private enterprise number

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[edit] Noun

private enterprise number (plural private enterprise numbers)

1. A unique number as assigned by IANA to identify unique objects that are defined by an enterprise, developed to give objects a common naming system via the more common language of numbers.

   Applied primarily to LDAP and X.500 directories in locally-defined schema and in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and related standards.

[edit] References

• (http://www.iana.org/)
• (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2578.txt)