User's Guide

Quantum|ATL P3000 Series User’s Guide 117
Glossary
A Antistatic mat
A mat made of antistatic material which includes a
cabled connection to ground at a wall receptacle.
ASC
The Additional Sense Code is part of the SCSI-2
specification. The additional sense code (ASC) field indicates
further information related to the error or exception condition
reported in the sense key field.
ASCQ
Additional Sense Code Qualifier is part of the SCSI-2
specification. The additional sense code qualifier (ASCQ) indicates
detailed information related to the additional sense code.
ATL
Aside from being the company moniker, it stands for
Automated Tape Library.
AutoClean
A user-defined mode made on the touch screen GUI
by which the library automatically performs drive cleaning tasks.
B Bit
The basic unit of data in a bimary numbering system (binary
digit), represented by a 0 or a 1. Eight bits equals one byte.
Byte
The basic unit of computer memory which is large enough
to hold one character.