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FCA2384 PCI-X Host Bus Adapter for OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX Installation Guide
glossary
Glossary
Glossary
This glossary defines terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not
a comprehensive glossary of computer terms.
AL-PA
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address. The address of a Fibre Channel node in an
arbitrated loop.
Arbitration
The process of selecting one respondent from a collection of several candidates
that request service at the same time.
b/s (or bps)
Bits per second. The number of energy pulses passing a given point in a
transmission medium in one second; raw transmission speed before encoding.
Bandwidth
A measure of the information-carrying capacity of an optical fiber, normalized to
a unit of
MHz/km. This term is used to specify capacity of multi-mode fibers only. (For
single-mode fibers, use dispersion). The difference between the highest and
lowest frequencies in a specific range of frequencies.
Baud
A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of signal intervals per second,
which might or might not be equal to the data rate in bits per second. The encoded
bit rate per second.
BIOS
Basic Input/Output system. Software coded into the computer chips to accomplish
various tasks.
Boot BIOS
Software coded into the chips on the HBA. A special program used to boot and
control the computer.
