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Terminology and Conventions
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
µinches
Microinches(10
µs
Microseconds
Bpi
Bits per inch
dB
Decibels
Fci
Flux changes per inch
GB
Gigabytes
Hz
Hertz
Kbytes
Kilobytes
Lb
Pounds
m
Meter
mA
Milliampere
MB
Megabytes
Mbit/s
Megabits per second
Mbytes/s
Megabytes per second
MHz
Megahertz
mil
Millinches
ms
Milliseconds
mV
Millivolts
ns
Nanoseconds
Rpm
Rotations per minute
Tpi
Tracks per inch
V
Volts
W
Watts
This manual uses the following conventions:
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Computer Message
Computer message refers to items you type at the computer keyboard. These items are listed in all
capitals in Courier New font. For example:
FORMAT C:/S
•
Commands and Messages
Interface commands and messages sent from the drive to the host are listed in all capitals. For example:
READ SECTORS
WRITE LONG
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