katalóga",
      "sense": "software system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́жба катало́га"
    },
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      "roman": "slúžba katalógov",
      "sense": "software system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слу́жба катало́гов"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "software system",
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      "word": "servicio de directorio"
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  "word": "directory service"
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