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A centralized database that stores user, group, host, hostgroup, and mapping information. It is similar to DNS. As an Internet service, NIS is designed to simplify the duties of the network administrator of a workgroup, allowing the administrator to maintain IP addresses for a group of computers in a single database. It provides host names to address translations on IP networks. It also provides information about users and groups.

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