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'''Network File System''' ('''NFS''') is a protocol developed by [[Sun Microsystems]] and defined in [[Request for comment|RFC]] 1094 and RFC 1813, a [[network file system]] which allows a [[computer]] to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks.

NFS is strongly associated with UNIX systems, with [[SMBserver message block]] (SMB), a similar protocol, used to implement a network file system under Microsoft Windows.

"Network File System" is also often used as a generic term - see [[File system]] for other examples.