Assemblies
Assemblies in
the
computer
and
bus
expander
are
made
of
several
component
parts.
Identifying
tenns
used in
this
rnanual are:
• Cards - Assemblies installed in
the
I/O
card
cage slots .
•
I/O
Card - A
card
that
outputs
to
and
inputs
from a peripheral device.
They
are
installed in
I/O
slots. For example,
an
RS-232
I/O
card.
• Accessory Card - A
card
that
only
operates
on
the
I/O
bus
and
does
not
talk.
to
a peripheral device.
They
are installed in
either
I/O
or
accessory
card
slots.
• Boards - Assenlblies installed in
the
two
computer
system slots,
or
inside
the
product.
Boards are
not
usually removed
or
installed by users.
• Backplane -
The
board
in
the
card
cage with connectors for
cards
to
plug into. In
the
computer,
there's
four connectors; in
the
bus expander,
there
are
eight.
Software
Terminology
As used in
this
manual, software refers
to
information
stored
in,
or
on a device. Typically,
this
information can
be
changed
and
can
be
transferred
to
another
location in
the
computer
system.
Types
of software are:
• Firmware -
The
data
or
instructions in Read-Only-Memory (ROM) chips.
• Operating Systems -
Computer
languages, such as BASIC, Pascal,
and
HP-UX.
They
have various commands,
statements,
and
keywords
that
when executed by
the
CPU
in a
particular
sequence, cause
computer
to
manipulate
data
to
some desired
end
result.
• Application Program - A series
of
operating
system
program
lines in a specific sequence
to
cause specific actions, such as accounting, electro-mechanical design,
data
sampling
and
output,
etc.
This
information
is
sometimes referred
to
as software as
it
is information
that
is
stored
in
or
on a medium
and
can
be
transferred.
Prod
uct
Information 3
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