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7 Glossary
This document incorporates many industry and device-specific words. Use the
following list to define a variety 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
DIPM
Device Initiated Link Power Management. The ability of the device to request SATA link
power state changes.
DMA
Direct Memory Access
eMLC
Enterprise Multi-Level Cell
EXT
Extended
FP
First Party
GB
Giga-byte defined as 1x10
9
bytes
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
Hot Plug
A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA storage drive when the
system is powered on.
IOPS
Input output operations per second
LBA
Logical Block Address
MB
Mega-bytes defined as 1x10
6
bytes
MLC
Multi-Level Cell
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
NCQ
Native Command Queuing. The ability of the SATA hard drive to queue and re-order
commands to maximize execution efficiency.
NOP
No Operation
OS
Operating System
Port
The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.
RMS
Root Mean Squared
RPM
Revolutions Per Minute
SAS
Serial Attached SCSI
SATA
Serial ATA
SFF
Small Form Factor
SLC
Single Level Cell
S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology: an open standard for developing
hard drives and software systems that automatically monitors a hard drive’s health and
reports potential problems.
SSD
Solid-State Drive