HPMA User Guide
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment—a standard for connecting hard disks into computer systems. As its name implies, SATA is based on serial signaling technology, unlike IDE (Integrated Drive Electron- ics) hard drives that use parallel signaling.
SQL Structured Query Language—an industry standard interface language for managing relational databases. An SQL database is one that supports the SQL interface.
SSM Service Status Monitor—a unit of the HP Medical Archive software that monitors hardware conditions and reports to the NMS. Every server in the grid runs an instance of the SSM.
StorageGRID™ A trademark of Bycast Inc. for their fixed-content storage grid architec- ture and software system.
study A DICOM term for a collection of images (instances) related to an indi- vidual patient or subject.
SVG Scalable Vector Graphic—a format for digital images that can be scaled without loss of resolution.
synchronizing A clock is running at the same pace and at the same time (value) as a reference source.
syntonizing A clock is running at the same pace as a reference source, but not nec- essarily reporting the same time.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol—a process for encapsulating and transmitting packet data over a network. It includes positive acknowledgement of transmissions.
throughput The amount of data that can be transmitted or the number of transac- tions that can be processed by a system or subsystem in a given period of time. See also: “latency”.
URI Universal Resource Identifier—A generic set of all names or addresses used to refer to resources that can be served from a computer system. These addresses are represented as short text strings.
URL Universal Resource Location—A URI that can be typed into a browser or other client program in order to retrieve/access an object, such that the client software is able to understand how to perform the requested action. (The client, typically a “browser”, often uses a Domain Name Server (DNS) to resolve a URL into an IP address and URI combination.)
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