The '''Andrew File System''' ('''AFS''')<ref name="ostep-afs">{{citation|title=Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces [The Andrew File System (AFS)]|url=http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/dist-afs.pdf|publisher= Arpaci-Dusseau Books|date = 2014|first1 = Remzi H.|last1 =Arpaci-Dusseau|first2=Andrea C.|last2 = Arpaci-Dusseau}}</ref> is a [[distributed file system]] which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, ___location-transparent file name space to all the client workstations. It was developed by [[Carnegie Mellon University]] as part of the [[Andrew Project]].<ref>[http://www.cmu.edu/corporate/news/2007/features/andrew/what_is_andrew.shtml What is Andrew] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909232809/http://www.cmu.edu/corporate/news/2007/features/andrew/what_is_andrew.shtml |date=September 9, 2011 }} - part of CMU's official site chronicling the history of the [[Andrew Project]].</ref> Originally named "Vice",<ref name="garfinkel19890506">{{cite news | url=http://simson.net/clips/1989/1989.TechRev.Athena.pdf | title=Ripples Across the Academic Market | work=Technology Review | date=May–June 1989 | accessdate=25 January 2016 | author=Garfinkel, Simson L. | author-link=Simson Garfinkel | pages=9–13}}</ref> AFS is named after [[Andrew Carnegie]] and [[Andrew W. Mellon|Andrew Mellon]]. Its primary use is in [[distributed computing]].
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== Further reading ==
* [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/dist-afs.pdf The Andrew File System (2014), Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi H.; Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C.; Arpaci-Dusseau Books]
