Compaq LP8000-F1 manual Glossary

Glossary

ALPA Arbitrated Loop Physical Address. The address of a fibre channel node in an arbitrated loop.

Arbitration The process of selecting one respondent from a collection of several candidates that request service at the same time.

b/s (or bps) Bits per second. The number of energy pulses passing a given point in a transmission medium in one second; raw transmission speed before encoding.

Bandwidth A measure of the information-carrying capacity of an optical fiber, normalized to a unit of MHz km. This term is used to specify capacity of multi-mode fibers only. (For single-mode fibers, use dispersion). The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies in a specific range of frequencies.

Baud A unit of signaling speed equal to the number of signal intervals per second, which might or might not be equal to the data rate in bits per second. The encoded bit rate per second.

BIOS Basic Input/Output system. Software coded into the computer chips to accomplish various tasks.

Boot BIOS Software coded into the chips on the HBA. A special program used to boot and control the computer.

Broadband In data transmission, it denotes transmission facilities capable of handling frequencies greater than those required for high-grade voice communications. The higher frequency allows the carrying of several simultaneous channels.