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Lotus Domino is an IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail

E-mail

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

, collaboration capabilities

Collaborative software

Collaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...

, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation

Lotus Software

Lotus Software is a software company with headquarters in Westford, Massachusetts...

's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an application server for Lotus Notes applications and/or as a web server. It also has a built-in database system in the format of NSF. Its directory services can be used for authentication purposes as well.

Document-oriented databases

The IBM Lotus Domino line of products use a document-oriented database called NSF (Notes Storage Facility) to manage semi-structured data like rich text and files. The data is stored as documents and views allow finding specific documents efficiently. The document oriented database is a core part of the Domino architecture.

Documents

Documents have unique ids and further built in fields like the last author, last modified date, etc. and allow custom application specific fields. Documents can contain rich text which is stored either as native Notes rich text (CD record format) or as MIME

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to support:* Text in character sets other than ASCII* Non-text attachments* Message bodies with multiple parts...

. Both storage types allow formatted text and images, but only Notes rich text format is used for design elements such as forms and pages. Documents can also contain full file attachments. Documents can be queried via APIs

APIS

APIS may refer to:*Advance Passenger Information System*Armour Piercing Incendiary Shells...

and views. Lotus Domino also supports full text search for a full database as a built in feature.

Replication

Lotus Notes uses passive replication

Replication (computer science)

Replication is the process of sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as software or hardware components, to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or accessibility. It could be data replication if the same data is stored on multiple storage devices, or...

to maintain consistent data on various replicas of a database across servers and clients.

Security

Lotus Domino servers and databases have multiple levels at which security is applied, from server access to individual databases and documents, parts of documents or actions within those databases.

Lotus Domino products

Lotus Domino
- Collaboration Express
- Enterprise Server
- Messaging Express
- Messaging Server
- Utility Express
- Utility Server
Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
Lotus Domino Administrator Client
Lotus Domino Designer Client
Lotus Domino Document Manager (formerly Domino.Doc)
Lotus Domino Everyplace
IBM Lotus iNotes (IBM Lotus Domino Web Access before 2008)
- Lite Mode (for slow connections, available since 8.0.1)
- Ultralite Mode (for Safari browser on Apple iPhone, available since 8.0.2)
Lotus Domino Unified Communications
Lotus Notes Traveler
IBM Lotus Notes Traveler
IBM Lotus Notes Traveler software is a push email product that provides access to email and Personal Information Management applications for Lotus Notes customers using supported mobile devices...

Lotus Domino services

The Lotus Domino server can provide multiple services. The core services include:

Email server (supporting Lotus Notes, POP3, IMAP, web browser and Outlook clients and SMTP support)
Applications server (the Lotus Notes client provides the runtime)
Web server (Lotus Notes data or other surfaced via a web browser)
Database server (Notes Storage Facility)
Directory server (LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network...

)

Add-ins to the Lotus Domino server can provide the following details:

Data integration (Lotus Enterprise Integrator)
Instant messaging
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...

and Web conferencing (IBM Sametime)
Document management (Domino Document Manager)
Collaboration space (Domino Quickplace)
Mobile application server (Domino Everyplace)
Mobile "Push" synchronization to Handheld devices - Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks (Lotus Notes Traveler)

Versions

Lotus Domino products are released simultaneously with Lotus Notes client products of the same version. Refer to Lotus Notes Versions.

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