DEFINITION: File sharing is the public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network with various levels of access privilege. While files can easily be shared outside a network (for example, simply by handing or mailing someone your file on a diskette),
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FILE SHARING PROTOCOLS DEFINITION (continued): the term file sharing almost always means sharing files in a network, even if in a small local area network. File sharing allows a number of people to use the same file or file by some combination of being able to read or view it, write to or modify it, copy it, or print it. Typically, a file sharing system has one or more administrators. Users may all have the same or may have different levels of access privilege. File sharing can also mean having an allocated amount of personal file File Sharing Protocols definition sponsored by SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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