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Glossary
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driver
A software program, usually supplied by the device manufacturer, that
maps the interface of the device to the operating system of the host
computer.
EIA (Electronic Industries Association)
A standards organization specializing in the electrical and functional
characteristics of interface equipment.
EISA (Expanded Industry Standard Architecture)
A superset of the 8-bit/16-bit ISA bus architecture. By extending the
capabilities of the ISA standard, EISA provides full compatibility with
the ISA standard.
encode
The act of changing data into a series of electrical or optical pulses that
can travel efÞciently over a medium.
ES (End System)
A machine intended for running user application programs and
connected to a communications medium. In a SCSI bus system, it is the
SCSI device located at each end of the bus, preferably a host computer.
fast SCSI
A special set of timing commands for SCSI-2 that allows a faster
transfer of data than typical SCSI timers.
host
Generally, a computer or PC that contains a SCSI adapter used to
communicate with other devices on the SCSI bus.
host adapter
A device, usually in the form of a user interface card, that physically
connects a computer to the SCSI bus. It is generally referred to as an
adapter.