User's Guide

Glossary
122 Quantum|ATL P3000 Series User’s Guide
Data is transmitted bit by bit in a serial fashion. The RS-232
standard defines the function and use of all 25 pins of a DB-25 type
connector.
S SCSI
Small Computer System Interface. An American National
Standards Instsitute (ANSI) communications standard for
attaching peripheral equipment to computers.
SCSI ID
A unique address (0 to 15) assigned to each device on a
SCSI bus.
SCSI-2
A second generation SCSI interface which includes
command sets for magnetic and optical disks, tapes, printers,
processors, CD-ROMs, scanners, medium changers, and
communication devices.
SDLT
Super Digital Linear Tape is a Quantum tape drive and
tape cartridge specification offered in three ranges of capacity and
transfer rates for workgroup, mid-range, and enterprise needs.
T Take-up leader
The ring at the beginning of a tape in a cartridge.
Tape drive controllers
A device that controls the transfer of data
from a host to a tape drive and vice versa.
Terabyte
A unit of measure for digital data equal to
approximately 1,000 gigabytes, or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes!
Terminator
Special electrical resistors (terminators) are installed
in the SCSI devices at each end of the SCSI bus and are not
installed in other devices on the bus. The SCSI bus must be
properly terminated at both ends so that commands and data can
be transmitted to and from all devices on the bus.
WWebAdmin
TM
is the first software package allowing remote
library administration using a Java™-enabled browser.
WebAdmin provides system administrators the freedom to access
their tape libraries from within an intranet, or anywhere on the
World Wide Web.