!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] was a [Directory Service] which ran on [Virtual Integrated Network Service] and is likely the first truly practical globally consistent name-service for an entire internetwork. 

[{$pagename}] used a [globally distributed|Distributed Data Store], partially replicated database, [{$pagename}] could meld multiple widely separated networks into a single network that allowed seamless resource-sharing. It accomplished this through its rigidly hierarchical naming-scheme; entries in the directory always had the form item@group@organization. This applied to user accounts as well as to resources like printers and file servers.!! More Information 
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* [#1] - [Banyan VINES|Wikipedia:Banyan_VINES|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-08-10