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 |