
Glossary
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L
LED Light Emitting Diode.
LGMR Laser Guided Magnetic Recording.
LVD Low Voltage Differential signalling is an electrical signalling system
that can run at high speeds.
M
MAM Medium Auxiliary Memory (MAM) is an DLT-S4 tape drive
feature that provides information on the status and prior use history of an
SDLTtape III cartridge.
MB Megabyte. Equal to 1,000,000 (10
6
) bytes. This is the International
System of Units (SI) definition used by telecommunications engineers
and storage manufacturers.
MDB Motor Driver Board
MR Magneto Resistive.
MRC Heads Magneto Resistive Cluster Heads. A cluster of small, cost-
effective Magneto Resistive (MR) media heads packed densely together.
ms A Millisecond is equal to one thousandth of a second.
N
Native Capacity The capacity of a given media product in its basic
recording format (without the use of data compression).
Native Mode Refers to the uncompressed storage capacity of a media
subsystem. (See Native Capacity.)
Node In referring to a Fibre Channel network, a node is any device
attached to the network.
P
PAB Pre-amplifier Board
Parity A method of generating redundant information that can be used
to detect errors in stored or transmitted data.
PCBA Printed Circuit Board Assembly
Peripheral A device added to a system as a complement to the basic
central processing unit (CPU), such as a disk drive, tape drive, or printer.
Port In referring to a Fibre Channel network, a port connects a node to
the network.
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