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Network File System
The Network File System (NFS) is a distributed filesystem that provides transparent access to remote disks originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network
The Network File System is an open standard defined in RFCs, allowing anyone to implement the protocol
History
1980s
Sun s Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call
Apollo's Network Computing System (NCS)
Fundamental differences in the two remote procedure call systems. Arguments focused on the method for data-encoding