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CAFS (other)
CAFS may refer to: * Compressed air foam system, a system used in firefighting to deliver fire retardant foam to a fire * Content Addressable File Store The Content Addressable File Store (CAFS) was a hardware device developed by International Computers Limited (ICL) that provided a disk storage with built-in search capability. The motivation for the device was the discrepancy between the high spe ..., a hardware device developed by International Computers Limited that provided a disk storage with built-in search capability See also * CAF (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compressed Air Foam System
A compressed air foam system is used in firefighting to deliver fire retardant foam for the purpose of extinguishing a fire or protecting unburned areas. Typical components include a water source, a centrifugal pump, foam concentrate tanks, a direct-injection foam proportioning system on the discharge side of the pump, a mixing chamber or device, a rotary air compressor, and control systems to ensure the correct mixes of concentrate, water, and air. Description A compressed air foam system is defined as a standard water pumping system that has an entry point where compressed air can be added to a foam solution to generate foam. The air compressor also provides energy, which, gallon for gallon, propels compressed air foam farther than aspirated or standard water nozzles. It is proven that CAFS attacks all three sides of the fire triangle simultaneously. The foam blankets the fuel, thereby reducing the fuel’s capacity to seek a source of oxygen. The CAFS solution adheres to ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Content Addressable File Store
The Content Addressable File Store (CAFS) was a hardware device developed by International Computers Limited (ICL) that provided a disk storage with built-in search capability. The motivation for the device was the discrepancy between the high speed at which a disk could deliver data, and the much lower speed at which a general-purpose processor could filter the data looking for records that matched a search condition.Scarrott, Gordon G., 'From Torsional Mode Delay Lines to DAP', Computer Resurrection, Number 12, Summer 1995, ISSN 0958-7403, pp. 19-28. http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/CCS/res/pdfs/res12.pdf Development of CAFS started in ICL's Research and Advanced Development Centre under Gordon Scarrott in the late 1960s following research by George Coulouris and John Evans who had completed a field study at Imperial College and Queen Mary College on database systems and applications (Scarrott, 1995). Their study had revealed the potential for substantial performance improvemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |