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ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection) is a data connection created by IBM, and is commonly used to connect their mainframe computers to peripheral devices such as disk storage, tape drives and IBM 3270 display controllers. ESCON is an optical fiber, half-duplex, serial interface. It originally operated at a rate of 10MB/s, which was later increased to 17MB/s. The current maximum distance is 43 kilometers.
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International Standard Book Number
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IBM
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optical fiber
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mainframe computer
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American National Standards Institute
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IBM System/360
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duplex communication
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serial communication
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tape drive
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Fibre Channel
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disk storage
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IBM 3270
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Storage Technology Corporation
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FICON
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EMC Symmetrix
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disk array
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Hitachi Vantara
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direct-access storage device
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