C141-E042-01EN AB-1
Acronyms and Abbreviations
A
ABRT Abored command
AIC Automatic idle control
AMNF Address mark not found
ATA AT attachment
AWG American wire gage
B
BBK Bad block detected
BIOS Basic input-output system
C
CORR Corrected data
CH Cylinder high register
CL Cylinder low register
CM Command register
CSR Current sense register
CSS Current start/stop
CY Cylinder register
D
dBA dB A-scale weighting
DE Disk enclosure
DH Device/head register
DRDY Drive ready
DRQ Ddata request bit
DSC Drive seek complete
DWF Drive write fault
E
ECC Error checking and correction
ER Error register
ERR Error
F
FR Feature register
H
HA Host adapter
HDD Hard disk drive
I
IDNF ID not found
IRQ14 Interrupt request 14
L
LED Light emitting diode
M
MB Mega-byte
MB/S Mega-byte per seconds
MPU Micro processor unit
P
PCA Printed circuit assembly
PIO Programed input-output
R
RLL Run-lrnght-limited
S
SA System area
SC Sector count register
SG Signal ground
SN Sector number register
ST Status register
T
TPI Track per inches
TRONF Track 0 not found
Typ Typical
U
UNC Uncorrectable ECC error
V
VCM Voice coil motor