Industry Terminology

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UCM - Unified Controller Module.

Ultra SCSI - Uses an 8-bit bus, and supports data rates of 20 MB/sec.

Ultra2 SCSI - Uses an 8-bit bus and supports data rates of 40 MB/sec.

Unix – An operating system developed by Bell Laboratories that supports multi-user and multitasking operations.

Upload – Send a file to another computer using a modem.

URL – Uniform Resource Locator. A string of characters that represents the location or address of a resource on the Internet and how that resource should be accessed. World Wide Web pages are assigned a unique URL. 

USENET – A network of newsgroups. There are thousands of newsgroups available thorough USENET. Each one covers a specific topic or subject area.

User Id – The string of characters that identifies each individual separately so that the network can differentiate individuals.