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"&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Definition: &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;A &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;network file system - NFS&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; is a technology for sharing resources between devices on a &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/local-area-network-816382&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;local area network (LAN)&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. NFS allows data to be stored on central servers and easily accessed from client devices in a &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.lifewire.com/introduction-to-client-server-networks-817420&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;client/server network&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; configuration via a process called &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;mounting&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;NFS became popular starting in the 1980s on Sun workstations and other Unix computers. Examples of network file systems include &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Sun NFS&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Session Message Block (SMB)&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; (sometimes called &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Samba&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;) often used when sharing files with Linux servers.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Network Attached Storage (NAS)&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; devices (that sometimes are Linux-based) also typically implement NFS technology.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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