Network File System

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Network File System
NFS

   <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 {de
   facto} standard.  NFS is implemented using a {connectionless
   protocol} ({UDP}) in order to make it {stateless}.

   See {Nightmare File System}, {WebNFS}.

   (1994-12-12)