Pronounced Scuzzy. Special type of disk drive designed for moving very large amounts of infomation as quickly as possible.
A way of talking to devices on a computer like disks, tape drives or scanners.
mall omputer ystem nterface. This is the interface used by the fastest and most expensive hard-drives. In most cases you will need a SCSI card to use any SCSI devices, but some motherboards have built in SCSI adapters.
Industry-standard interface between computers and peripheral device controllers providing high-speed access to peripheral devices.
Small Computer Standard Interface This is a modern device interface, faster than IDE, which supports hard drives, CD-ROM drives, floppy drives, and other media storage. Most of the electronics for this interface are contained on the interface card.
A high-speed interface that is used for hard drives, scanners and other devices.
A system-level interface designed for general purpose applications that allows up to seven devices to be connected to a single host adapter. It uses an 8-bit parallel connection that produces a maximum transfer rate of 5Mb per second. The term is pronounced "scuzzy."
SCSI stands for mall omputer ystem nterface (pronounced ‘scuzzy'). Widely employed in PCs, Apples and UNIX systems, this is an interface standard used for attaching peripherals to the computer. Compared to serial and parallel ports, it offers fast data transmission and the ability to attach many devices to a single port. There are many variations of the SCSI standard, such as Wide SCSI, Fast SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI and Ultra SCSI.
mall omputer ystem nterface. Pronounced "Scuzzy". Initially developed for hard drives, it has become a versatile cross-platform standard for many types of devices; CD-ROM drives, scanners, ZIP drives, and more.
mall omputer ystem nterface, pronounced "scuzzy". This is an alternative to IDE and EIDE, allowing connection of 7 or more devices including hard drives, CD-ROMS, and scanners.
mall omputer ystem Interface - ( scuzzy) - Protocol for transferring data between computers and peripherals, i.e. hard drives and scanners. There is a certain amount of voodoo involved in SCSI due to a variety of versions, speeds, and termination needs. MacGURUS has a collection of pages describing the various flavors and how they are (and are not) compatible with each other (note: they deal with Macs but much of the info is relevant to PCs).
A hardware bus interface that enables a single expansion board in the computer to be connected to 7 or 15 peripheral devices (hard disk, CD ROM, scanner etc).
A standard type of input/output connection used to attach scanners, hard disks, and other devices to a computer. Almost all Macintosh computers use SCSI connections; it is rarely found on any but high-end PC computers, however. SCSI comes in several different "flavors;" fast/wide and ultra-wide SCSI connectors are faster than regular SCSI connections.
Interface to transmit digital data and to connect computers to peripherals such as printers, scanners, etc. (Pronounced "scuzzy")
An intelligent peripheral I/O interface with a standard, device independent protocol that allows many different peripheral devices to be attached to the host's SCSI (pronounced "scuzzy") port.
Small Computer "Something" Interface- (Something may mean Serial or standard depending on who you ask!) SCSI refers to a way of adding devices to your computer system.
A standard that enables a computer's peripherals to communicate with the operating system, it is commonly referred to as a port.
Small Computer Systems Interconnect (pronounced scuzzy)
data storage device interface for workstations & servers
Small Computer Serial Interface. A system of connecting a chain of computer peripherals to a computer.
The Small Computer Serial Interface protocol defines how a processor and many device types can communicate, including, but not limited to, hard disks. The most common other protocol is IDE.
Type of peripheral interface, including hard drives.
interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers
an interface designed to connect small computer systems to devices such as disk storage, printers, and other peripherals
a special kind of parallel interface that allows for faster data transmission
Pronounced "scuzzy." A standard of device connection wherein you can add up to seven devices to a computer and they will share a SCSI bus and work in tandem. Faster than IDE but not as common and more expensive. See Also: IDE
A standard for attaching hard disks and other devices, such as scanners and tapes.
This was originally a specification used to transfer data between a computer and an external storage device, but the AW4416 and AW2816 also use this connector to connect external hard disks or external CD-R/RW drives. (*Do not connect the SCSI connector of the AW4416/AW2816 directly to a computer. Doing so may damage both devices.)
A standard bus or interface between a computer and peripheral devices such as printers and disk drives. SCSI ports are supported by all major operating systems. SCSI stands for Small Computer Interface and is pronounced “skuzzy.” See also USB.
High speed data transfer system not covered on this site
Pronounced "scuzzy." SCSI is a high speed input/output specification originally developed for small computers, but now used on a variety of systems.
Pronounced "scuzzy", it is an interface system for connecting peripheral equipment to computers.
A set of evolving ANSI (American National Standard Institute) standard electronic interfaces that allows personal computers to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disc drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, printers and scanners fast and more flexibly than previous interfaces.
Small Computer Serial Interface. pronounced "scuzzy." An industry standard for connecting peripheral devices and their controllers to a microprocessor. The SCSI defines both hardware and software standards for communication between a host computer and a peripheral. Computers and peripheral devices designed to meet SCSI specifications should work together.
A popular server interface standard for the fast and flexible connection of a variety of devices to a host computer. SCSI standards define both the physical connections (cables and connectors) between the devices and the protocols they use to communicate with each other.
It stands for " mall omputer ystems nterface". Basically a high speed data connection from your storage to your computer
SCSI is the preferred industry standard for high-performance I/O interface. Particularly valuable in servers where one system must connect to many high-capacity storage devices without lowering the I/O speed to the slowest device.
