NetBIOS API

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The NetBIOS API is a legacy network programming interface that allows applications to communicate over local area networks using NetBIOS services for name resolution and session management.

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Surface form Occurrences
NetBIOS Name Service 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf application programming interface
legacy networking technology
network programming interface
associatedWithVendor IBM NERFINISHED
Microsoft NERFINISHED
category computer networking
network protocols
programming interfaces
definedIn RFC 1001 NERFINISHED
RFC 1002 NERFINISHED
designedFor LAN communication
doesNotProvide routable network layer
exposesConcept NetBIOS datagram NERFINISHED
NetBIOS name NERFINISHED
NetBIOS session NERFINISHED
hasAddressingScheme 16-character NetBIOS name
historicallyUsedBy DOS applications
IBM PC LAN programs NERFINISHED
LAN Manager NERFINISHED
Windows applications
operatesOn local area network
platform DOS NERFINISHED
Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows
primarilyUsedIn small LAN environments
provides NetBIOS datagram service access
NetBIOS name service access
NetBIOS session service access
providesAbstraction name service layer
session layer services
securityCharacteristics lacks modern security features
standardizedAs NetBIOS over TCP/IP NERFINISHED
status legacy
supersededBy Winsock API NERFINISHED
modern TCP/IP socket APIs
supportsFunction datagram services
name resolution
session management
supportsOperation name query
name registration
name release
reliable message exchange
session establishment
session termination
unreliable datagram exchange
transportedOver IPX
NetBEUI NERFINISHED
TCP/IP NERFINISHED
typicalUsage file sharing on early LANs
printer sharing on early LANs
usesProtocol NetBIOS NERFINISHED

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Name Binding Protocol similarTo NetBIOS API
this entity surface form: NetBIOS Name Service
NetBEUI supports NetBIOS API