Motorola MPMC101 Driver, EIA Electronic Industries Association, Encode, ES End System, Fast Scsi

Glossary

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 efficiently 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.

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