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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>silo</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="silly-walk.html" title="silly walk"/><link rel="next" href="since-time-T-equals-minus-infinity.html" title="since time T equals minus infinity"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">silo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="silly-walk.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="since-time-T-equals-minus-infinity.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="silo"/><dt xmlns="" id="silo"><b>silo</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The FIFO input-character buffer in an RS-232 line card. So called
from <a href="../D/DEC.html"><i class="glossterm">DEC</i></a> terminology used on DH and DZ line cards
for the <a href="../V/VAX.html"><i class="glossterm">VAX</i></a> and <a href="../P/PDP-11.html"><i class="glossterm">PDP-11</i></a>,
presumably because it was a storage space for fungible stuff that went in
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