Parallell PC connection-standard used for high speed transmission (CD-ROM, Hard Disk, etc.).
Loosely speaking, a disk format sometimes used by MS-Windows, Mac OS, AmigaOS, and (almost always) UNIX. Generally SCSI is superior (but more expensive) to IDE, but it varies somewhat with system load and the individual SCSI and IDE components themselves. The quick rundown is that: SCSI-I and SCSI-II will almost always outperform IDE; EIDE will almost always outperform SCSI-I and SCSI-II; SCSI-III and UltraSCSI will almost always outperform EIDE; and heavy system loads give an advantage to SCSI. Note that although loosely speaking it is just a format difference, it is deep down a hardware difference.
Small Computer Simple Interface
An acronym for Small Computer System Interface. Pronounced "scuzzy", this interface was introduced as a method of connecting multiple peripherals to computers. Based on a parallel bus structure, with each device having a unique ID (or address), the SCSI bus will support up to seven devices plus the host adapter. Newer 'wide' interfaces, used almost exclusively for hard drives, can support up to 15 devices plus the host controller, and can transfer data at burst speeds of up to 320 MB/sec. Because of the multiple device support and extended cable length (up to 6 meters for SCSI-2), the higher transfer rate, and the ability to install multiple host adapters on the motherboard or in available connectors, the SCSI interface is used most often to connect external devices such as scanners, CD-ROMs, CD duplicators, and multi-drive storage enclosures, while at the same time connecting to SCSI devices internally, usually on the same adapter.
Small Computer System Interface. The standard set of protocols for host computers communicating with attached peripherals. SCSI allows connection to as many as six peripherals including printers, scanners, hard drives, zip drives, and CD-ROM drives.
General computing. Small Computer Systems Interface A parallel interface allowing the pooling of up to 56 units (computer, printer, storage devices, etc.) on a single bus although in practice only 8 units are supported.
Small computer system interface standard for connecting CD-Roms, hard disks, etc. This is not the fastest or most current type of interface.
Small Computer System Interface. An input and output bus that provides a standard interface for the attachment of various direct access storage devices (DASD) and tape drives to the RS/6000.
Stands for "Small Computer System Interface," and is pronounced "scuzzy." SCSI ...
Small Computer System Interface. An popular computer interface which allows up to 8 (or 16 for wide-SCSI) peripheral devices to be chained to a PC-system. A SCSI-interface is not usually part of a standard PC-motherboard, but can be added by installing a SCSI-interface card. Popular SCSI devices are Harddisks, scanners, CD-ROM and CD-R drives. SCSI Harddisks are more expensive than their ATA-equivalents. The SSHDR1 only supports ATA-drives.
An acronym for Small Computer Systems Interface. A high-speed data transfer protocol that is used by many computer systems to interconnect hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and other peripheral devices. All Apple Macintosh computers (except a few very early models) have built-in SCSI ports; Windows computers can also utilize SCSI with the addition of special cards or converters.
A computer hardware protocol, which allows copying or transmission of data from one device to the next.
Small Computer System Interface. Used to attach peripherals to workstations and desktop computers.
A standard data pathway used mostly for hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but also a common interface for scanners and sometimes printers. Currently the fastest (and the most flexible) method of interfacing with hard drives. It comes in two major varieties: SCSI-2 or WIDE SCSI.
SCSI is a standard method of connecting devices to computers. For example, SCSI is used for connecting a peripheral device, such as an external hard drive or a tape backup system to a computer's port (outlet).
Stands for small computer system interface. A standard that allows multiple devices to be connected in daisy-chain fashion.
This standard interface serves to connect hard disks and end devices such as scanners or samplers to the computer.
Small Computer Systems Interface. A bus interface that enables many different kinds of devices, such as disk drives, CD-ROM drives and Tape drives, to interface with the host PC type computer.
(Small Computer System Interface, pronounced "scuzzy") Hardware and software specification used for communications between a computer and peripheral components, most often used to connect storage devices and scanners to the Macintosh. Due to be replaced by the new FireWire technology.
Small Computer Systems Interface. A high-speed connection between electronic devices. Some electronic keyboards use SCSI ports to connect to hard drives or CD players.
Abbreviation of small computer system interface. Pronounced scuzzy, SCSI is a parallel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers. All Apple Macintosh computers starting with the Macintosh Plus come with a SCSI port for attaching devices such as disk drives and printers.
Small computer systems interface. A computer standard that defines the software and hardware methods of connecting more external devices to a computer bus.
Small computer systems interface. Used to connect hard drives and tape drives to computer.
(Small Computer System Interface) Pronounced "scuzzy." SCSI is a hardware interface that allows for the connection of up to seven peripheral devices, such as a disk, tape or CD-ROM, to a single SCSI expansion board, called a SCSI host adapter (also called a SCSI controller), that plugs into the computer. The advantage of SCSI is that seven different devices use up only one expansion slot in the computer.
( mall omputer ystem nterface) is the technology that allows you to connect various devices to your PC. This connection is made using a SCSI card that fits inside your computer.
