Editing NetBIOS (section)

== Protocol stack ==
The following table shows a brief history of NetBIOS and its related protocols. [[Server Message Block|SMB]] was the main protocol that used NetBIOS. SMB enables Windows File and Printer Sharing.
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|+
|7
|[[Application layer]]
| rowspan="2" |
|[[Windows Chat]], [[ClipBook Viewer]], [[Microsoft Hearts]]
| rowspan="2" |SMB
| rowspan="2" |SMB
| rowspan="2" |SMB
| rowspan="3" |SMB
| rowspan="3" |SMB
|-
|6
|[[Presentation layer]]
|[[NetDDE]]
|-
|5
|[[Session layer]]
| rowspan="4" |NetBIOS (The original "Network Basic Input/Output System")
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |NetBIOS ([[NetBIOS Frames]], incorrectly labeled as "NetBEUI" in Windows)
|NetBIOS (NetBIOS over IPX/SPX)
|NetBIOS ([[NetBIOS over TCP/IP]])
|-
|4
|[[Transport layer]]
|[[IPX/SPX]]
|[[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]]/[[User Datagram Protocol|UDP]]
|[[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]]/[[User Datagram Protocol|UDP]]
|[[QUIC]] (over [[User Datagram Protocol|UDP]])
|-
|3
|[[Network layer]]
|[[Internetwork Packet Exchange|IPX]]
|[[Internet Protocol|IP]]
|[[Internet Protocol|IP]]
|[[Internet Protocol|IP]]
|-
|2
|[[Data link layer]]
| colspan="2" |[[IEEE 802.2]] on [[Ethernet]], [[Token Ring]]
|Any link that carries IPX
|Any link that carries IP
|Any link that carries IP
|Any link that carries IP
|-
|1
|[[Physical layer]]
|[[IBM PC Network]]
| colspan="2" |[[Ethernet]], [[Token Ring]]
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| colspan="2" |First supported
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| colspan="2" |Windows for Workgroups 3.1
|Windows for Workgroups 3.1
|Windows NT 3.5
|Windows 2000
|Windows 11 (Server side requires Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition)
|-
| colspan="2" |Last supported
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| colspan="2" |Windows XP (requires manual install)
|Windows XP
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