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Glossary
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A hardware or software protocol, contained in the electronics
interface
of the tape controller and tape drive that managed the exchange of data
between the drive and computer. The most common interfaces for small
computer systems are AT (IDE) and SCSI.
A drive mounted inside one of a computer's drive bays.
internal drive
A worldwide network of computer servers originally developed
Internet
by the federal government as a communication system in the event of
nuclear war or other wide-scale disaster.
A private version of the Internet that provides a cost-effective
intranet
way to publish critical information and provide an interactive
communication path for heterogeneous systems.
Internet Protocol. A communications protocol which contains a
IP
network address and routes a message to a different network.
A tiny connector box that slips over two pins that protrude from
jumper
a circuit board. The jumper can be moved to change electrical connectors.
When in place, the jumper connects the pins electrically. Some board
manufacturers use dual in-line package (DIP) switches instead of
jumpers.
Kilobyte. A unit of measure consisting of 1,024 bytes.
KB
Kilohertz. A measurement of frequency that equals 1000 Hz.
kHz
Local Area Network. A computer network covering a relatively
LAN
small area. A LAN usually is confined to a building or a few nearby
buildings. A LAN can be connected to another LAN over any distance
through telephone lines and radio waves to form a wide area network
(WAN).
Liquid Crystal Display. The technology used by portable computer
LCD
and flat-panel displays. The Operator Control Panel on the front of the
SuperLoader is an LCD screen.
Lempel-Ziv Algorithm
tape drives. Named after Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv.
A system that uses a robotic mechanism to automatically
library system
load and unload tape cartridges into one or more tape drives.
Distinguishable from stackers and autoloaders in their ability to provide
random access to tape cartridges. The DLTstor is a tape library system
offered by Quantum Corporation.
SuperLoader User's Guide
A data compression technique used in all DLT