Distribyuten faylsistèms in kompyutiŋ dè törminolloji wa alaw akses tu fayls loukeiten on kitadè rīmot host as though working on the actual host computer. This makes it possible for multiple users on multiple machines to share files and storage resources. The client nodes do not have direct access to the underlying block storage but interact over the network using a protocol. This makes it possible to restrict access to the file system depending on access lists or capabilities on both the servers and the clients, depending on how the protocol is designed.