11. Abkürzungen |
| AIT |
Advanced Intelligent Tape |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Integreated Circuit |
| AT-Bus |
IDE Bus |
| ATA |
AT Attachment |
| ATAPI |
AT Attachment Packet Interface (Bez. für EIDE CDROMs) |
| BPI |
Bits per Inch |
| CHS |
Cylinder-Head-Sector |
| CS |
Cable Select |
| DC |
Data Cartridge |
| DD |
Double Density (3.5": 720 kB; 5.25": 320 kB) |
| DDS |
Digital Data Storage |
| DLT |
Digital Linear Tape |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| ED |
Extra Density (3.5": 2.88 MB) |
| EIDE |
Enhanced IDE (auch: Fast ATA-2) |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (amerik. Umweltbehörde) |
| EPRML |
Enhanced PRML |
| Fast-ATA |
Seagate Standard (Fast-ATA ist eine Untermenge von EIDE) |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table (DOS Dateisystem, Dateizuordnungstabelle) |
| FDD |
FloppyDisk Drive (Diskettenlaufwerk) |
| FH |
Full height |
| HD |
High Density (3.5": 1.44 MB; 5.25": 1.2 MB) |
| HDD |
HardDisk Drive (Festplatte) |
| HH |
Half height (1") |
| HPFS |
High Performance File System (Dateisystem von OS/2) |
| I/O |
Input/Output |
| ID |
Identification(-Number) |
| IDE |
Integreated/Intelligent Drive Electronics |
| LBA |
Logical Block Addressing |
| LIMDOW |
Light Intensity Modulation - Direct OverWrite |
| LL |
Low Level (Format) |
| LUN |
Logical Unit Number (SCSI 'Sub-ID') |
| MA |
Master |
| MFM |
Modified Frequency Modulation (alter Festplattenstandard) |
| MR |
Magneto-resistiv (spez. Technik für HDD Leseköpfe) |
| ms |
Millisekunde (10-3 s) |
| MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failure (Mittlere Zeit bis zum Defekt) |
| ns |
Nanosekunde (10-9 s) |
| NTFS |
New Technology File System (Dateisystem von Windows NT) |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect (schnelles Bussystem) |
| PD |
Peak Detection |
| PFA |
Predictive Failure Analysis (TM) |
| PIO |
Programmed I/O (z.B. (E)IDE Transfer läuft über PIO) |
| PRML |
Partital Response Maximum Likelihood (HDD Lesetechnik) |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
| RLL |
Run Length Limited (alter Festplattenstandard) |
| rpm |
rotations per minute (Umdrehungen pro Minute) |
| SASI |
Shugart Associates System Interface |
| SCAM |
SCSI Configures Automatically ('Plug and Play SCSI') |
| SCSI |
Small Computer Systems Interface |
| SDMS |
SCSI Device Management System |
| SL |
Slave |
| SMART |
Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology |
| SPT |
Sectors per track (Sektoren pro Spur) |
| VFAT |
Virtual FAT (FAT Erweiterung, in WfW 3.11 und Win 95) |
| XCHS |
Extended Cylinder-Head-Sector |
| ZBR |
Zone Bit Recording |
| Zoll |
1 Zoll = 2.54 cm |
