file server
A computer running a network operating system that enables other computers to access its files.
A file server is a host computer system that stores files and provides them to you as if they were on a hard disk attached to your own computer.
A file-storage device on a local area network (LAN) that is accessible to all users on the network. It is sophisticated, also serving as a manager of sorts, maintaining order as users request files and make changes to them.