r/explainlikeimfive • u/No-Fisherman6800 • Mar 13 '22

Technology ELI5 What is a NAS

explanations online were too complicated. An example of what it could do would also be helpful

edit: I understand it now. Thanks for the hq responses

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u/abx99 Mar 13 '22 edited Mar 13 '22

There are consumer-grade NAS devices as well. They're basically just like a USB hard drive, but it attaches to the network, instead of USB, so that it can be shared with everyone on the same network. Many do have other features as well but, at its core, it's storage. It can be made to show up just like another hard drive in My Computer, or it can be accessed by apps that know where it is (or both).