Acronym for small computer system interface. An I/O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports. You can connect up to seven devices (15 for some newer SCSI types) to one SCSI interface.
stands for Small Computer System Interface. It is most often used to connect CD-ROMs, hard drives, and scanners to a computer. A SCSI bus can have up to 8 devices connected- each must have their own unique SCSI address (from 0 through 7). On the Macintosh, the usual configuration is Internal Hard Drive: 0, Internal Tape Drive: 2, Internal CD-ROM: 3, Macintosh: 7. All Macintoshes have a SCSI port, and use SCSI internally for the CD-ROM. Most Macintoshes also have an internal SCSI hard drive. Some of the lower-end Macintoshes use an IDE hard drive.
Small Computer Systems Interface. It's a standard for connecting peripherals to your computer via a standard hardware interface, which uses standard SCSI commands.
Small Computer Systems Interface. SCSI is fast and expensive, but slows the time computers take to boot because of badly programmed SCSI BIOS chips. Narrow SCSI 8bit, 4mb/s, 8 devices Fast SCSI 8bit, 10mb/s, 8 devices Fast Wide SCSI 16bit, 20mb/s, shorter cable Ultra SCSI 32bit, 40mb/s
A high-speed input/output bus used mainly in Macintosh computers but also popular in many high-end PCs.
"Small Computer Systems Interface". Pronounced: "skuzzy". A connection to which you can attach special hard drives. Also used to connect TVs and DVD players.
Small computer systems interface. A very widely used high data rate general purpose parallel interface. A maximum of eight devices can be connected to one bus, for example a controller, and up to seven disks or devices of different sorts-Winchester disks, optical disks, tape drives, etc.-and may be shared between several computers. SCSI specifies a cabling standard (50-way), a protocol for sending and receiving commands and their format. It is intended as a device-independent interface so the host computer needs no details about the peripherals it controls. But with two versions (single ended and balanced), two types of connectors and numerous variations in the level of implementation of the interface, SCSI devices cannot "plug and play" on a computer with which they have not been tested. Also, with total bus cabling for the popular single ended configuration limited to 18 feet (6 meters), all devices must be close. Serial: One bit at a time, along a single transmission path.
"Small Computer System Interface," the predominant storage I/O technology for high-reliability, high-performance server applications.
Small Computer Serial Interface. A series of interface standards for disk drives and other peripherals, usually offering better performance than the IDE interface standard in PCs but with more complexity and at higher cost.
Small Computer System Interface. An intelligent bus for transmitting data and commands between a variety of devices. There are many implementations of SCSI, including Fast SCSI, Wide SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI, Fast-20, and Fast-40.
Small Computer System Interface. a standard for connecting high-speed intelligent peripherals, such as disk or tape drives, to computers.
An abbreviation for mall omputer ystem nterface, SCSI is a standard interface for connecting a wide variety of devices to a computer. Although the most popular SCSI devices are disk drives, SCSI tape drives and scanners are also common.
small computer system interface. A standard hardware interface that enables a variety of peripheral devices to communicate with one another.
small computer systems interface. Pronounced 'skuzzy', this interface connects hard disks and other compatible devices to a PC. It is more expensive than EIDE, but faster and more versatile. The latest Ultra3 SCSI supports up to 16 devices (including the SCSI adapter card or chip), with transfer rates of 160MBps (megabytes per second).
High speed interface standard for disks, tape drives and other peripherals
mall omputers ystem nterface: SCSI is a parallel interface ANSI standard for attaching peripheral devices to computers.
Small Computer System Interface. An interface between a computer and peripheral controllers. Commonly used in enterprise computing and in Apple Macintosh systems. Usually pronounced as "scuzzy." The equivalent interface system in most personal computers is Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics, usually called EIDE.
Small Computer Systems Interface, a standard storage architecture and protocol.
Small Computer Systems Interface is the standard used in many computers to communicate with peripherals like scanners and modems. SCSI adheres to an ANSI standard, and SCSI models have independent controller logic.
Small Computer Systems Interface is a means to connect components to your computer. Often called "scuzzy", these are ports that allow you to add internal devices ( hard disks, CD-ROM's, etc.) and external devices ( scanners, printers, etc.).
Small Computer System Interface. ANSI-defined high-speed parallel interface that uses one computer port to connect to peripheral devices in a daisy-chained configuration.
Small computer system interface. A hardware peripheral interface used most often with storage devices such as disks, CD-ROM and tape drives. SCSI comes in several incarnations which can move data at rates ranging from 5 to 40MBps. You can connect more than one SCSI controller to a SCSI cable for increased reliability.
SCSI is pronounced "scuzzy," SCSI is a parallel interface standard used by Apple Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers. SCSI interfaces provide for faster data transmission rates than standard serial and parallel ports.
Small Computer System Interface. A standard set of interfaces and protocols for attaching a myriad of devices and peripherals to a microcomputer. First developed by Apple for their Macintosh line of computers, this technology has also been widely used in the PC market. SCSI, pronounced "scuzzy", is actually a type of add-on peripheral bus.
An interface controller that allows several peripherals to be connected to the same port on a computer.
The Small Computer System Interface is a set of evolving standard electronic interfaces that allow personal computers to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, printers, and scanners. SCSI (pronounced "scuzzy") is faster and more flexible than previous interfaces.
Small Computer System Interface. An industry standard for connecting peripheral devices and their controllers to an initiator.
