Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Shared resource

Index Shared resource

In computing, a shared resource, or network share, is a computer resource made available from one host to other hosts on a computer network. [1]

79 relations: Apple Filing Protocol, AppleTalk, Application layer, BitTorrent, Bluetooth, Client portal, Client–server model, Clustered file system, Computer data storage, Computer network, Computer program, Computer worm, Computing, Concurrency control, Data (computing), Data storage, Decentralized computing, Directory (computing), Domain Name System, DOS, Drive letter assignment, File server, File sharing, File synchronization, File system permissions, File Transfer Protocol, Firewall (computing), Host (network), Infrared Data Association, Inter-process communication, Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet protocol suite, Internetwork Packet Exchange, Intranet, IP address, IPX/SPX, Local area network, Lock (computer science), Macintosh operating systems, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, NetBIOS, NetBIOS Frames protocol, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, NetWare, NetWare Core Protocol, Network File System, Network socket, Network-attached storage, OBject EXchange, ..., OpenVMS, Operating system, Path (computing), Peer-to-peer, Personal computer, Print server, Printer (computing), Resource contention, Samba (software), Server Message Block, Service Advertising Protocol, Storage area network, SyncML, System resource, Tragedy of the commons, Transmission Control Protocol, Transport layer, Unix-like, User Datagram Protocol, Virtual private network, Web cache, Web literacy, WebDAV, Website, Windows 7, Windows Internet Name Service, Windows Vista, Windows XP editions, Workgroup (computer networking). Expand index (29 more) »

Apple Filing Protocol

The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), formerly AppleTalk Filing Protocol, is a proprietary network protocol, and part of the Apple File Service (AFS), that offers file services for macOS and the classic Mac OS.

New!!: Shared resource and Apple Filing Protocol · See more »

AppleTalk

AppleTalk was a proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh computers.

New!!: Shared resource and AppleTalk · See more »

Application layer

An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communications protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network.

New!!: Shared resource and Application layer · See more »

BitTorrent

BitTorrent (abbreviated to BT) is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) which is used to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet.

New!!: Shared resource and BitTorrent · See more »

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485GHz) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs).

New!!: Shared resource and Bluetooth · See more »

Client portal

A client portal is an electronic gateway to a collection of digital files, services, and information, accessible over the Internet through a web browser.

New!!: Shared resource and Client portal · See more »

Client–server model

The client–server model is a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients.

New!!: Shared resource and Client–server model · See more »

Clustered file system

A clustered file system is a file system which is shared by being simultaneously mounted on multiple servers.

New!!: Shared resource and Clustered file system · See more »

Computer data storage

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.

New!!: Shared resource and Computer data storage · See more »

Computer network

A computer network, or data network, is a digital telecommunications network which allows nodes to share resources.

New!!: Shared resource and Computer network · See more »

Computer program

A computer program is a collection of instructions for performing a specific task that is designed to solve a specific class of problems.

New!!: Shared resource and Computer program · See more »

Computer worm

A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.

New!!: Shared resource and Computer worm · See more »

Computing

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers.

New!!: Shared resource and Computing · See more »

Concurrency control

In information technology and computer science, especially in the fields of computer programming, operating systems, multiprocessors, and databases, concurrency control ensures that correct results for concurrent operations are generated, while getting those results as quickly as possible.

New!!: Shared resource and Concurrency control · See more »

Data (computing)

Data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols given meaning by specific act(s) of interpretation.

New!!: Shared resource and Data (computing) · See more »

Data storage

Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium.

New!!: Shared resource and Data storage · See more »

Decentralized computing

Decentralized computing is the allocation of resources, both hardware and software, to each individual workstation, or office location.

New!!: Shared resource and Decentralized computing · See more »

Directory (computing)

In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure which contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories.

New!!: Shared resource and Directory (computing) · See more »

Domain Name System

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network.

New!!: Shared resource and Domain Name System · See more »

DOS

DOS is a family of disk operating systems.

New!!: Shared resource and DOS · See more »

Drive letter assignment

In computer data storage, drive letter assignment is the process of assigning alphabetical identifiers to volumes.

