Appendix C Glossary - Exabyte EXB-8205 Owner's Manual

Appendix C Glossary

Appendix C Glossary
address
backup
Canadian DOC
capacity
data compression
EECODE
EEPROM
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See SCSI ID.
bus A signal line or a set of signal lines used by an interface
system (for example, SCSI) to connect a number of devices
in order to transfer information to and from those devices.
For example, the SCSI cable used to connect the tape drive
to the SCSI adapter card serves as a bus.
byte A unit of data or storage capacity equal to 1 character or
8 bits. If a file contains 1,567 bytes of data, it contains
exactly that number of characters.
Copying files from disk to tape for security against data loss
or corruption of files.
Canadian Department of Communications
The amount of data that a data cartridge can hold. Refer to
page 44 for information about the capacity of data cartridges.
Data compression increases the storage capacity of a data
cartridge.
CTS Cartridge Tape Subsystem. Formal name for a tape drive.
The process used to increase the capacity of a data cartridge
by an average of two times. Compression allows the tape
drive to write more data to a segment of tape.
The name and revision level of the firmware stored on tape
drive's EEPROM. The EECODE contains a number of
software switches that turn different options (for example
the recording format) on or off within the firmware. The
EECODE version loaded in the tape drive must be
compatible with the SCSI adapter card and backup software.
Electronically erasable programmable read only memory.
EXB–8205 and EXB–8505