Definition of Network file system

Babylon English
Network File System
part of the operating system of a local area network which allows access to files on other computers, NFS

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Network File System Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Network File System
<networkingoperating system> (NFS) A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionless protocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless.
See Nightmare File SystemWebNFS.
(1994-12-12)


Network Filing System
<spelling> Misnomer for Network File System.

Jensen's Technology Glossary
NFS
The abbreviation for Network File System, NFS is a protocol suite developed and licensed by Sun Microsystems that allows different makes of computers running different operating systems to share files and disk storage.

Internetworking Terms
Network File System
A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer system to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto Internet standard. [Source: NNSC]

The Internet Dictionary
NFS
(Network File System) A set of protocols that offers users access to other files on other networked computers as if they were local.


Network File System Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Telecommunication Standard Terms
Network File System
See NFS.


Network File System Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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network file system

network file system
(nfs) a protocol developed by sun microsystems , and defined in rfc 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. this protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. nfs is implemented using a connectionless protocol (udp) in order to make it stateless.



Network File System Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Network file system
A network file system is any computer file system that supports sharing of files, printers and other resources as persistent storage over a computer network. The first file servers were developed in the 1970s, and in 1985 Sun Microsystems created the Network File System (NFS) which became the first widely used distributed file system. Other notable distributed file systems are Andrew File System (AFS) and Server Message Block SMB, also known as CIFS.

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