I/O | Input/Output |
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ISA | Industry Standard Architecture | Older PC |
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| Standard I/O |
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| bus |
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LUN | Logical Unit Number |
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LVD | Low Voltage Differential | Ultra2 SCSI |
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| Standard |
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NIC | Network Interface Card, e.g. |
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Packet | Unit of information packaged in a |
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| predetermined structure for communications |
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| using Ethernet protocols. |
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PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect | Industry |
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| Standard Bus |
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POST | Power On Self Test |
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The |
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| (telephone, but wider). |
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Router | Component which receives and transmits |
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| and forwards packets to their destinations |
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| via the shortest route possible. |
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SCAM | SCSI Configured AutoMatically | Most SCSI |
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| devices do not |
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| yet support |
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| SCAM |
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SCSI | Small Computer Storage Interconnect |
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SE | Single Ended | Ultra SCSI |
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| Standard |
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Switch | Hardware that routes packets across a |
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| network. |
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Ultra | SCSI clocked at 20 MHz | 20 Mbytes/sec |
SCSI |
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| 40 Mbytes/sec |
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Ultra2 | SCSI clocked at 40 MHz | 40 Mbytes/sec |
SCSI |
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| 80 Mbytes/sec |
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UTP | Unshielded twisted pair |
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