New!!: Shared resource and Drive letter assignment · See more »

File server

In computing, a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network that provides a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files (such as text, image, sound, video) that can be accessed by the workstations that are able to reach the computer that shares the access through a computer network.

New!!: Shared resource and File server · See more »

File sharing

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books.

New!!: Shared resource and File sharing · See more »

File synchronization

File synchronization (or syncing) in computing is the process of ensuring that computer files in two or more locations are updated via certain rules.

New!!: Shared resource and File synchronization · See more »

File system permissions

Most file systems have methods to assign permissions or access rights to specific users and groups of users.

New!!: Shared resource and File system permissions · See more »

File Transfer Protocol

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network.

New!!: Shared resource and File Transfer Protocol · See more »

Firewall (computing)

In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

New!!: Shared resource and Firewall (computing) · See more »

Host (network)

A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network.

New!!: Shared resource and Host (network) · See more »

Infrared Data Association

The Infrared Data Association (IrDA) is an industry-driven interest group that was founded in 1993 by around 50 companies.

New!!: Shared resource and Infrared Data Association · See more »

Inter-process communication

In computer science, inter-process communication or interprocess communication (IPC) refers specifically to the mechanisms an operating system provides to allow the processes to manage shared data.

New!!: Shared resource and Inter-process communication · See more »

Internet Engineering Task Force

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP).

New!!: Shared resource and Internet Engineering Task Force · See more »

Internet protocol suite

The Internet protocol suite is the conceptual model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet and similar computer networks.

New!!: Shared resource and Internet protocol suite · See more »

Internetwork Packet Exchange

Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) is the network layer protocol in the IPX/SPX protocol suite.

New!!: Shared resource and Internetwork Packet Exchange · See more »

Intranet

An intranet is a private network accessible only to an organization's staff.

New!!: Shared resource and Intranet · See more »

IP address

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

New!!: Shared resource and IP address · See more »

IPX/SPX

IPX/SPX stands for Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange.

New!!: Shared resource and IPX/SPX · See more »

Local area network

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.

New!!: Shared resource and Local area network · See more »

Lock (computer science)

In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution.

New!!: Shared resource and Lock (computer science) · See more »

Macintosh operating systems

The family of Macintosh operating systems developed by Apple Inc. includes the graphical user interface-based operating systems it has designed for use with its Macintosh series of personal computers since 1984, as well as the related system software it once created for compatible third-party systems.

New!!: Shared resource and Macintosh operating systems · See more »

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

New!!: Shared resource and Microsoft Windows · See more »

MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

New!!: Shared resource and MS-DOS · See more »

NetBIOS

NetBIOS is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System.

New!!: Shared resource and NetBIOS · See more »

NetBIOS Frames protocol

NetBIOS Frames or NBF protocol is a non-routable network- and transport-level data protocol most commonly used as one of the layers of Microsoft Windows networking in the 1990s.

New!!: Shared resource and NetBIOS Frames protocol · See more »

NetBIOS over TCP/IP

NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT, or sometimes NetBT) is a networking protocol that allows legacy computer applications relying on the NetBIOS API to be used on modern TCP/IP networks.

New!!: Shared resource and NetBIOS over TCP/IP · See more »

NetWare

NetWare is a discontinued computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the IPX network protocol.

New!!: Shared resource and NetWare · See more »

NetWare Core Protocol

The NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) is a network protocol used in some products from Novell, Inc. It is usually associated with the client-server operating system Novell NetWare which originally supported primarily MS-DOS client stations, but later support for other platforms such as Microsoft Windows, the classic Mac OS, Linux, Windows NT, Mac OS X, and various flavors of Unix was added.

New!!: Shared resource and NetWare Core Protocol · See more »

Network File System

Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a computer network much like local storage is accessed.

New!!: Shared resource and Network File System · See more »

Network socket

A network socket is an internal endpoint for sending or receiving data within a node on a computer network.

New!!: Shared resource and Network socket · See more »

Network-attached storage

Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients.

New!!: Shared resource and Network-attached storage · See more »

OBject EXchange

OBEX (abbreviation of OBject EXchange, also termed IrOBEX) is a communications protocol that facilitates the exchange of binary objects between devices.

New!!: Shared resource and OBject EXchange · See more »

OpenVMS

OpenVMS is a closed-source, proprietary computer operating system for use in general-purpose computing.

