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light-emitting diode.
A semiconductor diode that emits light when subjected to an applied
voltage and that is used in an electronic display.
Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
A type of tape storage technology originally developed by the IBM
Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, and Seagate. LTO technology is an "open
format" technology, which means that its users have multiple sources of
product and media. The "open" nature of LTO technology enables
compatibility between different vendors' offerings by ensuring that vendors
comply with verification standards.
load.
Following the insertion of a tape cartridge into the tape load compartment,
the act of positioning the tape (performed by the tape drive) for reading or
writing by the drive's head.
log sense data.
See SCSI log sense data .
loop. (1) A series of instructions that is repeated until a terminating condition is
reached. (2) To connect so as to complete a loop.
LTO. See Linear Tape-Open .
M
magnetic tape.
A tape with a magnetizable surface layer on which data can be stored by
magnetic recording.
maintenance mode.
The state of operation in which the tape drive must be before it can run
diagnostics, verify write and read operations, verify a suspect tape
cartridge, update its own firmware, and perform other diagnostic and
maintenance functions.
MB. See megabyte .
media.
The plural of medium .
medium.
A physical material in or on which data may be represented, such as
magnetic tape.
megabyte (MB).
1,000,000 bytes.
N
network.
A configuration of data processing devices and software that is connected
for information interchange.
O
oersted.
The unit of magnetic field strength in the unrationalized
centimeter-gram-second (cgs) electromagnetic system. The oersted is the
magnetic field strength in the interior of an elongated, uniformly wound
solenoid that is excited with a linear current density in its winding of one
abamper per 4 pi centimeters of axial length. .
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