NFS

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distributed file system protocol network file system protocol

NFS (Network File System) is a distributed file system protocol that allows users to access files over a network as if they were on local storage.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	distributed file system protocol → network file system protocol →
abbreviationFor	Network File System →
allows	access to files over a network as if they were on local storage →
authenticationMechanism	AUTH_SYS → Kerberos →
definedIn	RFC 1094 → RFC 1813 → RFC 3530 → RFC 5661 →
designedFor	remote file access over a network →
developedBy	Sun Microsystems →
firstReleasedIn	1980s →
fullName	Network File System →
laterStatus	became an open standard →
license	originally proprietary from Sun Microsystems →
operatesAtLayer	application layer →
originallyDesignedFor	UNIX systems →
relatedProtocol	CIFS → SMB →
securityExtension	RPCSEC_GSS →
standardizedBy	IETF →
supportedOn	BSD → Linux → Microsoft Windows → macOS →
supports	client-server architecture →
supportsFeature	Kerberos-based authentication → access control lists → compound operations → delegations → file attribute caching → file locking → stateful protocol in NFSv4 → stateless protocol in NFSv2 and NFSv3 →
transportProtocol	TCP → UDP →
usedFor	centralized storage in UNIX and Linux environments → sharing application data → sharing home directories →
uses	RPC over TCP → RPC over UDP → Remote Procedure Call →
version	NFSv2 → NFSv3 → NFSv4 → NFSv4.1 → NFSv4.2 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AIX → Linux → Linux/m68k → NetBSD/mac68k →	supportsFileSystem
NFS ("NFSv2") → NFS ("NFSv3") → NFS ("NFSv4") → NFS ("NFSv4.2") →	version
Sun Microsystems ("Network File System") → Sun Microsystems →	developerOf
NFS ("Network File System") →	abbreviationFor
Solaris →	feature
NFS ("Network File System") →	fullName
Sun Microsystems ("Network File System") →	notableTechnology
Bill Joy →	notableWork
SMB →	relatedProtocol
SPARCstation →	supports