The Name Service Switch (NSS) is an interface of glibc that connects a computer with a variety of sources of common configuration databases and name resolution...

maps. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Hesiod (name service) Name Service Switch (NSS) Network information system, for a broader use of NIS...

The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the...

file remains an alternative name resolution mechanism, configurable often as part of facilities such as the Name Service Switch as either the primary method...

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A name server is a computer application that implements a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It translates...

qualified name of foo.passwd.ns.example.net. The DNS server is then queried for this entry and returns the value of that record. Name Service Switch (NSS)...

telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or large enterprise...

needed] Linux distributions use the Name Service Switch configuration file /etc/nsswitch.conf in which mDNS name resolution was added via the mdns4_minimal...

TXT records). Bonjour Sleep Proxy Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) Name Service Switch (NSS) Multicast DNS. Internet Engineering Task Force...

variety of resolution methods not limited to the Domain Name System (DNS). The Name Service Switch is commonly used on Unix-like systems and affects most...

the Nintendo Switch family of systems, Nintendo distributes emulated retro games to subscribers of their Nintendo Switch Online service. Subscribers have...

The reed switch is an electromechanical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It was invented in 1922 by professor Valentin Kovalenkov at the...

Authorization Service Linux PAM OpenPAM Identity management – the general topic Name Service Switch – manages user databases System Security Services Daemon...

mouse. Switches to connect multiple computers to one or more peripherals have had multiple names. The earliest name was Keyboard Video Switch (KVS). With...

multiple resolution services are used to effect such lookups. Name server Multicast DNS Name Service Switch Identity resolution Naming collision v t e...

Nintendo Switch system software (also known by its codename Horizon) is an updatable firmware and operating system used by the Nintendo Switch video game...

network service. A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name). Some software products provide services to other...

a unified data-carrying service for both circuit-based clients and packet-switching clients which provide a datagram service model. It can be used to...

A railroad switch (AE), turnout, or [set of] points (CE) is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such...

version added DNS in a crude way. The current implementation using Name Service Switch derives Solaris and later NetBSD 1.4 (1999). Initially defined for...

same pattern as voice services and conceived end-to-end circuit-switched services, known as the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN)...

a crossbar switch (cross-point switch, matrix switch) is a collection of switches arranged in a matrix configuration. A crossbar switch has multiple...

NSPR—Netscape Portable Runtime NSS—Novell Storage Service NSS—Network Security Services NSS—Name Service Switch NT—New Technology NTFS—NT Filesystem NTLM—NT...

In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context...

In the computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with the Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a...

replacement for the no longer maintained ConsoleKit. BSD Authentication Name Service Switch passwd Pluggable authentication module "Configuring Login Manager"...

facilities and provides colocation, telecommunications, cloud services, and content ecosystems. Switch Inc. was established in 2000 by Rob Roy, who is both the...

Name Service Switch, a technology used in UNIX Namespace Specific String, a part of the syntax of a Uniform Resource Name Network Security Services,...

Switch Mobility (Optare until 2020) is a British bus manufacturer based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Indian company Ashok...