Usually means: Directory and authentication services system.
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  1. Network Information Service: Dictionary.com
  2. Network Information Service: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Network Information Service: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Network Information Service: CCI Computer
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Network Information Service)

▸ noun:  The Network Information Service, or NIS (originally called Yellow Pages or YP), is a client–server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network.


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