Abstract: An improved system, method and software program is provided for facilitating the use of components running in a computer network. The improvement provides virtual replication of a distributed directory in a computer system. The system includes at least two servers, each including a processor connected to a network for store, among other things, a partition of information. The partition may be distributed across the network. The memory of the second server can store, among other things, a virtual replica of the partition. The virtual replica includes a filtered view, or subset, of the information in the partition.

Abstract: A method for calling and executing a program is disclosed. A command having zero or sequentially independent parameters values is received. The command corresponds to a program with a number of recognized parameters equal to or greater than the number of parameter values in the command. The parameter values are parsed based at least in part on demarcations in the command. The parameter values are associated with the corresponding parameters recognized by the program. Any parameter which did not have corresponding parameter values are set to default values. The program is executed to perform one or more tasks using the parameter values and the default values.