Acronyms and Abbreviations
| A |
ABRT | Aborted command |
AIC | Automatic idle control |
AMNF | Address mark not found |
ATA | AT attachment |
AWG | American wire gage |
| B |
BBK | Bad block detected |
BIOS | Basic |
| C |
CORR | Corrected data |
CH | Cylinder high field |
CL | Cylinder low field |
CM | Command field |
CSR | Current sense resistor |
CSS | Current start/stop |
CY | Cylinder field |
| D |
dBA | dB |
DE | Disk enclosure |
DH | Device/head field |
DRDY | Drive ready |
DRQ | Data request bit |
DSC | Drive seek complete |
DWF | Drive write fault |
| E |
ECC | Error checking and correction |
ER | Error field |
ERR | Error |
EU | European Union |
| F |
FR | Feature field |
| G |
GB | Gigabyte |
H
HA | Host adapter |
HDD | Hard disk drive |
| I |
IDNF | ID not found |
IRQ14 | Interrupt request 14 |
| L |
LED | Light emitting diode |
| M |
MB | Megabyte |
MB/S | Megabyte per seconds |
MPU | Micro processor unit |
| P |
PCA | Printed circuit assembly |
PIO | Programmed |
| R |
RLL | |
RoHS | The Restrictions of the use of |
| certain Hazardous Substances in |
| electrical and electronic equipment |
| S |
SA | System area |
SATA | |
SC | Sector count field |
SG | Signal ground |
SN | Sector number field |
ST | Status field |
| T |
TPI | Track per inches |
TRONF | Track 0 not found |
Typ | Typical |
| U |
UNC | Uncorrectable ECC error |
| V |
VCM | Voice coil motor |