An abbreviation for small computer standard interface. Learn more about SCSI...
small computer system interface, a computer bus system allowing a number of different types of devices to be attached to the same interface card
Small Computer System Interface: An interface for connecting devices and components to a computer, usually through a single chain. SCSI devices can be connected externally or internally, but a SCSI controller is required in either case. The speed at which data can be transferred along a SCSI chain depends on the quality of the controller; however, almost all SCSI controllers provide better performance than parallel ports or serial ports.
Small Computer System Interface: Standard for transferring data between devices on a bus at up to 80MBps. You can attach multiple devices to a single SCSI port.
Small Computer System Interface. A protocol for connecting devices from several classes of peripherals to a host system without requiring modifications to hardware and software.
Small Computer Systems Interface, pronounced "scussy". A device independent interface used for a wide range of peripherals.
(Small Computer System Interface): A protocol that enables a computer and devices to communicate with one another on a common interface.
Small Computer System Interface (pronounced SKUH-zee or scuzzy) - a set of electronic interfaces that allow personal computers to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, printers, scanners, etc, much faster than previous interfaces.
Small computer standard interface. An I/O bus designed as a method for connecting several classes of peripherals to a host system without requiring modifications to generic hardware and software.
Small Computer Systems Interface. The device interfacing system most commonly used on Unix systems. Although SCSI is generic enough to be used for all kinds of peripherals, it is most commonly used for disks, tape drives, and other media. The SCSI standard permits a total of eight devices on the SCSI bus, including the SCSI controller itself. Each device is assigned a unique SCSI ID (or target number) that identifies it. Target numbers go from 0 to 7; ID 7 is usually assigned to the SCSI controller.
Small Computer Systems Interface - a standard way of connecting devices to a small- or medium-sized computer. In most versions of SCSI (there are currently SCSI-1, SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 plus variants of each), 7 peripherals and one computer can be connected through 1 interface. Not so prevalent these days except for HDDs, it was once used for such devices as HDDs, CD-ROMs, CD-RWs and scanners.
Stands for Small Computer System Interface. It is the specifications for which most Mac and some PC peripherals are connected.
Small Computer System Interface. SCSI is a relatively old standard for attaching hard drives and other peripherals to a computer that has been continually improved to remain a top performer. The bad part about SCSI is that it tends to be somewhat temperamental, requiring the computer to be restarted each time a peripheral is added or removed, and sometimes refusing to work at all unless peripherals are reordered on the SCSI connector. However, the fastest SCSI variant (Ultra 2 SCSI) offers hard drive transfer speeds exceeding any competing IDE or Firewire capability. For this reason, SCSI is still offered on many high-performance computers.
"Small Computer System Interface, pronounced "scuzzy"'. A set of interface standards for connecting certain peripheral devices, particularly mass storage units such as disk drives, to a computer system. SCSI provides a very fast data transfer rate. (SCSI-2 and Fast SCSI are related interfaces.)" Read More at Techwriter.co.nz
Small Computer Systems Interface. A standard interface for connecting external units like disks, tape drives, CD players, scanners etc to a computer. Usually pronounced as "scuzzy."
Pronounced "skuzzy," this is a standard data pathway used mostly for hard drives and CD-ROM drives; it was also a common interface for scanners and even printers at one point. It is the fastest (and the most flexible) method of interfacing with hard drives. It comes in numerous varieties and is mainly used in servers and high-end workstations.
Stands for Small Computer System Interface. It's like a very fast & versatile serial port.
A platform universal standard of intelligent peripherals that follow a set group of rules called the skuzzy rules.
Small Computer Systems Interface is the standard hardware connection for most peripherals.
Small Computer System Interface. An industry-standard interface between computers and peripheral devices.
A high-performance bus for connecting peripherals to a computer. The SCSI interface, or host card, allows multiple SCSI-compatible devices to attach to the bus. SCSI's design intent is two-fold: increase throughput speed and decrease the number of problems associated with hardware compatibility.
Small Computer System Interface, type of connectivity to hard disks and other high data transfer peripherals
Small Computer System Interface. A hardware interface card that allows connection of up to seven devices (Hard Drives, CD-ROMs, tape drives, scanners, etc). Earlier versions of SCSI cards had data bandwidth of 20 to 40 Mb/sec. What made even earlier SCSI-based PC systems faster (excluding other factors) are SCSI Hard Drives, which offered faster read/write and data access technologies.
storage:(Small Computer Systems Interface) pronounced "scuzzy". A standard for connecting computers and peripheral devices which allows information to be exchanged very quickly. The standard also allows for some communication between devices without the main processor doing anything, although this capability is not used often. The physical SCSI connectors have either 50-pins (the industry standard) or 25-pins (the Apple standard). A revision called SCSI-2 now exists.
Small Computer Sytem Interface. Parallel HDD 10 m/s/bit
See Small Computer System Interface
Small Computer System Interface. A peripheral interface that is used to connect devices to a computer.
Stands for Small Computer System Interface. Considered a high performance interface for disk drives, DC drives scanners, and other peripherals.
Small Computer System Interface. An interface that serves as an expansion bus that can be used to connect hard disk drives, tape drive, and other hardware components.
