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boot server
A system that provides boot services to remote devices such as
network routers and VAXcluster satellite nodes.
buffer
An internal memory area used for temporary storage of data
records during input or output operations.
bus
A group of signals consisting of transmission lines or
wires to create a common channel or pathway. The bus
interconnects either internal computer system components
to provide communications paths for addresses, data, and
control information or external terminals and systems in a
communications network.
bus interface unit
Hardware designed to interface internal logic, a module, or a
chip, to a bus.
byte
A group of eight contiguous binary digits (bits). Bits are
numbered from right to left, 0 through 7, with bit 0 being the
low-order bit. See also kilobyte and megabyte.
cable
A sheathed group of electrical conductors.
cable junction box
A small box attached to the monitor cable from which the BNC
connectors emerge.
cache
See cache memory.
cache memory
A small, high-speed area of memory placed between slower main
memory and the processor. Cache memory increases memory
transfer rates.
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