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title: "What is DC and ADC stands for?"  
description: "What is DC and ADC stands for?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50274/what-is-dc-and-adc-stands-for  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  What is DC and ADC stands for?

What is DC and [ADC](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50275/what-is-the-difference-between-dc-domain-controller-and-adc-additional-domain-controller) stands for?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**domain administrator** Within a computer network domain, a domain controller (DC) is a server computer that responds to security authentication requests. It's a network server in charge of granting hosts access to domain resources. \
**The Active Directory Connector (ADC)** accepts changes to AD users and replicates them in your GoTo account. All users in specified AD groups comprising GoToAssist users, as well as all users in any subgroups, are accessible to the ADC.


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