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A network operating system, or NOS, is a specialized operating system built for a network device such as a router, switch, or firewall. Historically the term described any operating system with networking capability that let personal computers join computer networks and share files and printer access within a local area network, but that broader usage is now largely historical since common operating systems today include a network stack supporting a client server model as standard. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia: Network operating system
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    A network operating system (NOS) is a specialized operating system for a network device such as a router, switch or firewall.
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    network operating system (NOS) is a specialized operating system for a network device such as a router, switch or firewall.
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