Episode 2587
Windows Internet Name Service
Mon, 2024-Jun-03 00:10 UTC
Length - 1:55
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Monday, 3 June 2024 is Windows Internet Name Service.
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is the Microsoft implementation of NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS), a name server and service for NetBIOS computer names. Effectively, WINS is to NetBIOS names what DNS is to domain names — a central mapping of host names to network addresses. Like the DNS, it is implemented in two parts, a server service (that manages the embedded Jet Database, server to server replication, service requests, and conflicts) and a TCP/IP client component which manages the client's registration and renewal of names, and takes care of queries. Basically, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is a legacy computer name registration and resolution service that maps computer NetBIOS names to IP addresses.
WINS is Microsoft's predecessor to DNS for name resolution. Though WINS has not been deprecated, Microsoft advise against new deployments.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:10 UTC on Monday, 3 June 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Windows Internet Name Service on Wikipedia.
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