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This glossary defines abbreviations and new
or special terms in this publication.
Some of the definitions are taken from other
glossaries. The letters in the parentheses that
follow some definitions indicate the source of
the definition:
(A) The American National Standard
Dictionary for Information Systems, ANSI
X3.172-1990, copyright 1990 by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI).
(E) The ANSI/Electronic Industries
Association (EIA) Standard-440-A, Fiber Optic
Terminology.
(I) The Information Technology Vocabulary,
developed by Subcommittee 1, Joint
Technical Committee 1, of the International
Organization for Standardization and
International Electrotechnical Commission
(ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC1).
(IBM) The IBM Dictionary of Computing,
copyright 1994 by IBM.
(T) Draft international standards committee
drafts, and working papers being developed
by the ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC1.
A
acknowledgement (ack) A message sent
by the receiver of a communication,
acknowledging its receipt.
Advanced Interactive Executive (AIX)
IBM's implementation of the UNIX
(trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories)
operating system. The RISC System/6000
system, among others, runs the AIX operating
system. (IBM).
95846
American Power Conversion (APC) The
supplier for the L700 uninterruptible power
source (UPS).
audit 1) 1) An operation to catalog or
record the physical location of a cartridge
tape in an automated library (2) A process by
which a specified volume serial number
location in the tape inventory is physically
verified.
Automated Cartridge System Library
Software (ACSLS) The software within a
UNIX-based server that interfaces the server
and hosts; it also maintains a list of all tapes
within a library storage module.
automatic mode (1) A relationship between
a library and all attached hosts. A library
operating in automatic mode handles
cartridges without operator intervention. This
is the normal operating mode of a library that
has been placed online to all host central
processing units. (2) A relationship between
a library and the client. In automated mode,
the robot moves the cartridges among the
storage cells, CAP, and drives in response to
client commands. This is the normal
operating mode of a library that is
communicating with the client.
B
backward read compatible (BRC) The
ability of an SDLT 220 tape drive to read
recorded data from an earlier version of DLT
tape drive. Contrast with "NBRC" (below).
C
camera A system that reads volume serial
number labels on cartridges, instead of
scanning the labels with a laser. A camera
performs faster and more accurately than a
laser scanner.
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