In System Monitor, a hardware or software component for which performance data can be collected.
Offline Files
A feature built into Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional that enables you to cache locally stored copies of shared files and folders, so that you can work with them while offline and re-synchronize your changes when you go back online.
offline folder
The shared folder that has been cached on the client so that it is available when the server computer is not available to the client.
organizational unit (OU)
The container in the hierarchy somewhere below the Domain container object in Active Directory that can hold other containers, user objects, computer objects, or other objects representing network resources.
Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)
The dialog box that starts after Windows is installed to introduce a new user to Windows XP.
