Microsoft KB Archive/273837

= XGEN: Exchange Server and Exchange 2000 Server Acronyms =

Article ID: 273837

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273837



SUMMARY
This article provides descriptions for some of the acronyms and file extensions that are used in Exchange Server and Exchange 2000 Server.



MORE INFORMATION
Acronym    Description

.edb        rich text format store used by Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) clients (Exchange 2000)

.stm        streaming store for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) formats (Exchange 2000)

BLOB        binary large object

DL          distribution list (In Exchange 2000, DLs are referred to as             mail-enabled groups)

ESE         Extensible Storage Engine (Exchange 2000)

IFS         installable file system (Exchange 2000) IIS         Internet Information Service

LDAP        Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

MAPI        Messaging Application Program Interface MTA         message transfer agent RC          release candidate (used to describe a product before that             product is released to manufacturing [RTM])

RPC         remote procedure call RTM         released to manufacturing SRS         Site Replication Service (used as a shadow directory service             to fool Exchange Server 5.5 into thinking the Exchange 2000             server has a local directory)

Additional query words: abbreviation

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