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WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local
area networks. The Internet is a large WAN.
WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving
Windows-based computer names to IP addresses. If a remote network
contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that
WINS server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote
network using Network Neighborhood.
Windows Internet Naming Service.
- Quick Links:
- Configuring for Internet Access
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