NAS may refer to any of the following:

  1. Short for network access server, NAS is a terminal server that connects to and communicates with another computer or service. For example, when you dial in to connect to the Internet, you’re dialing into a NAS.

  2. Short for network-attached storage, NAS is any storage device that is connected to a network and provides a network with additional storage. A NAS does not have any processing power on its own, meaning it cannot be used to execute or run network shared programs.

Computer abbreviations, DAS, External storage, FreeNAS, Hardware terms, Network drive, Network terms, RAS, SAN, Storage device

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