Acronyms and Abbreviations
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MR | Magnetro Resistive | TB | Transfer Block |
MS | Multiple Select | TPI | Tracks Per Inch |
MSG | MeSsaGe | TRM | TeRMinator |
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OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer | UnitOfl | Unit Offline | |
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P list | Primary defect list | VCM | Voice Coil Motor | |
P/N | Parts/Number | VPD | Vital Product Data | |
PBdata | Physical Block data | VU | Vendor Unique | |
PC board Printed Circuit board |
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PCA | Printed Circuit Assembly |
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PER | Post ERror |
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PF | Page Format | W | Width | |
PLOSync Phase Lock Oscillator Syncronous | ||||
WCE | Write Cache Enable | |||
PMI | Partial Medium Indicator | |||
WP | Write Protect | |||
PR4ML | Partial Response class 4 Maximum | |||
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RC | Read Continuous |
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RCD | Read Cache Disable |
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REQ | Request |
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RH | Relative Humidity |
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RMB | ReMovaBle |
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RST | ReSeT |
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RSV | ReSerVed |
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S/N | Serial/Number |
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SBd | Synchronized Byte data area |
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SBi | Synchronized Byte identifier area |
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SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
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SCT | SeCTor |
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SEL | SELect |
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SelfTest | Self Test |
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SG | Signal Ground |
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SP | Save Page |
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SPR | SPaRe block |
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SR | Servo |
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SSEC | Soft SECtor |
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STPF | SToP Format |
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SURF | SURFace |
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