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Drive mapping
Drive mapping is the process of associating a local drive letter with a shared storage area on a remote computer (often called a file server) over a computer network. Once a drive has been mapped, applications on the client computer can read and write files on the remote storage as if it were a locally attached hard disk drive, using the assigned letter in file paths. Drive mapping is primarily a concept in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, where storage locations are identified by drive letters (A–Z). Unix and Linux systems do not use drive letters; instead, remote file systems are mounted at a point within the directory tree.
Article summary
Drive mapping is the process of associating a local drive letter with a shared storage area on a remote computer (often called a file server) over a computer network. Once a drive has been mapped, applications on the client computer can read and write files on the remote storage as if it were a locally attached hard disk drive, using the assigned letter in file paths. Drive mapping is primarily a concept in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, where storage locations are identified by drive letters (A–Z). Unix and Linux systems do not use drive letters; instead, remote file systems are mounted at a point within the directory tree.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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