jaz drive

1 definition found

jaz drive - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Jaz Drive
  Jaz
  
     <hardware, storage> Iomega Corporation's drive which takes
     removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain
     conventional hard disks.
  
     Internal and external drives are available claiming an average
     transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute - though that is
     dependant on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is
     unlikely to reach anything like this speed.  The Jaz drive was
     the successor to the company's more establistablished Zip Drive
     .
  
     (1998-08-28)