Quantum ATL M-Series - Manual (Page 218)

Glossary
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M MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
N NVRAM Nonvolatile random access memory
O on-line Ready for communications with a host
P pick The act of removing a cartridge from one location in
preparation for placing it in another location.
place The act of placing a cartridge in a location after it has been
picked from another location.
PROM Programmable read-only memory
R RAM Random access memory
S SCSI Small Computer System Interface. A communications
standard for attaching peripheral equipment to small computers.
T tape drive The mechanism that reads data from, and writes data
to, a tape.
U UL Underwriters Laboratories