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Demount vs Unmount - What's the difference?

demount | unmount |

As verbs the difference between demount and unmount

is that demount is to remove from its mounting; to take down from a mounted position while unmount is to reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.

demount

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove from its mounting; to take down from a mounted position.
  • (obsolete) To dismount.
    • (Webster 1913)

    unmount

    English

    (wikipedia unmount)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.

    • Synonyms

    * dismount * (Unix jargon) umount