ATTO Technology FastFrame NS12 Installation And Operation Manual page 23

Term Definition
scatter/gather a device driver feature which allows the host adapter to modify a transfer data pointer so that a
single host adapter can access many segments of memory, minimizing interrupts and transfer
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single-mode fiber an optical fiber with a small core which supports one wavelength (ray of light); the core radius is
nearly equal to the wavelength of the source
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol: a standard for monitoring network-attached devices
topology logical layout of the parts of a computer system or network and their interconnections
transceiver a transmitter/receiver module
transfer rate the rate at which bytes or bits are transferred, as in megabytes or gigabits per second
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