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Partition
A portion of a storage area allocated to a particular use or user.
Peripheral
A device that is attached to the computer, either directly or via the bus.
Proprietary
Vendor-unique technology or devices that are incompatible with other products in the in-
dustry.
RAM, or Random Access Memory
Temporary memory usually found on single in-line memory modules (SIMMsl on the
motherboard of the computer. RAM is lost when power is turned off.
ROM, or Read-Only Memory
Permanently stored data in the computer memory. Also refers to storage media that may
only be read (not erased or written to.l
SCSI Manager
The SCSI Manager is part of the Macintosh Operating System that provides the interface
between a program such as a driver or formatter and the actual hardware SCSI port.
SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface. A standard interface via which computers and their
peripherals communicate with each other.
Sectors
Sectors are the smallest subdivisions of tracks, and usually contain exactly 512 bytes of
data.
Tape Drive
A
type of storage, similar to an audio tape recorder, that stores data on a magnetic tape.
Tape drives are usually used for data back-up.
Tracks
invisible magnetic "grooves," in the form of concentric circles that store data on a platter.
Each track is a single line of magnetic domains.
Volume
Also known as a partition. Represented by an icon on the Desktop and used to store files
and folders of information.
Word
A set of two bytes.
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