(1) A logical drive through which volumes are accessed in a sequential access device class. For removable media device types, such as cartridges, a mount point is a logical drive associated with a physical drive. For the file device type, a mount point is a logical drive associated with an I/O stream.
(2) In Linux operating systems and in UNIX operating systems such as AIX, the directory at which a file system is mounted and under which other file systems may be mounted.
(3) A directory established in a workstation or a server local directory that is used during the transparent accessing of a remote file.