Julyl 2017 Glossary 255
Glossary
This glossary defines terms and abbreviations in this publication.
Some of the definitions are taken from other glossaries. The letters in the parentheses
that follow some definitions indicate the source of the definition:
(A) The American National Standard Dictionary for Information Systems, ANSI X3.172-
1990, copyright 1990 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
(E) The ANSI/Electronic Industries Association (EIA) Standard-440-A, Fiber Optic
Terminology.
(I) The Information Technology Vocabulary, developed by Subcommittee 1, Joint
Technical Committee 1, of the International Organization for Standardization and
International Electro-technical Commission (ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC1).
(IBM) The IBM Dictionary of Computing, copyright 1994 by IBM.
(T) Draft international standards committee drafts, and working papers being
developed by the ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC1.
A
arm
The robotic assembly that is lowered between the columns of tapes. The arm hangs
on four wires from the Z mechanism. The arm includes the hand, the rails the hand
rides on, the track motor that moves the hand along the rails, and the KLT card.
alphanumeric
A character or group of characters that identifies a register, a particular part of
storage, or some other data source or destination. (A).
B
base chassis
The sheet metal and plastic chassis that makes up the framework for module 1 (see
Module 1).
BM
See Module 1.
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