NETGEAR RP614 - Web Safe Router Reference Manual page 118

Reference Manual for the Model RP614 v2 Web Safe Router
WAN
wide area network
Windows Internet
Naming Service
WINS
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See wide area network.
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.
See Windows Internet Naming Service.
Glossary