Backup domain controller
backup domain controller
networking
(bdc) a server in a network of microsoft windows computers that maintains a copy of the sam database and handles access requests that the primary domain controller (pdc) doesn’t respond to. there may be zero or more bdcs in a network. they increase reliability and reduce load on the pdc.
(2006-09-18)
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