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File server

In telecommunication, the term file server has the following meanings:

  1. A high-capacity disk storage device or a computer that each computer on a network can use or access and retrieve files that can be shared among attached computers.
  2. A computer program, that allows different programs, running on other computers, to access the files of that computer.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C