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Re:Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years by burfog on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:24PM (#22286202)
It's a case of running the Common Internet File System on top of the Server Message Block protocol.

SMB isn't just for filesystems. It is also used for printing, among other things. CIFS is the filesystem.

Outside of Linux/Samba folks, neither term is popular. Users say "Windows share" or "shared drive" or "network folder" or something like that.

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