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Hot-Swap - This feature allows you to connect and disconnect external devices while the computer and the devices are running. External drives, such as the Maxtor Personal Storage 5000 can be hot-swapped. Script - A saved backup procedure for Retrospect that you can schedule to run at some future date and time or on a repeating schedule, such as daily.You may create as many scripts as you wish. KB - (Kilobyte) Equal to 1,000 (thousand) bytes. MB - (Megabyte) Equal to 1,000,000 (million) bytes. Spin Down - Refers to the actually spinning of the disk mechanism.When a disk spins down, it stops spinning, thus conserving power. Mb - (Megabit) When used to describe data storage, equal to one million bits. Startup Disk - The drive from which the operating system loads to start up your computer. Mbps - (Megabits per second) When used to described data transfer rates, it refers to one million bits per second. NTFS - The primary file system for Windows 2000 and XP operating system that organizes files on your computer. 5 Supports large capacity hard drives up to 2 TB. Operating System - Software that allows the user and programs installed on your system to communicate with computer hardware such as a hard drive and processor. TB - (Terabyte) Equal to 1,000,000,000,000 (trillion) bytes. USB - Universal Serial Bus, a standard for connecting external devices to your computer. Volume - A fixed amount of storage on a hard drive.The term volume is often used as a synonym for the drive itself, but it is possible for a single drive to contain more than one volume or for a volume to span more than one drive. Partition - A way to logically divide a hard drive so that an operating system treats each partition as if it were a separate hard drive. Each partition is assigned a unique drive letter (Windows) or icon (Mac OS). Port - A connection or socket on the motherboard, controller card, case, or chassis for connecting peripheral devices, such as a USB socket or FireWire socket. ScanDisk - A utility for Windows 98SE and Me that finds and corrects errors in the file system on a hard drive. 34 Glossary