Glossary
adapter
A device, usually in the form of a user interface card, that physically connects a computer to the SCSI bus. Also referred to as a host adapter.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Organization which coordinates, develops and publishes standards used in the United States.
asynchronous transmission
A data transmission technique where the initiator and the target lock into a transfer of data, each block of data must be acknowledged before the next block is transmitted.
Attenuation
Signal power lost in a transmission medium as the signal travels from sender to receiver.
Bus Device Reset
A SCSI message to a target that instructs the target to clear all activity.
Byte
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CBR (Constant Bit Rate)
The transmission of bits at a fixed rate over a network or over a communications bus.
CCB (Command Control Block)
A block of information prepared by the host computer, for the SCSI adapter, to provide the adapter with parameters needed to execute a SCSI command.