Maxtor D540X-4K Product Manual page 12

About This Manual
• ATA
• bpi
• dB
• dBA
• DPS
• SPS
• ECC
• Kfci
• Hz
• KB
• LSB
• mA
• MB
• Mb/s
• MB/s
• MHz
• ms
• MSB
• mV
• ns
• tpi
• µs
• V
The typographical and naming conventions used in this manual are listed below.
Conventions that are unique to a specific table appear in the notes that follow that
table.
Typographical Conventions:
• Names of Bits: Bit names are presented in initial capitals. An example
is the Host Software Reset bit.
• Commands: Interface commands are listed in all capitals. An example
is WRITE LONG.
• Register Names: Registers are given in this manual with initial capitals.
An example is the Alternate Status Register.
1-2 Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT
advanced technology attachment
bits per inch
decibels
decibels, A weighted
Data Protection System
Shock Protection System
error correcting code
thousands of flux changes per inch
hertz
kilobytes
least significant bit
milliamperes
megabytes (1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes when referring to disk
transfer rates or storage capacities and 1,048,576 bytes in all
other cases)
megabits per second
megabytes per second
megahertz
milliseconds
most significant bit
millivolts
nanoseconds
tracks per inch
microseconds
volts