... One: Query WINS Step Two: Query DNSAs we discover in the slide WINS , Windows hosts manage hostname resolution a bit differently than Unix ones. Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) supplies ... supplies a method to map hostnames to IP numbers for Windows based systems. Windows uses a different naming convention for hostnames, the NetBIOS name. When a Windows host boots up, it dynamically ... resolve external names, many times, your local name server must contact a root name server. Root name servers maintain a mapping between domain names (sans.org) and the authoritative name servers...