netname

English

Etymology

From net +‎ name.

Noun

netname (plural netnames)

1. (computing, Microsoft Windows) The part of a UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) path that identifies a particular resource on a given server.
   • 1994, Barry Nance, Client/server LAN Programming, page 43:

     A UNC (universal naming convention) name consists of a server name and a netname, which together identify a resource in the domain.

   • 2002, Dave Roth, Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions, page 58:

     If a sharepoint is accessed by using the UNC \\server1\WordFiles, for example, the netname is WordFiles.