SCAM
Acronym for SCSI configured automatically.
SCSI
Acronym for small computer system interface. An I/O bus designed as a method of connecting several classes of peripherals to a host system without requiring modifications to generic hardware and software.
SPI
Acronym for SCSI-3 parallel interfaces.
spin down
A power management capability in which a hard drive shuts down its spindle motor.
static resources
Device resources, such as IRQ signals, DMA channels, I/O port addresses, and memory addresses, that cannot be configured or relocated.
system board
The primary circuit board in a PC that contains most of the basic components of the system. Also referred to as motherboard or planar.