What does Banyan VINES mean?

What is Banyan VINES? Stands for Banyan Virtual Integrated Network Service, a network operating system (NOS) for building enterprise-level networks. VINES was originally based on a proprietary family of protocols that was derived from the Xerox Network Systems (XNS) protocol. read more

"Banyan" often specifically denominates Ficus benghalensis (the "Indian banyan"), which is the national tree of the Republic of India, though the name has also been generalized to denominate all figs that share a common life cycle and used systematically in taxonomy to denominate the subgenus Urostigma. read more

Banyan VINES was a network operating system developed by Banyan Systems for computers running AT&T's UNIX System V. VINES is an acronym for Virtual Integrated NEtwork Service. Like Novell NetWare, VINES's network services were based on the archetypical Xerox XNS stack. read more