A-12 Application Notes 601626-B
Network The physical and logical connection of computers
and peripheral devices that allows communication
and data sharing.
Network Protocols A set of rules defining the physical and logical
connection.
OS/2 Operating system (multitasking, single user)
that is used on the AMU controller PC.
PC Personal Computer.
RAM Random Access Memory
Robotic archive A storage system featuring one or more robots for
media handling.
RPC Remote Procedure Call - with XDR, RPC is the
Session Layer (layer 5) and XDR is the
Presentation Layer (layer 6) of the ISO/OSI
layered client interface.
Scratch media Media that has no client data and is free for use
and reclassification.
Scratch pool A collection of scratch media of the same media
type.
Shelf archive An identifiable set of contiguous bins for storing
media.
Slot A single medium storage location. Also referred to
as a bin in some archives.
Stage A type of media storage area containing no
assignable bin/slot locations.
System
Administrator (SA)
The primary human controller of a computer
system. The SA configures each archive, issues
restricted commands, and generates reports
appropriate to efficient management of the overall
system.
Tera byt e ( TB) 1012 bytes, or one million megabytes.
User Also known as the client or the client system.
Volume A removable entity of tape media.