USE OF WINS OPTION IN THE LAN CARDS PROPERTIES

Iam new to the networking field and iam having some basic queries and
that are

1.) In the network cards properties and hen into the tcp/ip proprties
there is aoption called as wins. What is its use ?

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"Prakash Singh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Iam new to the networking field and iam having some basic queries and
> that are
>
> 1.) In the network cards properties and hen into the tcp/ip proprties
> there is aoption called as wins. What is its use ?
>