Intel 8.0Terms and Acronyms, Glossary of Terms and Acronyms, Intel X18-M/X25-MSATA SSD

Intel® X18-M/X25-M SATA SSD

8.0Terms and Acronyms

This document incorporates many industry- and device-specific words. Use the following list to define a variety of terms and acronyms.

Table 18.	Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
	Term	Definition
ATA		Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI		Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
BER		Bit error rate, or percentage of bits that have errors relative to the total number of bits
		received
BIOS		Basic Input / Output System
Chipset		A term used to define a collection of integrated components required to make a PC
		function.
Device Initiated Link Power		The ability of the device to request SATA link power state changes.
Management (DIPM)
DIPM		Device Initiated Power Management (SATA hard disk drive)
DMA		Direct Memory Access
DRAM		Dynamic Random Access Memory
EXT		Extended
FP		First Party
GB		Giga-byte defined as 1x109 bytes
HCI		Host Controller Interface
HCT		Hardware Compatibility Test
HDD		Hard Disk Drive
Host Initiated Link Power		The ability of the host to request SATA link power state changes.
Management
Hot Plug		A term used to describe the removal or insertion of a SATA hard drive when the system is
		powered on.
IOPS		Input output operations per second
iMSM		The Intel Matrix Storage Manager device driver and associated system software.
LBA		Logical Block Address
LPM		Link Power Management: the ability of the SATA link layer to enter one of two lower power
		consuming states, partial and slumber
MB		Mega-bytes defined as 1x106 bytes
MP		Multi-Processor
MTBF		Mean time between failure
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)		The ability of the SATA hard drive to re-order commands in order to maximize the
		efficiency of gathering data from the platters.
NOP		No Operation
NTFS		NT File System
OEM		Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS		Operating System
Port		The point at which a SATA drive physically connects to the SATA controller.
RAID		Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Intel® X18-M/X25-M SATA Solid State Drive
Product Manual	February 2009
26	Order Number: 319765-006US