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SpinPoint P80
Product Manual Rev. 01
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Terminology and Conventions
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
µ
inches Microinches(10
-6
inches)
µ
s Microseconds
Bpi Bits
per
inch
dB Decibels
Fci
Flux changes per inch
GB Gigabytes
Hz Hertz
Kbytes Kilobytes
Lb Pounds
m Meter
mA Milliampere
MB Megabytes
Mbit/s Megabits
per
second
Mbytes/s Megabytes
per
second
MHz Megahertz
mil Millinches
ms Milliseconds
mV Millivolts
ns Nanoseconds
Rpm Rotations
per
minute
Tpi Tracks
per
inch
V Volts
W Watts
This manual uses the following conventions:
•
Computer Message
Computer message refers to items you type at the computer keyboard. These items are listed in all
capitals in Courier New font. For example:
FORMAT C:/S
•
Commands and Messages
Interface commands and messages sent from the drive to the host are listed in all capitals. For example:
READ SECTORS
WRITE LONG