NetBIOS
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An applications programming interface (API) which activates
network operations on IBM PC compatibles running under
Microsoft's DOS. It is a set of network commands that the
application program issues in order to transmit and receive
data to another host on the network. The commands are
interpreted by a network control program or network operating system that is NetBIOS compatible. See
NetBOLLIX.
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