"Scuzzy". (1) Small Computer System Interface. A standard bus for connecting devices such as disk drives to computers. (2) An interface standard for peripheral devices. SCSI devices are usually faster than standard devices, and it is possible to daisy chain up to seven devices on a single SCSI interface. SCSI is derived from SASI, which was renamed SCSI when the United States government adopted it, with some alterations, as a standard. (3) An interconnection, identification and communication format standard used for computer peripherals. This allows hard drives, optical drives, tape drives, printers, and even other computers equipped with SCSI ports to be interconnected to a SCSI standard interface port. SCSI IDs range from 0-7, one ID is used by the host, so as many as 7 other device IDs can be used on a host SCSI interface card. Each device ID may be able to support 8 local unit numbers using one SCSI ID. SCSI originated on mini computers and has been adopted with minor variations by the micro community. (7/96)
Small computer system interface. Parallel data interface used to connect storage devices to a computer (hard drives, CD-ROMs, and so on).
Small computer systems interface (pronounced "scuzzy"). A short-range (25 meters or less) protocol designed to link host computers with storage devices such as disk drives. Typically implemented over copper cabling, SCSI is the most widely used and the oldest method of connecting computers to storage devices. Its distance limitations and lack of support for fiber helped launch the migration to SANs.
Pronounced "scuzzy," provides a faster data transmission than standard devices. A SCSI is used to attach any externals to a computer. (Examples: printers, disk drives, display monitors, keyboards, storage devices, scanner, and mice.)
Small Computer System Interface. An ”intelligent” expansion bus.
Small Computer Systems Interface The SCSI bus system is designed for both internal and external devices including hard-disks, CD-ROMs, scanners, tape drives, etc. SCSI controllers are able to run up to seven devices per bus, i.e. dual-bus controllers are able to run up to fourteen devices.
Small Computer System Interface (pronounced "scuzzy"). An interface which allows up to seven peripheral devices to be linked to a single controller.
Small Computer Systems Interface, a standard interface for disk and tape devices now used on many UNIX (and non-UNIX) systems.
Acronym for Small Computer System Interface, pronounced (scuzy). The most common components that makes use of the SCSI interface are SCSI hard drives. Generally, SCSI devices are faster than other interface devices.
Small Computer System Interface: connects devices to PCs
Small Computer Systems Interface.(Pronounced "scuzzy".) A high-speed interface that can connect to a computer devices such as hard drives, CD-ROM drives, floppy drives, tape drives, scanners, and printers. It was developed by Shugart Associates (now called Seagate).SCSI is An ANSl-standard bus interface that provides daisy-chaining which can connect up to seven devices; each one is given an identification number from 0 to 7, which is set with a manual switch. Newer versions of SCSI can connect up to 15 devices.The SCSI cable transfers eight bits at a time, in parallel.
Small Computer Systems Interface (pronounced "scuzzy") _ a high-speed interface for mass storage that can connect computer devices such as hard drives, CD-ROM drives, floppy drives, and tape drives. SCSI can connect up to sixteen devices.
Stands for Small Computer System Interface. SCSI is the technology that allows you to connect various devices to your PC. This connection is made using a SCSI card that fits inside your computer.
Small Computer Systems Interface, pronounced "scuzzy." A single SCSI controller card can handle up to seven peripheral devices.
Small Computer System Interface. A storage command protocol separate from ATA, but commonly used by ATA to communicate with CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives.
Small Computer System Interface. A fast port used to connect computers with hard drives and other peripherals. Pronounced "scuzzy." Source: Microsoft's New Computer Users Glossary
mall omputer ystem nterface, is an interface for connecting peripherals to computers that allows the daisy-chaining of such devices. It is now widely used for scanners, digital cameras and CD-R drives, all devices that require transferring a large amount of data to the computer. SCSI is faster than RS-232-C, but is still obsolete when compared to the USB interface.
Small Computer System Interface. An industry standard for connecting peripheral devices and their controllers to a PC. SCSI can be used to attach scanners of any speed.
Small Computer System Interface. A parallel interface standard for attaching peripheral devices to computers. It provides for faster data transmission rates than standard serial and parallel ports (up to 80 megabytes per second).
Small Computer System Interface. A parallel interface that provides fast data transmission.
Small Computer System Interface; an industry-standard definition of the hardware and software needed for a host computer and a peripheral to communicate.
Small Computer System Interface. An interface designed for connecting disks and other peripheral devices to computer systems. SCSI, pronounced "skuh-zee," is defined by an ANSI standard and is used by many computer and peripheral vendors throughout the industry.
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Small Computer System Interface. Used for connecting computers to peripheral devices, other computers, and local-area networks. Peripheral devices are attached to a single SCSI port on the computer through a series of connections called a daisy chain. Transmissions through this port occur one device at a time. (See Bus)
Small Computer System Interface. A bus structure in which peripherals can be easily and quickly attached to a host computer.
Small computer systems interface pronounced 'skuzzy'. An interface for connection hard disks and other compatable devices to a PC. More expensive than EIDE, but fast and more versatile, with the latest ultra 3 SCSI supporting upto 16 devices (including the SCSI adapter card or chip) and transfer rates of 160MBps (megabytes per second).
Small Computer System Interface”. An interface standard that defines physical and electrical connections for devices. SCSI provides a standard interface that enables many different kinds of devices, such as disk drives, magneto optical disks, CD-ROM drives, and tape drives to interface with the host computer.
Small Computer System Interface, pronounced "scuzzy." SCSI is a high speed input/output specification for small computers. DAT drives and CD-ROMs are examples of SCSI devices - they use the SCSI protocol to communicate with the system.
Small Computer System Interface, the bus architecture commonly used to attach disk drives and other block devices.
