network transparency

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

network transparency

   <networking> A feature of an {operating system} or other
   service which lets the user access a remote resource through a
   {network} without having to know if the resource is remote or
   local.

   For example {NFS} allow users to access remote files as if
   they were local files.

   (1996-12-21)