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LED Light Emitting Diode. An electronic device that lights
up when electricity is passed through it.
Logical Library An independently operating subset of the physical
library. The subset behaves as though it were its own
physical library, using only drives and slots assigned to
that logical library on its creation. Logical libraries are
configured through the LC. See Partition.
LUN Logical Unit Number.
LVD Low Voltage Differential. LVD is a type of interface
connection.
MIC Memory In Cassette. Referring to a memory chip used
in Sony AIT data tape cartridges.
M2 Mammoth 2 is a tape drive developed by Exabyte ®
Corporation. M2 has a native capacity of 60 GB and a
12 MB/s native transfer rate.
Mbps Megabits per second, a measure of data transfer speed.
MB/sec Megabytes per second, a measure of data transfer
speed.
NAS Network Attached Storage. NAS is a type of network
environment that uses a NAS device solely dedicated to
file sharing. Storage is not an integral part of the server
in a NAS environment. The server still processes the
data, but the NAS device delivers the data to the user.
A NAS device can exist outside the server in a Local
Area Network (LAN).
NDMP Network Data Management Protocol. Defines a
common architecture for the way heterogeneous file
servers on a network are backed up.