Glossary

mmMillimeter (0.03937 inches).

ms or msec Millisecond.

ns Nanosecond.

NSTA National Safe Transit Association.

PBOT Physical beginning of tape.

PEOT Physical end of tape.

POST Power-on self-test; the process that occurs when the tape drive performs its initial power-on diagnostics.

ready The state of the tape drive when it is ready to process commands.

reconnect The function that occurs when the target arbitrates and reconnects to an initiator after a disconnect.

SCSI Small Computer System Interface.

SCSI address An octal representation of the unique address (0-7) assigned to a SCSI device.

signal Driving a signal to the true state. assertion

signal Driving a signal to the false state or biasing the de-assertionsignal by the cable terminators to the false state.

signal When a signal is not driven by a bus but is biased release by the cable terminators to the false state.

status Information sent from the target to the initiator upon completion of a command.

target A bus device (usually a controller) that performs an operation requested by an initiator. The tape drive is a target.

XL Extended length.

μm Micrometer (0.00003937 inches).

μs or μsec Microsecond.

G-4

EXB-8205 and EXB-8505

510504

 

(Standard and XL)

 

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