automount

verb, noun — 2 senses

verb

Etymology From auto- + mount.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To mount (a file system) automatically.

noun

Etymology From auto- + mount.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The automatic mounting of a file system.

It can manage devices, automounts, paths, sockets, and other things.2015, Christopher Negus, Linux Bible, page 567:

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