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The original versions 2 and 3 of the protocol used User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and were meant to keep the protocol "stateless." A later version 4 would address some of the performance issues and would rely on a "stateful" protocol.
NFS is strongly associated with UNIX systems, though it can be used on any platform such as Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The server message block (SMB), a similar protocol, is the equivalent implementation of a network file system under Microsoft Windows.
"Network File System" is also often used as a generic term - see File system for other examples.
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