Appendix - IOGear Tri-Select COMBO ION GHE335C User Manual

Appendix

Glossary
Cache - High-speed Random Access Memory (RAM) used as a buffer between the CPU and a hard drive. The cache retains recently accessed
information to speed up subsequent accesses to the same data. When data is read from or written to disk, a copy is saved in the cache along with the
associated disk address. The cache monitors the addresses of subsequent read operations to see if the required data is already in the cache. If it is, the
drive returns the data immediately. If it is not in the cache, then it is fetched from the disk and saved in the cache.
Capacity - The amount of data, defined by bytes, Kilobytes (KB), Megabytes (MB) and Gigabytes (GB), that a drive can hold.
Desktop - The background area on the computers monitor. Document windows are not part of the desktop; they appear in front of the desktop.
Driver - The software that tells the computer how to use devices connected to it. Any device connected to your computer will require a driver, sometimes
the driver is included in the OS which saves the user from having to install on their own.
FAT32 – 32-bit File Allocation Table. The standard file system used by Windows 98SE/ME, it is also supported by Windows 2000, XP and Mac OS 8.6 and
above.
FireWire - A technology developed by Apple to allow for peripherals to be connected to your computer, it is the standard used by Digital Video and Audio
professionals for capturing content. Also known as IEEE 1394 or iLink.
Format - Formatting a drive sets up the file system on the drive, it will also erase all data currently stored on the drive. Your drive was shipped with the
FAT32 file system formatted on it.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol. The standard protocol used for downloading and uploading files on the Internet
HFS+ - Hierarchical File System Extended Format. The standard file system used by Mac OS 8.6 and above.
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the method of which Web Pages are delivered to your computer.
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