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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