A computer connection that is preferred for digital imaging because of its high speed and standard interface.
(n.) Small Computer Systems Interface; a hardware standard for interfacing to devices such as disks.
small computer system interface. A specification for a high-performance peripheral bus and command set. The original standard is now referred to as SCSI-1.
Small Computer Systems Interface. Pronounced “skuzzy.” A standard for attaching peripherals (notably mass storage devices and scanners) to computers. SCSI allows for up to 7 devices to be attached in a chain via cables. The current SCSI standard is “SCSI II,” also known as “Fast SCSI.
Small Computer System Interface. An interface which acts like an expansion bus and allows the connection of peripherals such as hard disks, scanners, or CD-ROM drives in a chain (daisy-chaining). Depending on the SCSI level, you can chain up to 7 or 15 devices to a single SCSI channel.
A type of peripheral interface, allowing up to 7 (or even 15) devices. Usually used for scanners, external drives, expansion drives and CD
Small Computer Systems Interface. A small standard for connecting peripheral devices to a computer, such as disk drives, CD-ROMs, scanners, and tape drives. SCSI devices are linked to the computer in chains, and each device in a chain must have a unique ID number from 0 to 7. SCSIs are often used in high-end servers and workstations.
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is the most popular processor-independent standard, via a parallel bus, for system-level interfacing between a computer and intelligent devices. SCSI can connect multiple devices to a single SCSI adaptor (or "host adaptor") on the computer's bus. SCSI transfers bits in parallel and can operate in either asynchronous or synchronous modes. The synchronous transfer rate is up to 5MB/s. There must be at least one target and one initiator on the SCSI bus. SCSI connections normally use "single ended" drivers as opposed to differential drivers. Single ended SCSI can support up to six metres of cable. Differential ended SCSI can support up to 25 metres of cable.
Small computer system interface (SCSI) is a standard interface for connecting a variety of devices to a computer. The most popular SCSI devices are disk drives, SCSI tape drives, and scanners.
Stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. A standard high-speed parallel interface used to connect PCs to peripheral devices such as disk drives and scanners.
An independently intelligent interface for computer drives and high-speed peripherals, such as burners. Originally a competitor for IDE, it lost out in the desktop wars due to its higher price, despite technical advantages.
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is a hardware interface that allows a personal computer to communicate with up to 15 peripheral devices.
Small Computer System Interface. A high speed parallel interface.
Small Computer Systems Interface (Pronounced "scuzzy".) A ultra high-speed interface that can connect to computer devices such as a hard drive or CD-Rom. A SCSI channel can connect up to seven devices.
Small Computer System Interface. An independent standard for an interface to a variety of devices in small and medium sized computers. A single bus SCSI device can access 7 devices and transfer data at a theoretical 10Mbit/s. Later SCSI interfaces are SCSI-2, UW-SCSI and can access up to 15 devices at a higher speed. One advantage of SCSI is that a SCSI controller expansion card can load into memory a program (or data) thereby freeing the CPU to process other tasks. This can make the computer feel more powerful as the CPU does not have to perform mundane disc transfers. See also CPU, Devices, Programs, Memory and Bus.
A fast and flexible data interface between your PC and data storage devices.
Small Computer System Interface. A means of attaching devices (such as Zip drives, Jaz® drives, scanners, etc.) to your computer. There are various types of SCSI connectors. SCSI-1 allows the user to connect up to 7 devices at transfers data at 5 MB/s. Fast SCSI-2 allows the user to connect up to 7 devices at transfers data at 10 MB/s. Ultra SCSI (also know as Ultra Narrow SCSI) allows the user to connect up to 7 devices at transfers data at 20 MB/s. Ultra SCSI Fast and Wide allows the user to connect up to 15 devices at transfers data at 40 MB/s. Ultra 2 SCSI allows the user to connect up to 15 devices at transfers data at 80 MB/s. Ultra 160 SCSI allows the user to connect up to 15 devices at transfers data at 160 MB/s. Some Macs have built-in SCSI. Most PCs require an adapter card.
SCSI is an acronym for small computers system interface. SCSI is used to connect peripheral devices such as drives or video devices to a computer. EIDE is the interface generally used by mainstream users, whereas SCSI is often chosen by tech savvy users needing to connect a number of peripheral devices.
Small Computer Systems Interface. A type of connecting device between the main system and peripherals.
Short for small computer system interface; a defined standard for the connection of mass storage and other input/output devices to a computer. A scanner or printer may employ a SCSI interface in order to communicate with a computer.
An acronym for Small Computer System Interface, an industry standard interface that provides high-speed access to peripheral devices.
Small Computer System Interface -- an extremely fast device access protocol.
(Small Computer System Interface, pronounce "SCUZZI") A general interface standard used, for example, to connect external storage devices or scanners with a computer.
Small Computer Systems Interface: A standard interface system used by both Macs and PC's for connecting peripheral equipment to computers.
Pronounced "scuzzy," an acronym for Small Computer System Interface, a high performance parallel interface for connecting mass storage devices
Small Computer System Interface - A processor-independent standard for system-level interfacing between a computer and intelligent devices including hard disks, floppy disks, CD-ROM, printers, scanners and many more.
SCSI (pronounced SKUH-zee and sometimes colloquially known as "scuzzy"), the Small Computer System Interface, is a set of ANSI standard electronic interfaces that allow personal computers to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, printers, and scanners faster and more flexibly than previous interfaces.
