interface for the parallel connection of computer components. Mostly used to use more than two hard drives in a computer system. Other widespread interfaces such as ATA / ATAPI can address a maximum of two peripheral devices. In addition to the operation of several hard drives, SCSI is also used to connect scanners or optical drives, amongst other things.">
Abbreviation from: Small Computer System Interface colloquially: ['ska: si] A widely used standard a title="Interface" href="/keywords/interface/">interface for the parallel connection of computer components. Mostly used to use more than two hard drives in a computer system. Other widespread interfaces such as ATA / ATAPI can address a maximum of two peripheral devices. In addition to the operation of several hard drives, SCSI is also used to connect scanners or optical drives, amongst other things.