(Small Computer System Interface) Pronounced “scuzzy.” SCSI is a hardware interface that allows for the connection of up to 15 peripheral devices to a single PCI board called a “SCSI host adapter” that plugs into the motherboard. SCSI uses a bus structure and functions like a mini-LAN connecting 16 devices, but the host adapter counts [...]
(Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. SATA was introduced in 2002 at significantly higher speed, transferring data in each direction at 1.5 Gbps. [...]
(1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world’s largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. (2) (Serial Attached SCSI) A serial version of the SCSI interface, which has been [...]
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