Server Message Block

Summary

Server Message Block is a computer network protocol^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Server Message Block's instance of is recorded as computer network protocol^[3].
• Server Message Block's instance of is recorded as network file system^[4].
• Server Message Block's developer is recorded as Microsoft^[5].
• Server Message Block's Commons category is recorded as Server Message Block^[6].
• Server Message Block's has part is recorded as Common Internet File System^[7].
• Server Message Block's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z41f^[8].
• Server Message Block's described at URL is recorded as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-smb/f210069c-7086-4dc2-885e-861d837df688^[9].
• Server Message Block's described at URL is recorded as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-smb2/5606ad47-5ee0-437a-817e-70c366052962^[10].
• Server Message Block's described at URL is recorded as https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9697999099/toc.pdf^[11].
• Server Message Block's described at URL is recorded as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-smbd/1ca5f4ae-e5b1-493d-b87d-f4464325e6e3^[12].
• Server Message Block's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/smb^[13].
• Server Message Block's used by is recorded as SMB share^[14].
• Server Message Block's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122l89nf^[15].
• Server Message Block's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122vxhws^[16].
• Server Message Block's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as SMB^[17].
• Server Message Block's Uniform Resource Identifier Scheme is recorded as smb^[18].
• Server Message Block's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 88309123^[19].
• Server Message Block's Semantic Scholar topic ID is recorded as 320762^[20].
• Server Message Block's KBpedia ID is recorded as ServerMessageBlockProtocol^[21].
• Server Message Block's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C88309123^[22].
• Server Message Block's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Server+Message+Block^[23].

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Server Message Block include Samba^[24], an application software^[25], founded in 1992^[26].

Why It Matters

Server Message Block ranks in the top 7% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for it include Samba^[24], an application software^[25], founded in 1992^[26].