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. ThiSprotocol 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)