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What Is UNC?

Monday August 11, 2008
UNC is a naming convention used primarily to specify and map network drives in Microsoft Windows. Support for UNC also appears in other operating systems via technologies like Samba. UNC names are most commonly used to reach file servers or printers on a LAN.
See also - How to Map a Network Drive in Windows XP
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