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  A/V Applications
A/V Professional
Access
Access Time
Actuator
Adaptive Caching
Address
Algorithm
ANSI
Append
Apple Talk
Application Program
Areal Density
Array
ASA
ASA II
ASCII
ASIC
ASPI
Asynchronous Data
ATA
ATAPI
Automatic Backup of Files
Auto-park
Auxiliary Memory
Auxiliary Storage Device
Average Access Time
Average Latency
Average Seek Time
Azimuth
  Backup
Backup Device
Backup File
Backward Compatibility
Base Casting
Baud Rate
Bezel
Bi-directional Bus
Binary
BIOS
Bit
Bit Density
Bit Jitter
Bit Shift
Block
BOM
Boot
BOT
BPI
Buffer
Bus
Bus Mastering
Byte
  Cache
Cache Buffer
Cache Hit
Cache Memory
CAM
Capacity
Carriage Assembly
Cartridge
CD-ROM
Central Processing Unit
Channel
Character
Chip
Clock Rate
Closed Loop
Cluster Size
Code
Command
Compression
Compression Ratio
Console
Controller
Core
CPU
Crash
CRC
Crosstalk
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Cylinder
  Daisy Chain
DAT
Data
Data Access
Data Address
Data Area
Data Cartridge
Data Compression
Data Density
Data Field
Data Integrity
Data Track
Data Transfer Rate
Database
Database Management System
DBMS
DC6000 Data Cartridge
DDS
Decompression
Dedicated Servo System
Default
Density
Differential
Differential SCSI
Digital
Direct Access
Directory
Disc Operating System
Disc Platter
Disc Storage
DiscWizard
Disk Manager
DMA
DMT
Domain Validation
DOS
Double Transition Clocking
Drive
Drive Select
Drive Type
Driver
Drop-In-Drop-Out
Drum
DTR
  E Block
ECC
Effective Seek Time
EIDE
EISA
Electrostatic Discharge
Elevator Sorting
Embedded Servo System
Enhanced IDE
EOD
EOM
EOT
Erase
Error
ESD
ESDI
Execute
  Fast ATA
Fast SCSI
Fast Wide SCSI-2
Fast-20 SCSI
FAT
FCPI
FDE (Full Disk Encryption)
Feedback
Fetch
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Interface
Fields
File
File Allocation Table
File Mark
File Name
File-by-File Backup
Firmware
Fixed Disc
Flexture
Floppy Disc
Flux Change
Flux Changes-Per-Inch
Flying Height
FM
Form Factor
Format
Formatted Capacity
Friction
Full-Height Drive
  G
Gap
Gap Length
Gap Width
GCR
Gigabyte
GMR heads
Guard Band
  Half-High Drive
Hard Disc Drive
Hard Error
Hard Sector Mode
Hardware
Hardware Array
HBA
HDA
HDA Interconnect
Head
Head Clog
Head Crash
Head Landing and Takeoff
Head Landing Zone
Head Positioner
Head Slap
Header
Helical Scan
Hex
Hexadecimal
Hot Spare
Hot Swap
Hub
  I/O
ID Field
IDE
Image-Backup Mode
Index Pulse
Index Time
Initialize
Input
Input/Output
INT13
Intelligent Peripheral
Interchange
Interface
Interface Connector
Interface Standard
Interleave Factor
Interleaving
Interrupt
I-O Processor
IPI
IPX
ISA
 
  Kilobyte
  Label
LAN
Landing Zone
Latency
LBA
locking auto-park
Logic
Logical beginning of tape
Lookup
Low Level Format
LSI
LUN
LVD
  Magazine
Magnet
Magnetic Media
Magnetic Recording
Main Memory
Mainframe Computer
Maximum Capacity
Mean Time Before Failure
Mean Time Between Failure
Mean Time To Repair
Mean Time until Data Loss
Media
Media Defect
Megabyte
Memory
Memory Location
MFM
Microcomputer
Microinch
Microsecond
Millisecond
Minicomputer
Mini-Slider Heads
Mirroring
Mnemonic
Modified Frequency Modulation
Mounting Holes
MR Heads
MTBF
MTDL
MTTR
Multimedia-Ready
Multi-mode
Multiple Segment Caching
Multiprocessor
Multitasking
Multi-Threaded
Multi-User
  Near-Line Storage
Node
Noise
NRZ
  OEM
Off Line
Open Collector
Operating System
ORT
Output
Overwrite
  Parity
Parking
Partition boundary
Partitioning
Path
PBOT
PCB
PCMCIA
PEOT
Peripheral Equipment
Plated Thin Film Discs
Platter
Plug and Play
PMT
Polling
Position
Power Plug
Precompensation
Prefetch
Preventative Maintenance
Printed Circuit Board
Processing
Program
Protocol
PWA
PWB
  QIC
  Radial
RAID
RAM
RAM Disc
Random Access Memory
RAW
Read
Recalibrate
Record
Reduced Write Current
Remark
Resolution
Restore
Retension
RLL
RMA
ROM
Rotational Speed
Router
RWW
  S.M.A.R.T
SCA
SCAM
Scatter-Gather
SCSI
SCSI-3
SeaShield
Sector
Sector-Slip
Seek
Seek Complete
Seek Time
Sequential Access
Server
Servo Track
Setup
Silicon
Single Connector Attachment
Single-Ended
Skewing
Slider Assembly
SMD
SMT
SNA
Soft Error
Soft Sector Mode
Software
Software Patch
Spindle
Spindle Motor
Spindle Speed
ST-506/ST-412 Interface
Start/Stop
Step
Step Pulse
Step Time
Stepper
Stepper Motor
Storage Capacity
Storage Density
Storage Location
Storage Module Drive
Streamer
Stripe
Striping
Substrate
Synchronous Data
System Drive
  Tagged Command Queuing
Tape drive
Tape Mark
TCP/IP
Telnet
Terabyte
Termination
Thin Film Heads
Third Height
Timing Tracking
Top Cover
Topology
TPI
Track
Track Access Time
Track Density
Track Pitch
Track Width
Track Zero
Track Zero Detector
Track-Following Servo
Tracks Per Inch
Travan
Tunnel Erase
Typical Capacity
  Ultra ATA
Ultra2 SCSI
Ultra-SCSI
Underrun
Unformatted
Unformatted Capacity
Upgrade Path
USB
User Data
  VCM
Verification
Verify
VIA
Voice Coil
Voice Coil Motor
Volatile
Volume
Volume Label
  WAN
Wedge Servo System
Wide SCSI
Winchester Drive
Word
Write
Write Caching
Write Current
Write Fault
Write Immediate
  XSMD
 
  ZBR
Zero Latency Read

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