(Small Computer Systems Interface): One of the two most common interfaces for hard disk drives (the other one is IDE). The SCSI disk interface is used extensively in Macintosh computers and occasionally in PCs.
Small Computer System Interface. An industry standard parallel data bus that provides a consistent method of connecting computers and peripheral devices.
A fast interface between a host adapter and the CPU that can daisy chain as many as seven or fifteen devices on a single bus.
Small Computer System Interface, now with many variations. SCSI-1 (narrow SCSI) is 5 megabyte per second, 10 MHz bus clock, 8 bit data, 50 way cable. SCSI-2 (Fast SCSI) pushed that to 10 Mps. These two used asynchronous transmissions. Ultra SCSI doubled the bus clock to 20 MHz, data to 20 Mps, and like all later SCSI was synchronous. Fast wide SCSI moved to a 16 bit data path and 68 pin connector, Ultra Wide to 40 Mps, Ultra2 SCSI to 80 Mps and Ultra160 used two bits per data clock to reach 160 Mps. Remember a 7200 rpm drive can transfer 20 Mps in sequential reads, you can stack up to 15 SCSI drives, and your operating system must be able to handle SCSI correctly (Windows 9x does not) to get full speed from it. Suits servers.
Small Computer Systems Interface. A card inserted into motherboard of computer to communicate with scanner or other devices.
SCSI, pronounced "scuzzy", is a standard interface to disk and tape controllers for small peripherals.
Small Computer Systems Interface - a mass storage data transmission protocol.
Small Computer System Interface. A peripheral interface for up to seven devices. SCSI provides a high-speed, parallel data transfer of up to 4 Mbytes per second and has the advantage of connecting multiple peripherals while taking up only one slot in the computer.
Small computer system interface. A n I/O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports.
An acronym for "Small Computer System Interface." It allows up to 7 devices to be connected per channel.
standard method of connecting external devices to a computer; specification defining both hardware and software standards for such a connection
Small Computer Systems Interface. Known as “scuzzy,” it is a method of connecting devices to a computer, such as hard drives and CD-ROMs.
Standard for a system-level interface between laptops and such peripherals as hard disks, CD-ROM's, printers and scanners.
This acronym is pronounced "scuzzy" and stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. There are two types of interfaces for hard drives, CD-ROM drives, etc. One is SCSI, the other is IDE. IDE is much more common and less expensive. SCSI is more expensive and also more flexible and generally faster. With a single SCSI card you can have 15 or more devices whereas you are only allowed to have 4 devices with an IDE system. The fastest hard drives (and generally CD-ROM drives too) are SCSI-based. Examples are the 10,000 rpm IBM 9LZX hard drive. The fastest IDE drives run at 7,200 rpm. To have a SCSI-based computer, you have to have a SCSI card, SCSI hard drive, etc. SCSI is more complicated to configure and should not be taken on by amateurs. There is a variety of connections such as 25, 50, 68, 68 LVD, 80 SCA, etc. (where the numbers represent the types of connections. See my SCSI Card page.
Small Computer Systems Interface. An set of standards used by an input device to interface with the computer. SCSI systems can "daisy-chain" up to 7 seven devices to a single connection. In other words, one device can connect to other device, and to another until it connects to the computer. Because several devices can connect to one single input connection, each device must be properly terminated for the entire chain of devices to work.
Small Computer System Interface. pronounced “scuzzy”] A type of interface between computers and peripherals that allows faster communication than most other interface standards; often used to connect PCs to external disk drives.
Small Computer Systems Interface. An interface standard for peripheral devices and computers to communicate with each other.
Small Computer Systems Interface. An electronic interface and command set for attaching and controlling internal or external peripherals, such as a DVD-ROM drive, to a computer. The command set of SCSI was extended for DVD-ROM devices by the SFF 8090 specification.
Small Computer Systems Interface. A computer industry interface standard used for connecting peripherals to personal computers.
Interface between a host adapter and the CPU that can contain as many as 15 devices on a single bus.
Small Computer System Interface (pronounced "scuzzy"). An interface standard for connecting peripheral devices to computers. Hardware components for implementing a SCSI interface include connector ports on computers and cables for connecting peripheral devices to the computer. SCSI is gradually being supplanted by the newer USB standard.
Small Computer Serial Interface. Physical interface standard between high speed external devices, such as disks and CD-ROMs, and desktop systems.
Small Computer System Interface. A computer interface used for digital imaging as it is both high speed and standard.
Small Computer Systems Interface - an interface configuration commonly used on PCs for connection of storage and peripheral devices.
Small Computer System Interface. This is one method used to connect your computer to peripherals such as scanners, hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, and others.
A well known protocol and standard for connecting computers and peripheral devices. Some Fibre Channel SPs use a Fibre Channel FC-AL front end to the server and a SCSI back end to the disk modules. The SPs used in DPEs use the Fibre Channel protocol throughout.
Small Computer System Interface [pronounced 'Scuzzy']. A high speed data interface that uses a card, which plugs into an ISA [integrated system architecture] socket on the computer motherboard. SCSI cards that use PCI slots are also available.
