Can anyone tell me about these two processes . . .

[WHiiP]

netbiosd 302 KB 614 KB 5,228 7,151 17106 _netbios 0 bytes 0 bytes 64 bit 0.0 - No 1.5 MB 3 45 0.0 0.02 3.9 MB 1.2 MB 5.3 MB Yes Yes 0 0.3 0 bytes
mDNSResponder 8 KB 9 KB 42 45 17091 _mdnsresponder 0 bytes 0 bytes 64 bit 0.0 - No 1.3 MB 3 70 0.0 0.04 3.0 MB 1,004 KB 248 KB Yes Yes 0 0.2 0 bytes


copied from Activity Monitor on an iMac i7 (late 2009) running Mavericks and 16GB of RAM.

[freeradical]

Netbios is an old communications protocol.

[mattkime]

Mac OS X v10.6 uses the mDNSResponder process for unicast DNS (Domain Name System) functions, as well as Bonjour functions.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3789

[WHiiP]

OK, Thanks. I guess I need to allow them to continue to run.

[fauch]

Even if you kill them they will immediately respawn...