Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small computer system interface used for connecting peripheral devices, such as external disk drives and scanners, as used on personal computers.

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  • initialism computing Small Computer Systems Interface

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  • noun interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[s(mall) c(omputer) s(ystem) i(nterface).]

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Examples

  • There is also available from that site a little OS 9 utility called SCSI Probe, which will tell you what SCSI devices are seen and their status.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • There is also available from that site a little OS 9 utility called SCSI Probe, which will tell you what SCSI devices are seen and their status.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • There is also available from that site a little OS 9 utility called SCSI Probe, which will tell you what SCSI devices are seen and their status.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • If you're new to the idea of SCSI, RAID and other server-centric hardware, take your time to become really familiar with these server-based technologies.

    CertCities.com | IT Forums 2009

  • Which is true, dmesg | grep - i "SCSI device" outputs nothing where dmesg | grep - i "SCSI" outputs

    Ubuntu Forums Psumi 2010

  • Long story short, I have a newly ordered Dell PowerEdge 2950 server that didn't get configured with any kind of SCSI support.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • During Setup, it will ask you if you need any extra drivers such as SCSI (or SATA in your case).

    TechSpot 2009

  • And with the 701's, PCLinuxOS seems to insist that the flash drives (both the internal and the SDHC card) are somehow "SCSI", even when they're not.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • With the latest release of BART CD, the program now works with all Windows-supported file systems, i.e. NTFS, as well as less common storage devices, such as SCSI/RAID.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • If you are not starting from the card, make sure that "SCSI" is not even in the boot sequence.

    Tech Support Forums - TechIMO.com 2009

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  • Not to be confused with CSI.

    December 24, 2010