Virtual Network Computing
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VNC documentation

Note: A detailed paper about VNC can be found in IEEE Internet Computing, Vol.2 No.1 pp33-38. You can download it if you have an IEEE subscription.

This documentation assumes a basic familiarity with the terms and components used in VNC. See 'What is VNC?' and 'Getting Started' for introductory information, and the Frequently Asked Questions for common queries.

For a quick overview, you can download versions of the VNC Video.

Technical documentation - Table of Contents

How VNC works

VNC servers

VNC server for X (Unix)

WinVNC (VNC server for Win32)

MacVNC (VNC server for PPC Macintosh)

rfbcounter (A really dumb server!)

VNC viewers

VNCviewer for X

VNCviewer for Win32

VNCviewer for Java

VNCviewer for Macintosh

VNCviewer for Windows CE

The VNC protocol

Internal ORL extensions

Note: This complete VNC documentation is available as a downloadable package.

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Virtual Network Computing from ORL

VNC documentation

Virtual Network Computing
from ORL