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network drive

A disk drive that shares files and applications with users in the network. It may be a drive in a server in the network, a stand-alone network drive (see NAS) or a drive connected to a router that supports file sharing from a directly attached drive. Contrast with local drive.

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Before	After
network control center	network driver
network control program	network driver interface
network coupler	Network Driver Interface Specification
network DAC	network drop
network database	network DVR
network device	network effect
network device protocol	network engineer
network diagramming program	network extender
network directory	network externality
network directory service	Network File System

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