Data Recovery and Digital Storage Glossary
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- Packet Writing — A method for writing data on a CD in small increments.
- Parallel Port — Also known as a printer port. A means of attaching devices (such as Zip® drives, printers, scanners, etc.) to your computer. Parallel port has a maximum data transfer rate of 512 Kb/s.
- PC Card — Peripheral Connection Card. See PCMCIA.
- PCI — Peripheral Communications Interconnect Local Bus. An internal connection for high speed devices such as network cards, SCSI cards, video cards, sound cards, etc. PCI has a maximum data transfer rate of 133 MB/s.
- PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. PCMCIA is a means of attaching devices to your computer. PCMCIA can transfer data at rates up to 1.2 MB/s. PCMCIA supports devices such as Iomega Predator CD-RW drives, MODEMS, hard drives, network cards, flash cards, etc. The PCMCIA interface has now been enhanced to support faster data transfers. See CardBus for more information.
- Phishing — Phishing (pronounced "fishing") is a technique used by hackers/identity thieves to attempt to obtain sensitive personal information (such as passwords, Social Security numbers, bank PIN numbers, credit card numbers, usernames, etc.) by impersonating a reputable service. Often this is done by having an e-mail or website which looks authentic, but is in fact run by the hackers, which asks you to confirm your personal information or account details, often claiming it is asking for the information to protect your security. Find out how you can protect yourself from "phishing" scams on our Viruses & Internet Security Threats page.
- PhotoCD — A compact disc format created by Kodak and Philips that uses a CD-ROM XA format to store photographs for print and display that can be accessed on either a CD-ROM drive hooked to computer or a CD-i player attached to a television.
- PIO — Programmed Input/Output. A mode of data transfer. PIO is slower than DMA because it requires the use of the processor. Used by older SCSI controllers and ATAPI interfaces.
