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Record 1 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

The SCSI card or circuitry in a host computer that allows the host to communicate with the SCSI devices is called a host adapter.

OBS

The name adapter (as opposed to controller) is tribute to the fact that all the intelligence is located in the target controller on the peripheral device.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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