
Glossary
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port
Socket on the front or back of the system unit to which a terminal, printer, mo-
dem or other device is connected.
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks. A methodology in which disks are
viewed as a single virtual disk.
script
Collection of console commands that run in a set order.
SCSI
Interface designed for connecting disks and other peripheral devices to a com-
puter system. SCSI, pronounced skuh-zee, is used by many computer and periph-
eral vendors throughout the computer industry.
SCSI
Defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI standard; in this
guide, SCSI refers to either SCSI-1 or SCSI-2.)
SCSI-2
Small Computer System Interface-2 compliant with ANSI standard X3.T9.2/86-
109.
SCSI bus
Communications pathway between the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
and other internal devices. Consists of an address bus, which selects the location
of the data and a data bus, which transfers the data.
SCSI controller
Device that directs the operations of the Small Computer System Interface
(SCSI) with asynchronous and synchronous capabilities.
SCSI device
Host adapter, a peripheral controller, or intelligent peripheral that can be at-
tached to the SCSI bus.
SCSI device ID
Bit-significant representation of the SCSI address referring to one of the address
signal lines.
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