Installation guide

G-2 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide
ANSI: (American National Standards Institute)
A U.S. organization that establishes computer standards, such as ASCII (the
most common way computers represent characters).
Bandwidth
The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. For
digital devices, the bandwidth is expressed in bits per second (bps) or bytes
per second. For analog devices, the bandwidth is expressed in cycles per sec-
ond, or Hertz (Hz).
Bit
Abbreviation for binary digit. A binary digit has one of two values: 1 or 0.
This contrasts with a decimal digit, which has a value from 0 to 9. A bit is
represented as either a 1 or 0 in the binary settings that make up a byte of
data. See also Byte.
Board
A single electronic card with one or more computer chips on it, such as a
motherboard or a serial board.
Bridge
An edge node that provides protocol translation. For example, the PCI-SB
and the PMC-SB cards act as bridges between a PCI bus and the switch fab-
ric running the StarProtocol.
Buffer
An area of RAM reserved for temporary storage of data waiting to be sent to
a device. The data is usually on its way to or from the hard disk drive or some
other peripheral device.
Bundled Link
Refers to card interface that has multiple links to another device to increase
the bandwidth or provide higher reliability between devices.