<s>
The	O
Domain	B-General_Concept
Master	I-General_Concept
Browser	I-General_Concept
is	O
necessary	O
on	O
a	O
routed	B-Protocol
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
,	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
spans	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
spans	O
multiple	O
subnets	B-Protocol
each	O
of	O
the	O
subnets	B-Protocol
has	O
an	O
independent	O
browser	O
called	O
the	O
Master	O
Browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Master	O
Browser	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
browse	O
list	O
within	O
its	O
respective	O
subnet	B-Protocol
and	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
on	O
its	O
subnet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Domain	B-General_Concept
Master	I-General_Concept
Browser	I-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
to	O
collect	O
information	O
from	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
Master	O
Browsers	O
via	O
the	O
NetServerEnum	O
API	B-Application
call	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
collected	O
the	O
list	O
is	O
merged	O
with	O
the	O
Domain	B-General_Concept
Master	I-General_Concept
Browsers	I-General_Concept
list	O
for	O
its	O
own	O
subnet	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
merged	O
list	O
is	O
then	O
distributed	O
to	O
the	O
Master	O
Browsers	O
in	O
each	O
subnet	B-Protocol
so	O
that	O
the	O
enterprise	O
list	O
can	O
be	O
available	O
to	O
computers	O
requesting	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
Server	B-Device
Operating	B-General_Concept
Systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
browser	B-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
to	O
host	O
information	O
of	O
other	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
within	O
the	O
same	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
or	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
...	O
the	O
Domain	B-General_Concept
Master	I-General_Concept
Browser	I-General_Concept
coordinates	O
browse	O
lists	O
from	O
all	O
the	O
local	O
browsers	O
in	O
a	O
workgroup	O
,	O
no	O
matter	O
what	O
their	O
network	B-Architecture
segments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Browsing	O
in	O
these	O
terms	O
is	O
specific	O
to	O
viewing	O
network	B-Architecture
resources	O
within	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
network	B-Architecture
such	O
as	O
the	O
available	O
domains	B-General_Concept
and	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
browser	O
roles	O
:	O
the	O
Backup	O
Browser	O
,	O
the	O
Master	O
Browser	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Domain	B-General_Concept
Master	I-General_Concept
Browser	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Domain	B-General_Concept
Master	I-General_Concept
Browser	I-General_Concept
is	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
domain	O
Primary	B-General_Concept
Domain	I-General_Concept
Controller	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
PDC	O
.	O
</s>
