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A glossary of storage networking, data, and information management terminology. To learn more about the SNIA Dictionary click here.

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Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

An I/O adapter that connects a host computer bus to an I/O interconnect.

Adapter is the preferred term for Fibre Channel and SCSI interconnects. The term NIC is used for networking interconnects such as Ethernet and token ring.

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  • Computer System

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