Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm - Manual (Page 120)

mm Millimeter (0.03937 inches).
ms or msec Millisecond.
ns Nanosecond.
NSTA National Safe Transit Association.
PBOT Physical beginning of tape.
PEOT Physical end of tape.
POST Power-on self-test; the process that occurs when the
tape drive performs its initial power-on diagnostics.
ready The state of the tape drive when it is ready to
process commands.
reconnect The function that occurs when the target arbitrates
and reconnects to an initiator after a disconnect.
SCSI Small Computer System Interface.
SCSI address An octal representation of the unique address (0-7)
assigned to a SCSI device.
signal
assertion
Driving a signal to the true state.
signal
de-assertion
Driving a signal to the false state or biasing the
signal by the cable terminators to the false state.
signal
release
When a signal is not driven by a bus but is biased
by the cable terminators to the false state.
status Information sent from the target to the initiator
upon completion of a command.
target A bus device (usually a controller) that performs an
operation requested by an initiator. The tape drive
is a target.
XL Extended length.
µ
m Micrometer (0.00003937 inches).
µ
s or
µ
sec Microsecond.
G-4 EXB-8205 and EXB-8505 510504
(Standard and XL)
Glossary