Distinguished Name

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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A unique name or character string that unambiguously identifies an entity according to the hierarchical naming conventions of X.500 directory service.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

?unassignedlast reviewed —

Information Class

—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

?unassignedlast reviewed —

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: DN
plural: Distinguished Names
possessive: Distinguished Name's
pluralpossessive: Distinguished Names'

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