Intel
®
X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD
Intel
®
X18-M/X25-M SATA Solid State Drive
Product Manual
May 2009
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Order Number: 319765-008US
Intel
®
X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD
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Terms and Acronyms
This document incorporates many industry- and device-specific words. Use the
following list to define a variety of terms and acronyms.
Table 18.
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
Term
Definition
ATA
Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
BER
Bit error rate, or percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits
received
BIOS
Basic Input / Output System
Chipset
A term used to define a collection of integrated components required to make a PC
function.
Device Initiated Link Power
Management (DIPM)
The ability of the device to request SATA link power state changes.
DIPM
Device Initiated Power Management (SATA hard disk drive)
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
EXT
Extended
FP
First Party
GB
Giga-byte defined as 1x10
9
bytes
HCI
Host Controller Interface
HCT
Hardware Compatibility Test
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
Host Initiated Link Power
Management
The ability of the host to request SATA link power state changes.
Hot Plug
A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA hard drive when the system is
powered on.
IOPS
Input output operations per second
iMSM
The Intel Matrix Storage Manager device driver and associated system software.
LBA
Logical Block Address
LPM
Link Power Management: the ability of the SATA link layer to enter one of two lower power
consuming states, partial and slumber
MB
Mega-bytes defined as 1x10
6
bytes
MP
Multi-Processor
MTBF
Mean time between failure
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
The ability of the SATA hard drive to re-order commands in order to maximize the
efficiency of gathering data from the platters.
NOP
No Operation
NTFS
NT File System
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS
Operating System
Port
The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
