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'''Novell Netware''' is a [[Computer]] [[Network | '''Novell Netware''' is a [[Computer]] [[Network operating system]] that was in the early 1990s the most popular [[Operating system]] dedicated to serving files over a [[Local area network]] (hereafter referred to as a LAN). | ||
==History== | |||
(note for more information see the history section of the [[Novell]] article) | |||
NetWare came about in answer to a brand new market in [[Computer]] [[Computer network|networking]]: file sharing. A centralized NetWare server would be dedicated to sharing files over a LAN to other clients running their own client operating system (clients could be [[UNIX]]-based, [[DOS]]/[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] based, etc). This centralized model made backups easier, and the server could be made redundant to provide for hardware failure. | |||
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Revision as of 15:30, 2 April 2007
Novell Netware is a Computer Network operating system that was in the early 1990s the most popular Operating system dedicated to serving files over a Local area network (hereafter referred to as a LAN).
History
(note for more information see the history section of the Novell article) NetWare came about in answer to a brand new market in Computer networking: file sharing. A centralized NetWare server would be dedicated to sharing files over a LAN to other clients running their own client operating system (clients could be UNIX-based, DOS/Windows based, etc). This centralized model made backups easier, and the server could be made redundant to provide for hardware failure.