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Glossary optical disk A term synonymous with the 5.25-inch magneto-optical disk. There are two types of optical disks used in jukeboxes: rewritable and write-once. optical disk library See jukebox. R-T rewritable optical An optical disk technology in which data can be repeatedly written using magnetooptical reading and writing technology. inserted, the drive will write data, but will not write over data that has been previously written. This feature is useful for applications that need permanent data security and audit trails. write protect A feature that prevents data from being written to a disk. A write protect tab is located on both sides of the optical disk cartridge to enable write-protection on one or both surfaces of the disk. SCSI An acronym for the Small Computer Systems Interface. See Appendix B for a more detailed explanation of SCSI and SCSI buses. storage slot An are of the autochanger that holds cartridges when the cartridges are not in a drive or not being ejected through the mailslot. terminator A resistor array device used for electrically terminating a SCSI bus. A SCSI bus must be terminated at its two physical ends. A peripheral device uses a terminator only if it is at the end of the bus. W write-once An additional operating mode available with multifunction drives. When a write-once disk is Glossary-2 Glossary

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Glossary
Glossary
optical disk
A term synonymous with
the 5.25-inch magneto-optical disk.
There are two types of optical disks used
in jukeboxes: rewritable and write-once.
optical disk library
See jukebox.
R-T
rewritable optical
An optical disk
technology in which data can be
repeatedly written using magneto-
optical reading and writing technology.
SCSI
An acronym for the Small
Computer Systems Interface. See
Appendix B for a more detailed
explanation of SCSI and SCSI buses.
storage slot
An are of the autochanger
that holds cartridges when the cartridges
are not in a drive or not being ejected
through the mailslot.
terminator
A resistor array device used
for electrically terminating a SCSI bus.
A SCSI bus must be terminated at its
two physical ends.
A peripheral device
uses a terminator only if it is at the end
of the bus.
W
write-once
An additional operating
mode available with multifunction
drives. When a write-once disk is
inserted, the drive will write data, but
will not write over data that has been
previously written.
This feature is
useful for applications that need
permanent data security and audit trails.
write protect
A feature that prevents
data from being written to a disk.
A
write protect tab is located on both sides
of the optical disk cartridge to enable
write-protection on one or both surfaces
of the disk.