Chapter . What Is File Sharing?
File sharing means storing a set of files on a central computer, called a file server, and making it possible for any number of people to retrieve those files over any type of computer network, just as if those files were located on their own hard disks (Figure 1).
Many different machines can access a file server, whether they’re connected directly via Ethernet, over wireless AirPort (Wi-Fi), or via the Internet.
Figure 1.
File sharing differs from emailing a file to a person or a group. When you email a document, the recipients are passive: they check their email routinely, and the document arrives. The burden of distribution ...
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