Logicube Omniclone Xi - Manual (Page 67)

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Logicube Omniclone Xi ™ User’s Manual 61
Master/Single Drive, IDE
The primary or controlling device connected to an
IDE interface. The second device connected to an
IDE interface is called the Slave drive. Whether a
device is the Master or the Slave is determined by
jumper settings on the device, itself.
Not to be confused with Logicube Omniclone Xi™
Master Drive.
NTFS (New Technology File System)
The standard file system of the Windows NT
operating system. It offers a number of
performance, extendibility, and security improve-
ments over the File Allocation Table (FAT).
Partitions created using NTFS are not accessible
from other operating systems such as DOS.
Parallel Port
An interface for connecting to a computer or an
external device such as a printer. Often called a
Centronics interface after the company that
engineered the original specification.
A newer standard is the Enhanced Parallel Port
(EPP), which supports bi-directional communication
and transfer rates up to ten times faster than a
standard parallel port.
Partition
A way of dividing physical hard drive space into
logically separate segments, which an operating
system treats as individual hard drives. Partitioning
is particularly useful when multiple operating
systems are loaded on one drive. For example,
creating one partition for Windows NT, another for
UNIX and so on.
PIO (Programmed Input/Output)
A method of transferring data between two devices
in which all data passes through the CPU. A newer
alternative to PIO is Direct Memory Access (DMA).
See also UDMA.