FIBRE CHANNEL-ARBITRATED LOOP
\fˈa͡ɪbə t͡ʃˈanə͡lˈɑːbɪtɹˌe͡ɪtɪd lˈuːp], \fˈaɪbə tʃˈanəlˈɑːbɪtɹˌeɪtɪd lˈuːp], \f_ˈaɪ_b_ə tʃ_ˈa_n_əl_ˈɑː_b_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_d l_ˈuː_p]\
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(FC-AL) A fast serial bus interfacestandard intended to replace SCSI on high-end servers.FC-AL has a number of advantages over SCSI. It offers higherspeed: the base speed is 100 megabytes per second, with 200,400, and 800 planned. Many devices are dual ported, i.e., canbe accessed through two independent ports, which doubles speedand increases fault tolerance. Cables can be as long as 30 m(coaxial) or 10 km (optical). FC-AL enablesself-configuring and hot swapping and the maximum numberof devices on a single port is 126. Finally, it providessoftware compatibility with SCSI.Despite all these features FC-AL is unlikely to appear ondesktops anytime soon, partly because its price, partlybecause typical desktop computers would not take advantageof many of the advanced features. On these systems FireWirehas more potential.[Current status? Reference?]
By Denis Howe
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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