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title: "Organization glossary"
slug: "organization-glossary"
tags: ["Organization"]
updated: 2026-09-17T09:23:56Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:23:56Z
canonical: "guide.ncloud-docs.com/organization-glossary"
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# Organization glossary

Available in Classic and VPC

There are several terms you should be familiar with before using Organization. The glossary and its description are as follows:

### Quota Policy

A policy that defines usage limits for services in a Region/zone can be applied to account groups within an Organization

- A Quota Policy linked to an account group is applied to all of its sub-member accounts and account groups
- Master accounts can create a limit policy within the resource usage limits provided by Ncloud and apply it to the account groups within the Organization

### Account group

A set of member accounts/account groups used to manage the hierarchy of Organization

- An account group can be created and added to another account group or member account under it
- The control policy applied to an account group applies to all member accounts and account groups within that group
- An empty (with no member accounts under it) account can be created

### Independent accounts

An independent account is an account that does not belong to any Organization

- An independent account can create an Organization
- If an independent account to belong to a previously created Organization, an invitation from that Organization's master account is required

### Master account

A master account is an account that has administrative privileges for an Organization, and the account that created the Organization becomes the master account for that Organization

- Only the master account can invite other accounts to the Organization or manage member accounts for the Organization
  - A master account exists in the top hierarchy of an Organization and cannot be located under an account group or member account
- An Organization must have one master account, and a master account cannot create another Organization
- The master account does not have access to sub-member accounts
- Unable to log into the portal/console of a member account with the account information of the master account

### Member account

A member account is any account that belongs to an Organization, and can only belong to one Organization

- The master account can invite an independent account to an Organization, and if the independent account accepts the invitation, it will be switched to a member account for that Organization
- The master account can be removed from the member Organization, which converts the member account to an independent account
- A member account can leave the Organization, which converts the member account to an independent account

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For more information on terms, see [Glossary](https://www.ncloud.com/guideCenter/glossary) on NAVER Cloud Platform portal.