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From: geoff@bodleian.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: A glossary of commonly used terms (fwd)
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Date: 3 Dec 90 20:43:17 GMT
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Quoth fks@FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk) (in <9012031717.AA28586@ftp.com>):
#[...] You will also see:
#[...]
#	PC-NFS		-	Sun's PC-NFS 
#				or sometimes (incorrectly) any NFS for PCs.

The latter is more corectly denoted by "(PC)NFS", a form introduced
by X/Open in the X/Open Developer's Specification "Protocols for X/Open
PC Interworking: (PC)NFS".

Geoff

-- Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM)   --
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