C156-E228-02EN AB-1
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A
AC Alternating current
ACK Acknowledge
ALPC Automatic laser power control
AM Address mark
ANSI American National Standards
Institute
ARRE Automatic read reallocation
enabled
ASC Additional sense code
ASCII American Standard Code
forInformation Interchange
ASCQ Additional sense code qualifier
ATN Attention
AWG American W ire Gauge
AWRE Automatic write
reallocationenabled
B
BCV Buffer control valid
BPV Bit pointer valid
BSY Busy
BytChk Byte check
C
C/D Control/data
CDB Command descriptor block
CDRH Center for Devices and
Radiological Health
CRC Cyclic redundancy code
CSA Canadian Standards Association
D
DB Data bus
DBD Disable block descriptor
DBP Data bus parity
DC Direct current
DCRT Disable certification
DDS Disk definition sector
DMA Defect management area
DPO Disable page out
DPRY Disable primary
DSP Digital signal prosessor
E
EBC Enable blank check
EBP Erase by-pass
ECC Error correcting code
EN European Norm
EVPD Enable vital product data
F
FG Frame ground
FIFO First in first out
FmtData Format data
FOV Format options valid
FRU Field replaceable unit
G
GND Ground
I
I/O Input/output
IC Integrated circuit
ID Identifier
IDD Intelligent disk drive
IEC International Electrotechnical
Commission
Immed Immediate
IP Initialize pattern
ISO International Standardization
Organization
L
LD Laser diode
LED Light emitting diode
LoEj Load eject
LSB Least significant byte
LUN Logical unit number
M
MPU Microprocessor unit
MSB Most significant byte
MSG Message
MTBF Mean time between failures
MTTR Mean time to repair