Mount
1. Commonly, mount is a term used with a Unix and Linux machine where the mount command makes a directory accessible by attaching a root directory of one file system to another directory. This makes the other directory or device appear as a directory or subdirectory of that system.
2. With an Apple Macintosh, mounting is used to describe when a disc is placed into a machine.
3. When referring to hardware, a mount may also refer to a device that helps hold a device such as a hard drive in a computer. See the anti-vibration mount definition for further information about this term.
4. Mount may refer to a group of files in a file system accessible to a user or group of users.
Also see: Apple definitions, Dismount