DNS / WINS

From: Homer (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:17:23 -0700

Can somebody tell me what the difference is between DNS
and WINS. Everytime I read about them the script tells
me that they both resolve names back to IP Addresses.

But surely they cannot be the same or you would not need
to configure your servers for DNS and WINS?

Thanks.

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