S M P — Symmetric multiprocessing. Used to describe a system that has two or more processors connected via a
S N MP — Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations.
S P A N N I N G — Spanning, or concatenating, disk volumes combines unallocated space from multiple disks into one logical volume, allowing more efficient use of all the space and all drive letters on a
S T R I P I N G — Disk striping writes data across three or more disks in an array, but only uses a portion of the space on each disk. The amount of space used by a "stripe" is the same on each disk used. A virtual disk may use several stripes on the same set of disks in an array. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID.
S V G A — Super video graphics array. VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards.
S YS T E M B O A R D — As the main circuit board, the system board usually contains most of your system’s integral components, such as the processor, RAM, controllers for peripherals, and various ROM chips.
S YS T E M C O N F I G U R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N — Data stored in memory that tells a system what hardware is installed and how the system should be configured for operation.
S YS T E M D I S K E T T E — See bootable diskette. S YS T E M M E M O R Y — See RAM.
S YS T E M S E T U P P R O G R A M — A
S YS T E M . I N I F I L E — A
TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TOE — TCP/IP Offload Engine.
T E R M I N A T I O N — Some devices (such as the last device at each end of a SCSI cable) must be terminated to prevent reflections and spurious signals in the cable. When such devices are connected in a series, you may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by changing jumper or switch settings on the devices or
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