English

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ mount.

Verb

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automount (third-person singular simple present automounts, present participle automounting, simple past and past participle automounted)

  1. (transitive, computing) To mount (a file system) automatically.
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Noun

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automount (plural automounts)

  1. (computing) The automatic mounting of a file system.
    • 2015, Christopher Negus, Linux Bible, page 567:
      It can manage devices, automounts, paths, sockets, and other things.