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Subject:Re: Synonym for Remote? From:Len Olszewski <saslpo -at- UNX -dot- SAS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:09:35 -0400
> I'm looking for a synonym for "remote", used in the phrase
> "Remote File System". The TLA (Three Letter Acronym) for this is "RFS",
> which unfortunately conflicts with another TLA we use. So far I haven't
> come across anything startlingly appropriate ("aloof file system" just
> doesn't make it). Any thoughts?
> Steven J. Owens
You can hyphenate ======================> non-local file system
off-site file system
You can add a word =====================> remote access file system
(RAFS) - an FLA
You can subtract a word ================> remote system (RS, a 2LA)
remote file (RF, another 2LA)
You can substitute words ===============> remote system access
remote file access
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