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* [[MBOX]] = Memory Box
 
* [[MBOX]] = Memory Box
 
* [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]] = Maintenance Documentation Service
 
* [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]] = Maintenance Documentation Service
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* [[MSCP]] = Mass Storage Control Protocol
 
* [[RBN]] = Replacement Block Number
 
* [[RBN]] = Replacement Block Number
 
* [[RCT]] = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
 
* [[RCT]] = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table

Revision as of 19:22, 20 August 2022

Acronyms from Digital Equipment Corporation.

  • CBOX = Cache Box
  • CI = Computer Interconnect
  • CMI = CPU/Memory Interconnect
  • DBN = Diagnostic Block Number
  • DSA = Digital Storage Architecture
  • DSDF = DSA Standard Disk Format
  • DSSI = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
  • DUP = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
  • EBOX = Execution Box
  • IBOX = Instruction Box
  • JBOX = Junction Box
  • LAD = Local Area Disk
  • LAST = Local Area System Transport
  • LAT = Local Area Transport
  • LAVC = Local Area VAXcluster
  • LBN = Logical Block Number (not just a DEC acronym)
  • MBOX = Memory Box
  • MDS = Maintenance Documentation Service
  • MSCP = Mass Storage Control Protocol
  • RBN = Replacement Block Number
  • RCT = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
  • SBI = Synchronous Backplane Interconnect
  • SCA = Systems Communication Architecture
  • SCS
  • SDB = Standard Drive Bus
  • SDI = Standard Disk Interconnect
  • SDL
  • STI = Standard Tape Interface
  • UQSSP = UNIBUS QBUS Storage Systems Port
  • VAXBI = VAX Bus Interconnect
  • VBOX = Vector Box
  • VUP = VAX Unit of Performance
  • XBN = External Block Number
  • XMI = Extended Memory Interconnect