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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>SCSI</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="scruffies.html" title="scruffies"/><link rel="next" href="SCSI-voodoo.html" title="SCSI voodoo"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">SCSI</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="scruffies.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SCSI-voodoo.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="SCSI"/><dt xmlns="" id="SCSI"><b>SCSI</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Small Computer System Interface] A bus-independent standard for
system-level interfacing between a computer and intelligent devices.
Typically annotated in literature with &#8216;sexy&#8217; (<span class="pronunciation">/sek´see/</span>), &#8216;sissy&#8217; (<span class="pronunciation">/sis´ee/</span>), and &#8216;scuzzy&#8217;
(<span class="pronunciation">/skuh´zee/</span>) as pronunciation
guides &#8212; the last being the overwhelmingly predominant form, much to
the dismay of the designers and their marketing people. One can usually
assume that a person who pronounces it <span class="pronunciation">/S-C-S-I/</span> is clueless.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="scruffies.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SCSI-voodoo.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">scruffies </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> SCSI voodoo</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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