loadable. Having the ability to be loaded.

LME. Library Managed Encryption

LTO cartridge memory (LTO-CM). Within each LTO

Ultrium data cartridge, an embedded electronics and
interface module that can store and retrieve a
cartridge’s historical usage and other information.
LVD. SCSI Bus Low Voltage Differential
M

MAC Address. The Media Access Control address of a

computer networking device.

magnetic tape. A tape with a magnetical surface layer

on which data can be stored by magnetic recording.
MAP. Maintenance analysis procedure.

mask. A pattern of characters that controls the

retention or elimination of portions of another pattern
of characters. To use a pattern of characters to control
the retention or elimination of portions of another
pattern of characters.

master file. A file used as an authority in a given job

and that is relatively permanent, even though its
contents may change. Synonymous with main file.

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). The size of the

largest packet that a network protocol can transmit.
MB. Mega Byte (usually expressed as data rate in
MB/s or MB/second).

media capacity. The amount of data that can be

contained on a storage medium, expressed in bytes of
data.

media-type identifier. Pertaining to the bar code on

the bar code label of the Ultrium Tape Cartridge, a
2-character code, L1, that represents information about
the cartridge. L identifies the cartridge as one that can
be read by devices which incorporate LTO technology;

1 indicates that it is the first generation of its type.

mega. One million of.

meter. In the Metric System, the basic unit of length;

equal to approximately 39.37 inches.

MIB file. Management Information Block

micro. One millionth of.

microcode. (1) One or more micro instructions. (2) A

code, representing the instructions of an instruction set,
implemented in a part of storage that is not
program-addressable. (3) To design, write, and test one
or more micro instructions. (4) See also microprogram.

microdiagnostic routine. A program that runs under

the control of a supervisor, usually to identify field
replaceable units.

microdiagnostic utility. A program that is run by the

customer engineer to test the machine.

microinstruction. A basic or elementary machine

instruction.

microprogram. A group of microinstructions that

when executed performs a preplanned function.
The term microprogram represents a dynamic
arrangement or selection of one or more groups of
microinstructions for execution to perform a particular
function. The term microcode represents
microinstructions used in a product as an alternative to
hard-wired circuitry to implement certain functions of a
processor or other system component.
MIM. Media information message.
mm. Millimeter.

modifier. That which changes the meaning.

mount a device. To assign an I/O device with a

request to the operator.
MP. Microprocessor.
ms. Millisecond.
MSG. Message.

multipath. Pertaining to using more than one path.

N

N/A. Not applicable.

Network Address Translation (NAT). NAT involves

rewriting the source and/or destination addresses of IP
packets as they pass through a Router or firewall. Most
systems using NAT do so in order to enable multiple
hosts on a private network to access the Internet using
a single public IP address.

node. In a network, a point at which one or more

functional units connect channels or data circuits.
NVS. Nonvolatile storage. A storage device whose
contents are not lost when power is cut off.
O

oersted. The unit of magnetic field strength in the

unrationalized centimeter-gram-second (cgs)
electromagnetic system. The oersted is the magnetic
field strength in the interior of an elongated, uniformly
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