GLOSSARY
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device is the Master or the Slave is determined by
jumper settings on the device, itself.
Not to be confused with Logicube SuperSonix
Master Drive.
NTFS
(
N
ew
T
echnology
F
ile
S
ystem)
The standard file system of the Windows NT
operating system. It offers a number of
performance, extendibility, and security improve-
ments over the File Allocation Table (FAT).
Partitions created using NTFS are not accessible
from other operating systems such as DOS.
Parallel Port
An interface for connecting to a computer or an
external device such as a printer. Often called a
Centronics interface after the company that
engineered the original specification.
A newer standard is the Enhanced Parallel Port
(EPP), which supports bi-directional communication
and transfer rates up to ten times faster than a
standard parallel port.
Partition
A way of dividing physical hard drive space into
logically separate segments, which an operating
system treats as individual hard drives. Partitioning
is particularly useful when multiple operating
systems are loaded on one drive. For example,
creating one partition for Windows NT, another for
UNIX and so on.
PC Card
See PCMCIA
PCMCIA
(
P
ersonal
C
omputer
M
emory
C
ard
I
nternational
A
ssociation)
A credit card-sized memory or I/O device that fits
into a PC, usually a laptop computer. Also known
as a PC Card. There are 16-bit and 32-bit
(CardBus) varieties. Common applications for
PCMCIA cards include RAM, modems, network
adapters and hard drives.
PIO
(
P
rogrammed
I
nput/
O
utput)