New!!: Shared resource and OpenVMS · See more »

Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

New!!: Shared resource and Operating system · See more »

Path (computing)

A path, the general form of the name of a file or directory, specifies a unique location in a file system.

New!!: Shared resource and Path (computing) · See more »

Peer-to-peer

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.

New!!: Shared resource and Peer-to-peer · See more »

Personal computer

A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.

New!!: Shared resource and Personal computer · See more »

Print server

A print server, or printer server, is a device that connects printers to client computers over a network.

New!!: Shared resource and Print server · See more »

Printer (computing)

In computing, a printer is a peripheral device which makes a persistent human-readable representation of graphics or text on paper.

New!!: Shared resource and Printer (computing) · See more »

Resource contention

In computer science, resource contention is a conflict over access to a shared resource such as random access memory, disk storage, cache memory, internal buses or external network devices.

New!!: Shared resource and Resource contention · See more »

Samba (software)

Samba is a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, and was originally developed by Andrew Tridgell.

New!!: Shared resource and Samba (software) · See more »

Server Message Block

In computer networking, Server Message Block (SMB), one version of which was also known as Common Internet File System (CIFS), operates as an application-layer network protocol mainly used for providing shared access to files, printers, and serial ports and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network.

New!!: Shared resource and Server Message Block · See more »

Service Advertising Protocol

The Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) is included in the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol.

New!!: Shared resource and Service Advertising Protocol · See more »

Storage area network

A storage area network (SAN) is a Computer network which provides access to consolidated, block level data storage.

New!!: Shared resource and Storage area network · See more »

SyncML

SyncML (Synchronization Markup Language) is the former name for a platform-independent information synchronization standard.

New!!: Shared resource and SyncML · See more »

System resource

In computing, a system resource, or simply resource, is any physical or virtual component of limited availability within a computer system.

New!!: Shared resource and System resource · See more »

Tragedy of the commons

The tragedy of the commons is a term used in social science to describe a situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action.

New!!: Shared resource and Tragedy of the commons · See more »

Transmission Control Protocol

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite.

New!!: Shared resource and Transmission Control Protocol · See more »

Transport layer

In computer networking, the transport layer is a conceptual division of methods in the layered architecture of protocols in the network stack in the Internet Protocol Suite and the OSI model.

New!!: Shared resource and Transport layer · See more »

Unix-like

A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.

New!!: Shared resource and Unix-like · See more »

User Datagram Protocol

In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet protocol suite.

New!!: Shared resource and User Datagram Protocol · See more »

Virtual private network

A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network, and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.

New!!: Shared resource and Virtual private network · See more »

Web cache

A web cache (or HTTP cache) is an information technology for the temporary storage (caching) of web documents, such as HTML pages and images, to reduce server lag.

New!!: Shared resource and Web cache · See more »

Web literacy

Web literacy comprises the skills and competencies needed for reading, writing and participating on the web.

New!!: Shared resource and Web literacy · See more »

WebDAV

Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that allows clients to perform remote Web content authoring operations.

New!!: Shared resource and WebDAV · See more »

Website

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server.

New!!: Shared resource and Website · See more »

Windows 7

Windows 7 (codenamed Vienna, formerly Blackcomb) is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft.

New!!: Shared resource and Windows 7 · See more »

Windows Internet Name Service

Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is Microsoft's implementation of NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS), a name server and service for NetBIOS computer names.

New!!: Shared resource and Windows Internet Name Service · See more »

Windows Vista

Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) is an operating system by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs and media center PCs.

New!!: Shared resource and Windows Vista · See more »

Windows XP editions

Windows XP has been released in several editions since its original release in 2001.

New!!: Shared resource and Windows XP editions · See more »

Workgroup (computer networking)

Workgroup is Microsoft's term for peer-to-peer local area network.

New!!: Shared resource and Workgroup (computer networking) · See more »

Redirects here:

Disk sharing, Folder sharing, Network share, Resource sharing, Shared access, Shared disk, Shared disk access, Shared document, Shared documents, Shared drive, Shared file access, Shared folder, Shared network, Shared resources, Shared-disk, Windows file sharing.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_resource

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »