SCSI bus | Signal path or line shared by the devices on the same SCSI |
| channel. Information is often sent to all devices throughout the |
| same bus; only the device to which it is addressed will accept it. |
slot | A slot is the place within the cartridge storage area, or the Mailbox |
| (Scalar 458 only), where the media is placed. Each slot has a |
| reference position, i.e. row 1, position 1 through position 12 |
| (storage slots) and row 1, position 1 through 10 (Mailbox). |
terminator | a physical block which tells the SCSI bus that this is the end of the |
| line. A terminator is required at both ends of a SCSI bus. A bus |
| may be terminated internally (on a device inside the host system) |
| or externally on a peripheral device. |
unload | The process where the Scalar Library causes a drive to eject a |
| cartridge, then uses the Media Picker to move the cartridge to |
| either a storage slot location, or to a slot in the Mailbox. |
