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FireWire (IEEE 1394x) - A serial bus interface standard offering high-speed communications and real-time data services. Cable length is limited to 4.5 m, but up to 16 cables can be daisy-chained, yield- ing a total length of 72 m. It allows the connection of up to 63 peripherals in a tree-like structure. It allows peer-to-peer device com- munication to take place without using system memory or the CPU. It is designed to support plug-and-play and hot swapping.

Gigabyte - 1,024 megabytes (binary); 1,000 megabytes (decimal), or approximately one billion bytes.

Hardware - Physical components of a computer system (computer, hard drives, printers, etc.)

Hub - A device which links peripherals together onto the same data bus.

Interface - Junction between two items of hardware or software for the exchange of data.

Isochronous - A form of data transmission that guarantees a cer- tain minimum data rate, as required for time-dependent data such as video or audio.

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Mb (Megabit) - One million bits.

Mbps (Megabits per second) - A data transmission speed of one million bits per second. Data transmissions are measured in bits (kilobits, megabits etc) per second.

MB (Megabyte) - 1,048,576 bytes (binary); 1,000,000 bytes (deci- mal).

Operating System (OS) - Software that controls the assignment and use of hardware and software resources.

Peripheral - A generic term for hard drives, printers, scanners and other discrete devices that add functionality to a computer.

Port - A connection which enables compatible peripherals to send and receive data.

Software - A set of instructions that enable a computer to perform pre-programmed functions in the order specified by the user.

Storage - Any equipment which stores data, such as hard drives, CDs, and DVDs.