2007-12-05 17:48:54 · 2 answers · asked by UD 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
NetBIOS is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System. It is a protocol originally designed for IBM to provide Transport and Session layer services for applications running on small homogenous networks. Now it runs as NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
2007-12-05 18:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by pill_pushr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NetBIOS is not BIOS like the stuff on mobo, it can be likened to transmission protocols like Novell IPX/SPX or general IP, a transmission protocol used by old DOS-based Microsoft networks.
If you do mean a networking preboot BIOS it is called PXE now, its internal working is not widely known but I did service a 386 that had PXE damage and the contractor took it off without replacement or knowing what importance it was to us. If what I made in boot floppy is good indication what it is then it is just DOS + card driver.
2007-12-05 18:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