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COMPRESSION - Encoding of data to take up less

storage space.

DASD - Direct Access Storage Device - A storage device

which allows direct access to any location on the media

without traversing all intermediate locations. A hard drive

is DASD, a tape drive is not.

DAT - Digital Auto Tape - A high capacity magnetic tape

digital recording technology originally developed for high

fidelity audio.

DEVICE - A hardware peripheral connected to a computer

system. Tape drives and hard disks are devices.

DEVICE DRIVER - Software that controls devices.

DOS - Disk Operating System - A single user operating

system for IBM Personal Computers or compatibles.

FDISK - A DOS hard disk partitioning utility.

FILE SERVER - A computer which stores data files

shared by other computers on a network.

GIGABYTE - GB, Gig – A little over a billion bytes or

characters (a kilobyte cubed). Typically used to measure

file, device, and memory sizes.

Glossar

HOST ADAPTER - A device interface circuit card,

typically a SCSI interface card.

IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics - A disk drive that

contains standardized embedded controller electronics.

I/O – Input/Output - General term for the methods and

mechanisms for moving data into and out of a system.

KILOBYTE - KB, K - 1024 bytes. Typically used to

measure file and buffer sizes.

LUN - Logical Unit Number - Sub-identifier for a SCSI ID.

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