(interface) - Small Computer System Interface - the interface between a SCSI controller and an external or internal SCSI device Jumper - a small block (approx .250" wide x .312" long x .125" thick with two holes running lengthwise which are connected with a metal structure), or the functionally equivalent electronic "interconnect"; used to enable, disable, or select operating parameter on a motherboard or other PCB by either electrically connecting two pins on the PCB (closed) or separating them (open - only one pin is covered or the jumper is removed). Connector header - a series of two or more metal pins on the motherboard or other PCB; used to attach a cable to indicator lights, switches, and/or other devices in the computer Jumper header - two pins or a series of two-pin groups where jumpers are used.
(Small Computer Systems Interface; pr. "scuzzy") A fast system for controlling hard disks, tape drives, and various other add-ons. Sometimes used for a PC's main hard disk, but more often the main hard disk is controlled by an IDE or EIDE controller built into the motherboard. A SCSI controller would usually be installed as an expansion board. SCSI is a bit faster than EIDE, but more expensive.
Small Computer System Interface - for up to seven fast drives. - A workstation graphical windowing system descended from W.
Small-Computer Systems-Interface - this is an interface standard used on disk drives popular on more high-end computers (e.g. SUN, Macintosh, etc.)
A set of standards allowing computers to communicate with attached devices, such as storage devices (disk drives, tape libraries etc) and printers. SCSI also refers to a parallel interconnect technology which implements the SCSI protocol.
A popular standard for internal and external hard drives and other peripherals.
Acronym for Small Computer System Interface. SCSI, pronounced skuzzy, enables a computer to interact with external hardware, such as CD-ROM drives, printers, and scanners.
For "Small Computer System Interface." SCSI is a set of cabling and data standards for the passing of data between storage devices.
Small Computer Systems Interface. An adapter supporting attachment of various direct-access storage devices.
Small Computer System Interface is used for transfereing data between external an internal buses. It is pronounced Scuzzy
Pronounced. Skuzzie. Small Computer Systems Interface. Connects peripherals to the computer mother board
Small Computer System Interface. Pronounced "skuzzy." Examples of devices attached to SCSI are hard disk, tape, CD-ROM, scanners, etc.
(small computer system interface) A processor-independent standard for system-level interfacing between a computer and intelligent devices, including hard disks, diskettes, CD drives, printers, scanners, etc. SCSI can connect up to seven devices to a single adapter (or host adapter) on the computer's bus. SCSI transfers eight or 16 bits in parallel and can operate in either asynchronous or synchronous modes. The synchronous transfer rate is up to 320 MB/s. SCSI connections normally use single ended drivers, as opposed to differential drivers. The original standard is now called SCSI-1 to distinguish it from SCSI-2 and SCSI-3, which include specifications of Wide SCSI (a 16-bit bus) and Fast SCSI (10 MB/s transfer.) Ultra 160M SCSI is a subset of Ultra3 SCSI and allows a maximum throughput of 160 MB/s, which is more than twice as fast as Wide Ultra2 SCSI. Ultra320 SCSI allows a maximum throughput of 320 MB/s.
Acronym for "System Can't See It".
Small computer System Interface, an interface that allows the attaching of hard disks and other high-performance peripherals to a computer.
Small Computer System Interface. A standard electronic interface between a computer and its peripherals, such as hard drives or CD/DVD drives.
Small Computer System Interface: “scuzzy”. Peripheral connection interface for hard drives, scanners, CD-burners and mass storage devices for personal computers. Each item has a number for an 'address'. Operates on a 'daisy chain' principal.
Small Computer Systems Interface, a high-speed communications protocol that allows computers, samplers, and disk drives to communicate with one another. Pronounced "scuzzy."
small computer system interface. Pronounced "scuzzy." Don't spell out.
A high-speed port used to connect computers with printers and other peripherals.
An abbreviation of “Small Computer System Interface.” An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specification for connecting peripherals to computers.
Small Computer System Interface. An interface standard capable of data transfer speeds of up to 80 megabytes per second.
Small Computer Systems Interface. SCSI is a standard for connecting peripherals and other computers to a computer. SCSI, used extensively in Macintosh computers, and growing in use among PCs, is very fast and can support several devices on a single card. (Contrast with IDE)
Small computer system interface (pronounced scuzzy). The fast, intelligent input/output parallel bus used by high-performance peripherals.
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Pronounced "scuzzy," this is a high speed connection between your computer and devices such as scanners or external drives.
Small Computer System Interface. A common, industry standard, electronic interface (highway) between computers and peripherals, such as hard disks, CD-ROM drives and scanners. Pronounced “skuzzy.” SCSI allows for up to 7 devices to be attached in a chain via cables. The current SCSI standard is “SCSI II,” also known as “Fast SCSI.
SCSI is a hardware interface with several plug and signaling configurations that allows the connection of peripheral devices, particularly disk drives, CD-ROM drives, and tape drives. The various SCS ... more
small computer systems interface’ – an internationally defined standard for connecting fast peripheral devices to a computer.
Acronym for small computer system interface. An intelligent interface device that expands a microprocessor (CPU) bus to facilitate connections to multiple peripherals (e.g., CD-ROM drives, hard drives, or scanners) and exchange data with those peripherals via a separate communications bus.
SCSI means small computer system interface. SCSI is an interface that allows the connection of up to 15 external or internal peripheral devices (such as scanners, cameras, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, etc.) to one card in the computer.
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it can connect a wide range of other devices, including s, printers, and optical drives (CD, DVD, etc.).