VNC is remote control software which permits you to look and interrelate with one PC using a simple program known as viewer on other PC anywhere on Internet.

Remote control software like VNC has a range of uses. It permits a person at a remote PC to think control of another PC across a network, as if they were sitting in front of other PC. It also makes it possible to look and relate with one PC from any other PC anywhere on Internet. VNC can be utilized between various types of PCs like Windows and UNIX.

An example of its usage would be to permit a group of students concurrently to view a PC screen being operated by an instructor or to permit instructor to take control of students' PCs to give assistance.

VNC has of two parts. A server, which runs on PC you want to remotely access, and a viewer, which runs on the PC you are sitting in front of.