VDict - Definition of Network File System

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Network File System

networking, operating 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 defacto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionlessprotocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless.

(1994-12-12)

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