(UNC) USed in IBM PC networking to completely Specify a directory on a file Server. The baSic format iS: \ServernameSharename where "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. \Server1dave might be Set up to point to C:uSerShomedirSdave on a Server called "Server1". It iS poSSible to execute a program uSing thiS convention without having to Specifically link a drive, by running: \ServerSharedirectoryprogram.exe The 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)
