Acronyms and Abbreviations
| A |
AC | Alternating Current |
ACK | ACKnowledge primitive |
AEN | Asynchoronous Event Notification |
ALT | ALTernated (block) |
ARRE | Automatic Read Reallocation |
| Enabled |
ASCII | American Standard Code for |
| Information Interchange |
ASG | ASiGned block |
AWG | American Wire Gauge |
AWRE | Automatic Write Reallocation |
| Enabled |
| B |
bpi | bits per inch |
BytChk | Byte Check |
| C |
C list | Target Certification list |
CCS | Common command set |
CDB | Common descriptor block |
CE | Customer Engineer |
CmpLst | Complete List |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CYL | CYLinder |
| D |
D | Depth |
D list | Data Defect List |
DBD | Disable Block Descriptor |
DC | Direct Current |
DCR | Disable Correction |
DCRT | Disable CeRtificaTion |
DE | Disk Enclosure |
DEF | DEFective block |
DevOfl | Device Offline |
DPO | Disable Page Out |
DPRY | Disable PRimarY |
DSP | Disable Saving Parameters |
DTDC | Data Transfer Disconnect Control |
DTE | Disable Transfer on Error |
| E |
ECC | Error Correction Code |
EER | Enable Early Recovery |
EVPD | Enable Vital Product Data |
| F |
FG | Frame Ground |
FIFO | First In First Out |
FmtData Format Data | |
FOV | Format Options Valid |
FUA | Force Unit Access |
| G |
G | Gap |
G list | Grown defect list |
| H |
H | Height |
HDC | Hard Disk Controller |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
HSEC | Hard SECtor |
| I |
ID | IDentifier |
ILBN | Ideal Logical Block Number |
Immed | Immediate |
INDX/SCT INDeX/SeCTor | |
IP | Initialization Pattern |
ISG | InterSector Gap |
| L |
LBdata | Logical Block data |
LBN | Logical Block Number |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LUN | Logical Unit Number |
LSI | |
