netname

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noun

The part of a UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) path that identifies a particular resource on a given server.

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nounnetname (plural netnames)

plural netnames

  1. Microsoft WindowscomputingThe part of a UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) path that identifies a particular resource on a given server.

    If a sharepoint is accessed by using the UNC \\server1\WordFiles, for example, the netname is WordFiles.

    2002, Dave Roth, Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions, page 58
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    A UNC (universal naming convention) name consists of a server name and a netname, which together identify a resource in the domain.

    1994, Barry Nance, Client/server LAN Programming, page 43

Origin

From net + name.

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