| network redirector An that sends data to and receives data from a remote device. A network redirector often provides mechanisms to locate, open, read, write, and delete files and submit print jobs. It also makes available application services such as and . When an application needs to send or receive data from a remote device, it sends a call to the redirector. The redirector provides the functionality of the and of the model. In , the network redirectors are implemented as (IFS). (1999-08-08) |