A mechanism for sharing a file system over a network.
Short for Network File System, a mechanism that lets a remote file system be mounted over the network as if it were local. Behavior differs by version: the older NFSv3 is stateless and recovers easily, while the current NFSv4 is stateful and consolidates everything onto a single port (2049), which is easier to manage through a firewall.
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