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gigabyte (GB)
gigabyte (GB). A unit of measurement equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024 megabytes).
See also kilobyte (KB)
, megabyte (MB), and terabyte (TB).
Global Customer Support Center (GCSC). A support organization that provides telephone
and remote diagnostic support for HP customers. GCSCs are located all over the
world. See also Online Support Center (OSC)
.
globally unique ID (GUID). A unique, read-only number stored in nonvolatile memory
(SEEPROM) on a ServerNet II Switch at the time of manufacture. The GUID also
appears on the bar code label. This number can be used programmatically to identify
the switch.
GPR. See general-purpose register (GPR).
graphical user interface (GUI). A user interface that offers point-and-click access to
program functions.
ground. A conducting connection, whether intentional or accidental, between an electrical
circuit and either the earth or some conducting body that serves in place of the earth,
such as an underground metal water pipe, structural steel, or a ground rod driven into
the earth. See also earth ground
.
grounded. Connected to earth or to some conducting body that serves in place of the earth.
grounded conductor. A system or circuit conductor that is intentionally grounded.
ground fault. Any undesired current path from a point of differing potential to ground.
ground fault interrupter. A device that interrupts the electric current to the load when a
fault current to ground exceeds a predetermined value that is less than that required to
operate the overcurrent protection device of the supply circuit.
grounding conductor. A conductor used to connect equipment of the grounded circuit of a
wiring system to one or more earth-grounding electrodes. See also earth-grounding
electrode.
group. (1) The set of all objects accessible by a pair of service processors (SPs) located in
the processor multifunction (PMF) customer-replaceable unit (CRU). In an HP
NonStop™ S-series server, a system enclosure has exactly one group. (2) In the
Open System Services (OSS) environment, a set of user IDs with the same group ID.
group database. A database on a node that contains the group name, group ID, and user
names for each group using that node.