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Glossary
Glossary
A
A:
Ampere.
AC:
Alternating Current.
AIX:
IBM’s implementation of UNIX operating
system.
ANSI:
American National Standards Institute.
Appliance Coupler:
A standard IEC 320 male plug
placed on the system rear side.
ASCII:
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
AUI:
Attachment Unit Interface.
B
bank:
See memory bank.
BOT:
Beginning Of Tape marker. A marker on a
magnetic tape used to indicate the beginning of the
recordable area; for example, a photoreflective
strip, a transparent section of tape. Contrast with
end of tape marker (EOT).
bulkhead:
The pass-thru plate for the connection
of the SCSI busses.
BUMP:
Bring-Up Microprocessor.
A low power
microprocessor which monitors the system,
especially during the various boot phases before
the Operating System is loaded.
C
CD-ROM:
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
High-capacity read-only memory in the form of an
optically readable compact disc.
chip:
Synonym for integrated circuit (IC).
CPU:
Central Processing Unit.
D
DDS:
Digital Data Storage.
device shutter:
The shutter which protects media
and disk device areas. This shutter should be kept
closed during system operations.
DIMM:
Dual In-line Memory Module. It is the
smallest component of the system memory.
disk cage:
A metallic box which can host two or
three disk carriers.
disk carrier:
A sled used to install hard disk drives
into the system.
E
ECC:
Error Correcting Code.
ECMA:
European Computer Manufacturers
Association.
EDO:
Extended Data Output.
EOT:
End Of Tape marker.
F
FAST-10 WIDE-16:
A standard SCSI interface, 16
bits, providing synchronous transfer rate of up to
10 MHz, with a data transfer speed of 20M bytes
per second.
FAST-20 WIDE-16:
An enhanced standard SCSI
interface, 16 bits, providing synchronous transfer
rate of up to 20 MHz, with a data transfer speed of
up to 40M bytes per second. It is also called
ULTRA WIDE.
firmware:
It describes the microcode in read-only
memory (ROM). It consists of an ordered set of
instructions and data stored in a way that is
functionally independent of main storage.
FPE:
Full PCI Expander. It is a planar which
connects up to seven controller cards.
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