n. In network computing, a name used to identify the server name and the network name (netname) of a resource. This name is in one of the following formats: \\servername\netname\path\filename \\servername\netname\devicename
Also called Uniform Naming Convention. A convention for specifying directories, servers, and other resources on a network, using two slashes // or backslashes \\ to indicate the name of the computer, and one slash to indicate path or directory levels within the computer.
The full name of a resource on a network. It conforms to the \\servername\sharename syntax, where servername is the name of the server and sharename is the name of the shared resource. UNC names of directories or files can also include the directory path under the share name, with the following syntax: \\servername\sharename\directory\filename.
a machine-independent way of referring to files, folders, and other shared resources in a Windows networked (LAN) environment. UNC pathnames have a syntax of the form \\servername\sharename\pathname, where servername is the name of a server on the network, sharename is the name of a specific shared resource (e.g. a drive or a printer), and the remaining pathname is of the same form as used in a local file system path. Montage supports UNC syntax in the specification of target and directory paths for Shortcuts.
Universal Naming Convention, or UNC, is the ability of one computer to access, view, and even edit files from another machine without having to assign a drive letter to it on itself.
With UNC, you can view, copy or run files on another machine without assigning it a drive letter on your own. It also means if you are running short of logical drive letters, you can get to servers that you use only intermittently with a simple command from the MS-DOS Prompt.
A way to specify a directory on a file server. UNC names are file names or other resource names that begin with the string \\, indicating that they exist on a remote computer.
The name given for the naming used when one specifies: \\the server\the volume\the path\then the file name of a file. So, a UNC filename would look like...
A convention for naming files and other resources beginning with two backslashes (\), indicating that the resource exists on a network computer. UNC names conform to the \\SERVERNAME\SHARENAME syntax, where SERVERNAME is the server's name and SHARENAME is the name of the shared resource. The UNC name of a directory or file can also include the directory path after the share name, with the following syntax: \\SERVERNAME\SHARENAME\DIRECTORY\FILENAME.
