Networking Concepts and Technology: A Designer's Resource

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SAC

single-attached concentrator

SACK

selective acknowledgement

SAS

single-attached station

SBus

(n.) A 32-bit self-identifying bus used mainly on SPARCTM workstations, the SBus provides information to the system so that it can identify the device driver that needs to be used. An SBus device might need to use hardware configuration files to augment the information provided by the SBus card. See also PCI bus.

SBus bridge

(n.) A device providing additional SBus slots by connecting two SBuses. Generally, a bus bridge is functionally transparent to devices on the SBus. However, there are cases (for example, bus sizing) in which bus bridges can change the exact way a series of bus cycles is performed. Also called an SBus coupler.

SBus controller

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