Network File System
Network File System (NFS) is a protocol developed by Sun Microsystems and defined in RFC 1094, 1813, 3010 and 3530, a network file system which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks.
NFS is strongly associated with UNIX systems, with server message block (SMB), a similar protocol, used to implement a network file system under Microsoft Windows.
"Network File System" is also often used as a generic term - see File system for other examples.
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Andrew file system | Communication protocol | Communications protocol | Data transmission protocol | FS-1037C | Federal Standard 1037C | File Sharing | File System | File systems | Filesharing | Filesystem | Glossary of Telecommunication Terms | Internet protocol suite | Linux Network Administrators' Guide | List of Internet topics | NSFNET | National Science Foundation Network | Network-attached storage | Network attached storage | Network protocol | Networking protocol | SUNW | Sun Microsystems | Sun workstation | TCP-IP | TCP/IP | TCP/IP Suite | TCP/IP stack | TCPIP | Transparency (computing)
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