Difference between revisions of "DEC acronyms"
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| − | '''Acronyms''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]. | + | '''Acronyms''' from [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]. (Listings given in ''italics'' are not just DEC acronyms.) |
* [[CBOX]] = Cache Box | * [[CBOX]] = Cache Box | ||
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* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|DBN]] = Diagnostic Block Number | * [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Diagnostic Block Numbers (DBNs)|DBN]] = Diagnostic Block Number | ||
* [[Digital Storage Architecture|DSA]] = Digital Storage Architecture | * [[Digital Storage Architecture|DSA]] = Digital Storage Architecture | ||
| − | * [[Disk Save and Compress|DSC]] = | + | * [[Disk Save and Compress|DSC]] = Disk Save and Compress |
| − | * [[DSDF]] = DSA Standard Disk Format | + | * [[DSA Standard Disk Format|DSDF]] = DSA Standard Disk Format |
* [[Digital Standard Runoff|DSR]] = Digital Standard Runoff | * [[Digital Standard Runoff|DSR]] = Digital Standard Runoff | ||
* [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect|DSSI]] = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect | * [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect|DSSI]] = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect | ||
* [[DUP]] = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol | * [[DUP]] = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol | ||
* [[EBOX]] = Execution Box | * [[EBOX]] = Execution Box | ||
| − | * [[ECO]] = Engineering Change Order | + | * [[Engineering Change Order|ECO]] = ''Engineering Change Order'' |
* [[IBOX]] = Instruction Box | * [[IBOX]] = Instruction Box | ||
* [[JBOX]] = Junction Box | * [[JBOX]] = Junction Box | ||
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* [[LAT]] = Local Area Transport | * [[LAT]] = Local Area Transport | ||
* [[LAVC]] = Local Area VAXcluster | * [[LAVC]] = Local Area VAXcluster | ||
| − | * [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|LBN]] = Logical Block Number | + | * [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|LBN]] = ''Logical Block Number'' |
* [[MBOX]] = Memory Box | * [[MBOX]] = Memory Box | ||
* [[Monitor Console Routine|MCR]] = Monitor Console Routine | * [[Monitor Console Routine|MCR]] = Monitor Console Routine | ||
* [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]] = Maintenance Documentation Service | * [[Maintenance Documentation Service|MDS]] = Maintenance Documentation Service | ||
| − | * [[MSCP]] = Mass Storage Control Protocol | + | * [[Mass Storage Control Protocol|MSCP]] = Mass Storage Control Protocol |
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|RBN]] = Replacement Block Number | * [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Replacement Block Numbers (RBNs)|RBN]] = Replacement Block Number | ||
* [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|RCT]] = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table | * [[DSA Standard Disk Format#Logical Block Numbers (LBNs)|RCT]] = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table | ||
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* [[System Dump Analyzer|SDA]] = System Dump Analyzer | * [[System Dump Analyzer|SDA]] = System Dump Analyzer | ||
* [[SDB]] = Standard Drive Bus | * [[SDB]] = Standard Drive Bus | ||
| − | * [[SDI]] = Standard Disk Interconnect | + | * [[Standard Disk Interconnect|SDI]] = Standard Disk Interconnect |
* [[SDL]] | * [[SDL]] | ||
* [[STI]] = Standard Tape Interconnect | * [[STI]] = Standard Tape Interconnect | ||
Revision as of 02:45, 19 September 2022
Acronyms from Digital Equipment Corporation. (Listings given in italics are not just DEC acronyms.)
- CBOX = Cache Box
- CI = Computer Interconnect
- CMI = CPU/Memory Interconnect
- DCL = Digital Command Language
- DBN = Diagnostic Block Number
- DSA = Digital Storage Architecture
- DSC = Disk Save and Compress
- DSDF = DSA Standard Disk Format
- DSR = Digital Standard Runoff
- DSSI = Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
- DUP = Diagnostic and Utility Protocol
- EBOX = Execution Box
- ECO = Engineering Change Order
- 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
- MBOX = Memory Box
- MCR = Monitor Console Routine
- MDS = Maintenance Documentation Service
- MSCP = Mass Storage Control Protocol
- RBN = Replacement Block Number
- RCT = Replacement/Revectoring Control Table
- RMS = Record Managment Services
- SBI = Synchronous Backplane Interconnect
- SCA = Systems Communication Architecture
- SCS
- SDA = System Dump Analyzer
- SDB = Standard Drive Bus
- SDI = Standard Disk Interconnect
- SDL
- STI = Standard Tape Interconnect
- UETP = User Environment Test Package
- 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
