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3.1 Logical Names

3.1.3 Device Controllers

The controller is the hardware that controls the communication between the system and the peripheral drive unit. It takes care of low level operations such as error checking, moving disk heads, data transfer, and location of data on the device.


Unix System Administration - 8 AUG 1996
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