Users Guide

NTP
Network Time Protocol. This protocol allows the library to set its internal date and time that is based
on the date and time of a server.
NVS
Nonvolatile storage. A storage device whose contents are not lost when power is cut off.
O
OCP
Operator Panel (Operator Control Panel).
Oersted
The unit of magnetic eld strength in the unrationalized centimeter-gram-second (cgs)
electromagnetic system. The oersted is the magnetic eld strength in the interior of an elongated,
uniformly wound solenoid that is excited with a linear current density in its winding of`1 ampere per
4π centimeters of axial length.
Offline
Pertaining to the operation of a functional unit without the continual control of a computer. Contrast
with online.
Online
Pertaining to the operation of a functional unit that is under the continual control of a computer.
Contrast with offline.
OPER
Operation.
OV
Over voltage.
Overrun
Loss of data because a receiving device is unable to accept data at the rate it is transmitted.
Overtightening
To tighten too much.
P
Parameter
A variable that is given a constant value for a specied application and that might denote the
application.
p bit
Parity bit.
PC
Parity check.
PCC
Power control compartment.
PDF
Portable Document Format.
PE
Parity error. Product engineer.
PFS
Perfect forward secrecy.
Pick
Pertaining to the library to remove, by using a robotic device, a tape cartridge from a storage slot or
drive.
Picker
A robotic mechanism that is located inside the library that moves cartridges between the cartridge
storage slots and the drive.
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