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NetBIOS
Stands for "Network Basic Input/Output System." NetBIOS was an API introduced by IBM in 1983 to provide applications with basic networking capabilities. Despite "BIOS" in the name, it was not related to a computer's BIOS firmware. Instead, the API offered a set of commands that software programs ... Read More
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