[W/K] :: Network File System

  Network File System
       
           (NFS) A protocol developed by
          Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a
          computer to access files over a network as if they were on its
          local disks.  This protocol has been incorporated in
          products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de
          facto standard.  NFS is implemented using a connectionless
          protocol ({UDP}) in order to make it stateless.
       
          See Nightmare File System, WebNFS.
       
          (1994-12-12)