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EPROM
Erasable programmable read only
memory.
Equipment check.
EQC
equipment check
An asynchronous indication of a
malfunction.
Error log
A data set or file in a product or system
where error information is stored for later
access.
ESD Electrostatic discharge.
F
fault symptom code (FSC)
A hexadecimal code that is generated by
the drive or the control unit microcode in
response to a detected subsystem error.
FC Feature code.
FCC Federal communications commission.
FE Field engineer, customer engineer, or
service representative.
fiducial
A target that is used for teaching a
physical location to a robot.
field replaceable unit (FRU)
An assembly that is replaced in its
entirety when any one of its components
fails.
file A named set of records that are stored or
processed as a unit. Also referred to as a
dataset.
file protection
The processes and procedures that are
established in an information system that
are designed to inhibit unauthorized
access to, contamination of, or deletion of
a file.
file transfer protocol (FTP)
In the Internet suite of protocols, an
application layer protocol that uses TCP
and Telnet services to transfer bulk-data
files between machines or hosts.
firmware
Proprietary code that is delivered as
microcode as part of an operating system.
Firmware is more efficient than software
loaded from an alterable medium and
more adaptable to change than pure
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hardware circuitry. An example of
firmware is the Basic Input/Output
System (BIOS) in read-only memory
(ROM) on a PC motherboard.
FLASH EEPROM
An electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory (EEPROM) that can be
updated.
FMR Field microcode replacement.
format
The arrangement or layout of data on a
data medium.
formatter
Part of a magnetic tape subsystem that
completes data conversion, speed
matching, encoding, first-level error
recovery, and interfaces to one or more
tape drives.
FP File protect.
frayed Damaged as if by an abrasive substance.
FRU Field replaceable unit.
Fault symptom code.
FSC
Fault symptom index.
FSI
functional microcode
Microcode that is resident in the machine
during normal customer operation.
G
g Gram.
GB gigabyte.
GBIC Gigabit Interface Converter.
Gbi gigabit
Generation 1
The informal name for the IBM Ultrium 1
Tape Drive, which is the first generation
of the Ultrium tape drive. The Generation
1 drive has a native storage capacity of
up to 100 GB per cartridge and a native
sustained data transfer rate of 15 MB per
second.
Generation 2
The informal name for the
second-generation version of the IBM
Ultrium Tape Drive. The Generation 2
drive has a native storage capacity of up
to 200 GB per cartridge and a native
sustained data transfer rate of 35 MB per
second.