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SingleendedSCSISCSIsstandardelectricalinterface.Singleendedmeansan
interfacewithonecorrespondinggroundlineandonesignal.ForeachSCSIsignal.
Usedprimarilyinapplicationsrequiringcablelengthsunder19feet(6meters).
SlaveTheseconddriveinadualdrivecombination.
SlotItisaphysicalconnectortoholdanexpansioncardonamotherboard,SIMM,
DIMMoraprocessorcardinpalace.
SocketAreceptacleusuallyonamotherboard,thatprocessorsorchipscanbe
insertedinto.
SoftErrorAnerrorthatdoesnotrepeatwhenthesamelocationisreread.
SoftSectoredAtechniquethatallowsthecontrollertodetermine,byreadingthe
formatinformationfromthedisk,
SPCSCSIPrimaryCommands.
SpindleThecenter,rodlikeaxleonwhichthedisksaremounted.
SpindleMotorThemotorthatrotatesthespindleandultimatelythedisks.
SpindleSpeedSeeRPM.
SpindleSynchronizationAfeaturethatcausesSCSIharddrivesinmultipledrive
systemstorotatetothesameaddresslocationatthesametime.
SpreadsheetThedisplayofdatainaformsuitableforcomparisons.Isusedin
accountingandotherapplications.Alsoutilizescomputerprogramsfortheseuses.
StorageCapacityTheamountofdatathatcanbestoredonaharddrive.
Sub1000PCTheseriesofpersonalcomputersbeingdesignedforsaleatpricesat
or
below
$1,000
each.
SubsystemAsecondaryorcomponentpartofasystem,asaharddriveisa
subsystemofapersonalcomputer.
SurfaceThebottomorthetopsideofaplattercoatedwithamagneticmaterial
neededtorecorddata.Aplattermayuseoneorbothsurfacestostoredata.
SynchronousTransmissionTransmissioninwhichthereceivingandsending
devicesoperateconstantlyatthesamefrequencyandareheldinapreferredphase
relationshipby
acorrection
device.
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SystemFilesThefilesneededtorunanoperatingsystem.
SystemIntegratorAnindependentprofessionalwhoidentifiesandprovidesthe
necessarycombinationsofhardwareandsoftwareinresponsetoanendusers
needs.
SystemRegistryThesystemconfigurationfilesusedbyWindows95,98andNTto
storesettingsaboutuserpreferences,installedsoftware,hardwareanddrivers,and
othersettingsrequiredforWindowstoruncorrectly.Thesystemupdatesthe
registryeverytimeyouaddnewhardwareoranewprogramtoyoursystem.
SystemRescueDiskSeeBootDisk.
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