It's a case of running the Common Internet File System on top of the Server Message Block protocol. SMB isn't just for filesystems. It is also used for printin

It's a case of running the Common Internet File System on top of the Server Message Block protocol. SMB isn't just for filesystems. It is also used for printing, among other things. CIFS is the filesystem. Outside of Linux/Samba folks, neither term is popular. Users say "Windows share" or "shared drive" or "network folder" or something like that.