WINS

Windows Internet Naming Service is system that determines the IP address associated with a particular network computer, called name resolution. WINS supports network client and server computers running Windows and can provide name resolution for other computers with special arrangements. WINS supports dynamic addressing DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) by maintaining a distributed database that is automatically updated with the names of computers currently available and the IP address assigned to each one.
DNS is an alternative system for name resolution suitable for network computers with fixed IP addresses.