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...
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maps. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Hesiod (name service) Name Service Switch (NSS) Network information system, for a broader use of NIS...
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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...
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Hosts (file) (category Domain Name System)
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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switch Light switch Load control switch Membrane switch MEMS switch Optical switch Piezo switch Pull switch Push switch Railroad switch Sense switch Slotted...
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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...
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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)...
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Telephone exchange (redirect from Telephone switch)
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...
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.local (category Domain Name System)
needed] Linux distributions use the Name Service Switch configuration file /etc/nsswitch.conf in which mDNS name resolution was added via the mdns4_minimal...
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Multicast DNS (category Domain Name System)
TXT records). Bonjour Sleep Proxy Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) Name Service Switch (NSS) Multicast DNS. Internet Engineering Task Force...
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Getaddrinfo (category Domain Name System)
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...
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the Nintendo Switch family of systems, Nintendo distributes emulated retro games to subscribers of their Nintendo Switch Online service. Subscribers have...
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The reed switch is an electromechanical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It was invented in 1922 by professor Valentin Kovalenkov at the...
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Authorization Service Linux PAM OpenPAM Identity management – the general topic Name Service Switch – manages user databases System Security Services Daemon...
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mouse. Switches to connect multiple computers to one or more peripherals have had multiple names. The earliest name was Keyboard Video Switch (KVS). With...
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multiple resolution services are used to effect such lookups. Name server Multicast DNS Name Service Switch Identity resolution Naming collision v t e...
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Nintendo Switch system software (also known by its codename Horizon) is an updatable firmware and operating system used by the Nintendo Switch video game...
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User (computing) (redirect from Switching user names)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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same pattern as voice services and conceived end-to-end circuit-switched services, known as the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN)...
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a crossbar switch (cross-point switch, matrix switch) is a collection of switches arranged in a matrix configuration. A crossbar switch has multiple...
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NSPR—Netscape Portable Runtime NSS—Novell Storage Service NSS—Network Security Services NSS—Name Service Switch NT—New Technology NTFS—NT Filesystem NTLM—NT...
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In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context...
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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...
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replacement for the no longer maintained ConsoleKit. BSD Authentication Name Service Switch passwd Pluggable authentication module "Configuring Login Manager"...
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facilities and provides colocation, telecommunications, cloud services, and content ecosystems. Switch Inc. was established in 2000 by Rob Roy, who is both the...
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Name Service Switch, a technology used in UNIX Namespace Specific String, a part of the syntax of a Uniform Resource Name Network Security Services,...
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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...
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