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The NETWORK SERVICE account is a predefined local account used by the service control manager (SCM). A service that runs in the context of the NETWORK SERVICE account presents the computer's credentials to remote servers.
(Microsoft, 2019(1)).
Related Terms
Windows Default Local System Account (Dictionary Entry) Generic Term
Generic Term
See Also
An Inventory of Empirical Identities (Research Note - IAM)