| SCSI ID | A way to uniquely identify each SCSI device on the SCSI bus. Each SCSI |
| bus has eight available SCSI IDs numbered 0 through 7 (or 0 through |
| 15 for Wide SCSI). The host adapter usually gets the highest ID (7 or 15) |
| giving it priority to control the bus. |
| SDMS | Storage Device Management System. An LSI Logic software product that |
| manages SCSI system I/O. |
A hardware specification for connecting SCSI devices. It references each | |
SCSI | SCSI signal to a common ground. This is the most common method (as |
| opposed to differential SCSI which uses a separate ground for each |
| signal). |
| STA | SCSI Trade Association. A group of companies that cooperate to |
| promote SCSI parallel interface technology as a viable mainstream I/O |
| interconnect for commercial computing. |
One of the ways data is transferred over the SCSI bus. Transfers are clocked with
| System BIOS | Controls the low level POST |
| of the CPU and computer system. |
| Ultra SCSI | A standard for SCSI data transfers. It allows a transfer rate of up to |
| 20 Mbytes/s over a |
| SCSI bus. STA (SCSI Trade Association) supports using the term “Ultra |
| SCSI” over the term |
| Ultra2 SCSI | A standard for SCSI data transfers. It allows a transfer rate of up to |
| 40 Mbytes/s over an |
| |
| “Ultra2 SCSI” over the term |
| VCCI | Voluntary Control Council for Interference. |
| VDE | Verband Deucher Elektroniker (Association of German Electrical |
| Engineers). |
| Virtual Memory | Space on a hard disk that can be used as if it were RAM. |
Glossary Terms and Abbreviations |