automount

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ mount

Verb

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.

Related terms

• automounter

Noun

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.