Short for
Universal Naming Convention or
Uniform Naming Convention, a PC format for specifying the location of
resources on a
local-area network (LAN). UNC uses the following format:
\\server-name\shared-resource-pathname
So, for example, to access the file test.txt in the directory examples on the shared server silo, you would write:
\\silo\examples\test.txt
You can also use UNC to identify shared peripheral devices, such as printers. The idea behind UNC is to provide a format so that each shared resource can be identified with a unique address.
UNC is supported by Windows and many network operating systems (NOS's).
