DOS
DOS or Disk Operating System is a simple computer operating system that lacks the now ubiquitous Graphical User Interface (GUI) of modern operating systems, relying instead on simple text input. Its small size and simplicity allow it to be easily installed on devices like UBS Flash disks, like the one Samsung SSD
Magician helps format to use in updating the SSD’s firmware or performing a
secure erase.
Firmware
Firmware is a combination of software and hardware. Special, usually small software is written to
Garbage Collection
By nature, SSDs are a bit obsessive about how they organize their data. They prefer to have it neatly stacked together, and they run more efficiently when they can keep it that way. Everyday use makes this type of neatness difficult, because the OS is constantly writing and deleting data of various sizes, leaving data strewn haphazardly throughout the SSD. Garbage Collection remedies this by combing through the Swiss cheese of data left behind, collecting any valid data and carefully placing it together.
IDE (or ATA, PATA)
IDE or Integrated Drive Electronics is an interface standard for connecting internal storage devices (HDD,
Over Provisioning
Over Provisioning refers to the practice of leaving a chunk of free space available for use by the SSD controller. The SSD will perform better if it has free space available to use as swap space. Swap space is used to perform routine SSD maintenance (TRIM and Garbage Collection) in the background during idle time,
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