G 108 CAP. 60
Import and Export (Strategic Commodities) Regulations
[1988 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
'maximum seek time' (tsmax)--
(1) For fixed head devices, it is zero; or
(2) For moving head or moving media devices, the rated time to move between the two most widely separated tracks.
'minimum seek time' (tsmin)--
(1) For fixed head devices, it is zero; or
(2) For moving head or moving media devices, the rated time to move from one track to an adjacent track.
'latency time' (t1)--
The rotational period divided by twice the number of independent read/write heads per track.
"analogue computer"--
Equipment which can, in the form of one or more continuous variables:
(a) Accept data;
(b) Process data; and
(c) Provide output of data.
"associated" with equipment or systems--
(a) Can feasibly be either:
(1) Removed from such equipment or systems; or
(ii) Used for other purposes; and
(b) Is not essential to the operation of such equipment or systems.
"communication channel"--
The transmission path or circuit including the terminating transmission and receiving equipment (modems) for transferring digital information between distant locations.
"computer operating area"
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The immediate contiguous and accessible area around the electronic computer, where the normal operating, support and service functions take place.
"computer using facility"--
The end-users' contiguous and accessible facilities:
(a) Housing the "computer operating area" and those end-user functions which are being supported by the stated application of the electronic computer and its "related equipment"; and
(b) Not extending beyond 1,500 metres in any direction from the centre of the "computer operating area".
"cumulative total processing data rate"--
The sum of all "total processing data rates" in a given transaction.
"data device"--
Equipment capable of transmitting or receiving sequences of digital information.
"data (message) switching"--
The technique, including but not limited to store-and-forward or packet switching, for:
(a) Accepting data groups (including messages, packets, or other digital or telegraphic information groups which are transmitted as a composite whole);
(b) Storing (buffering) data groups as necessary;
(c) Processing part or all of the data groups, as necessary, for the purpose of:
(1) Control (routing, priority, formatting, code conversion, error control, retransmission or journaling);
(2) Transmission; or
(3) Multiplexing; and
(d) Retransmitting (processed) data groups when transmission or receiving facilities are available.