I am starting to learn about data dictionaries and a question popped up in my head that I am unable to find the answer for online. Do operating systems have a data dictionary? Is there any way I could go about accessing it?
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-1 for too broad, unclear, not [on-topic](http://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic) question and no research effort shown – xmojmr Sep 02 '14 at 07:14
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This question appears to be off-topic and is suitable for `operatingsystems.stackexchange.com`! – Am_I_Helpful Sep 02 '14 at 12:33
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@shekharsuman the operatingsystems private beta is going to disappear tomorrow (http://meta.operatingsystems.stackexchange.com/questions/52/shutting-down-operating-systems-stack-exchange-read-on-for-details). So the question might migrate to http://unix.stackexchange.com/ but I think the OP's intent was not to limit the question to `unix` – xmojmr Sep 04 '14 at 09:33
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If your understanding of the term data dictionary is the one explained by Wikipedia: Data Dictionary
A data dictionary, or metadata repository, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a "centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format"...
then Yes
Wikipedia: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Wikipedia: Novell - NetIQ eDirectory
Wikipedia: Microsoft - Active Directory
I'm not quite up-to-date for about 10 years, but searching for the LDAP term should give you good ground for further comprehension
Another very relevant (IMO) example is the
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