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servomechanism
A feedback control system in which at least one of the system signals represents mechanical motion.
shelf
See silo shelf.
ship group
Items that are provided, usually in a separate package, to the installation site of an IBM product, and
are not attached to the product machine frame.
SI
Système Internationale d'unités
This universally used international system of units is equivalent to a familiar term "the metric system".
This system consists of seven SI base units: length (meter), mass (kilogram), time (second), electric
current (ampere), thermodynamic temperature (kelvin), amount of substance (mole), and luminous
intensity (candula).
silo
Name for Sun StorageTek library product that can contain 3592 drives.
silo shelf
Term for Sun silo library hardware that can receive a 3592 drive canister. Comparable to cradle (rack).
SIM
Service information message.
SLIC
System Licensed Internal Code
Small computer system interface
An input and output bus that provides a standard interface between computer interfaces.
SM
Service memorandum.
smit
System management interface tool.
SMW
Servo manufacturer's word.
SNMP
Simple network management protocol.
SNS
Sense.
soft address
A physical address that is assigned to the fibre card by the loop initialization sequence (for 3584 only;
not recommended).
special feature
A feature that can be ordered to enhance the capability, storage capacity, or completeance of a
product, but is not essential for its basic work.
SRAM
Static random access memory.
SRC
System reference code.
SS
Status store.
SSC-3
SCSI Stream Commands - 3.
One of the T10 committee-documented standards. SSC-3 is the third architectural version of the
standard.
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