(UNC) Used in IBM PC networking to completely specify a directory on a file server.The basic format is:\servernamesharenamewhere "servername" is the hostname of a network file server, and "sharename" is the name of a networked or shared directory.Note this is not the same as the conventional MS-DOS "C:windows" directory name.E.g.\server1davemight be set up to point toC:usershomedirsdaveon a server called "server1".It is possible to execute a program using this convention without having to specifically link a drive, by running:\serversharedirectoryprogram.exeThe undocumented DOS command, TRUENAME can be used to find out the UNC name of a file or directory on a network drive.(1995-11-14)