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peripheral device ., picker., rack., rack slides., rails., SCSI., slides., storage slot., swap.

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Glossary P peripheral device . A product used in conjunction with a computer, that is physically separate but that is under the computer's control. It is usually connected to the computer by cables or wires. Printers, disk drives, scanners, libraries, and modems are examples of peripheral devices. picker. See transport mechanism. R rack. A cabinet-like product used to house one or more computer peripherals. Computer peripherals are mounted to special brackets or rack slides which allow the peripherals to be installed into the rack. rails. The vertical slotted metal pieces at the front and back of a rack used to mount the rack slides to the rack. S SCSI. An acronym for the Small Computer Systems Interface. slides. See rack slides. storage slot. An area of the magazine that holds cartridges when the cartridges are not in the drive. swap. A motion that occurs when the transport mechanism replaces one tape cartridge in the drive with another, returning the first to its storage slot. rack slides. Expandable mechanical devices that are mounted to a computer peripheral and allow the peripheral to be installed into a rack which can house multiple computer peripheral devices. The rack slides allow the peripheral to be extended out of the rack for service. Glossary-2

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Glossary
P
peripheral device .
A product
used in conjunction with a
computer, that is physically
separate but that is under the
computer’s control. It is usually
connected to the computer by
cables or wires. Printers, disk
drives, scanners, libraries, and
modems are examples of
peripheral devices.
picker.
See transport mechanism.
R
rack.
A cabinet-like product used
to house one or more computer
peripherals. Computer peripherals
are mounted to special brackets or
rack slides which allow the
peripherals to be installed into the
rack.
rack slides.
Expandable
mechanical devices that are
mounted to a computer peripheral
and allow the peripheral to be
installed into a rack which can
house multiple computer
peripheral devices.
The rack
slides allow the peripheral to be
extended out of the rack for
service.
rails.
The vertical slotted metal
pieces at the front and back of a
rack used to mount the rack slides
to the rack.
S
SCSI.
An acronym for the Small
Computer Systems Interface.
slides.
See rack slides.
storage slot.
An area of the
magazine that holds cartridges
when the cartridges are not in the
drive.
swap.
A motion that occurs when
the transport mechanism replaces
one tape cartridge in the drive
with another, returning the first to
its storage slot.