Question - What is WINS server?
Answer -
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) servers map the IP addresses to NetBIOS names. This lets employers access resources by name of the computer rather than the IP address. To keep a check on the IP addresses and names of other computers network, this computer can be configured as a WINS server.
We may not able to connect to a remote network through its NetBIOS name, in case you are not using WINS in a network,