{"id":8380,"date":"2011-08-31T17:39:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/bonjour\/"},"modified":"2011-08-31T17:39:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:39:33","slug":"bonjour","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/16309\/bonjour","title":{"rendered":"Bonjour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_bonjour_mean\">What Does Bonjour Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bonjour is Apple Inc.\u2019s version of zero-configuration networking (zeroconf), a set of protocols that allows a network device to automatically recognize and communicate with other devices on the network. This streamlined technology allows users with no experience to set up and use devices on a network. The original software was introduced by Apple in 2002 as part of Mac OS X v10.2. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to 2005, this software bore the name Rendezvous, but the name was changed as a result of a trademark lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_bonjour\">Techopedia Explains Bonjour<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bonjour is a very versatile method for detecting the services available on a local area network (LAN). It is widely used through Apple\u2019s OS X, and it allows users to set up a network without any configuration by locating printers and file-sharing servers. Many of Apple\u2019s software programs use Bonjour to find and share various resources and data on a local area network. <\/p>\n<p>Bonjour is used by many operating systems to locate and\/or share local recordings with multiple clients, users, specific types or formats of files, digital video recorders, shared-media libraries, Web servers, document collaborators, contacts, tasks and event information. 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