Name resolution, a critical function in any TCP/IP environment, lets users establish network connections using machine names (which shouldn’t change and are easy to remember) instead of IP addresses (which can change often in a DHCP environment and are difficult to remember). WINS provides a database that stores dynamic registrations for machines’ NetBIOS names and IP addresses. Each system queries this database when you use a NetBIOS name to connect to a machine—for example, if you choose a machine name from a browse list or use a machine's NetBIOS name in a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path (e.g., \\machine_name).
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