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I want to clear the concept about
Shareing a Folder/Drive
Mapping a Folder/Drive
It is the same thing or there is a technical difference between them?

You share a folder/drive that is local to your computer.
You map a drive to a share on a remote computer.

thanks for your reply. As u said
"You share a folder/drive that is local to your computer.
You map a drive to a share on a remote computer."
the sharing concept is not clear i.e local to your computer"

When sharing you are offering your files to the network.
When mapping a drive you are creating a shortcut to a remote drive elsewhere on the network. You could reach that same drive by other means but if you need to access it on a regular basis then mapping is easier.
Hope that helps.

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