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NetBIOS Nanieś

Although Windows XP Professional does not require NetBIOS names, Windows NT 4.0 and other earlier operating systeras require NetBIOS names

to support networking capabilities. NetBIOS is a standard application

programming interface (API) for user applications to submit network and

control directives to underlying network protocol software. The following list

provides a deseription of a NetBIOS name•

Sk NetBIOS name is a 16~byte name.

SIn Windows XP Professional, you cannot configure a NetBIOS name as a

separate task. The NetBIOS name is created by using the first 15 letters of

the host name. The sixteenth and finał character of the NetBIOS name is

used to identify the resource or service that is being referred to on the

Computer. Services are specific functions of the network, such as the

directory service or messenger service. If the host name is changed after

installation, the NetBIOS names also change.