What type of file resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses?

you see the file name is WINS. which stands for window internet name service see the resolution happens like this (p.s WINS, is not a file name it is a protocol) NetBiOS, broadcasts names to listening nodes on the network. NetBiOS utilizes a User Datagram Protocol UDP, query to broadcast names. NetBiOS names identified computer on the network before the introduction of Windows 2000. The NetBiOS name is resolved to an IP address through Windows Internet Name Service WINS,broadcasting, or the LMHOSTS file. If the LAN is a NetBiOS LAN, the NetBiOS name is then the network address. The NetBiOS name is assigned by an administrator when the operating system is installed. To enable communication, the following requirements exist. i hope i have helped