Abbreviations; Conventions - Maxtor FIREBALL3 Manual

Introduction
1.3

Abbreviations

Abbreviation
ATA AT attachment
bpi bits per inch
CHS cylinder - head - sector
DA Double Amplitude (repre-
sents pk-pk shaker dis-
placement)
db decibels
dBA decibels, A weighted
DMA direct memory access
ECC error correction code
fci flux changes per inch
G acceleration
GB gigabyte
Hz hertz
KB kilobyte
LBA logical block address(ing)
LSB least significant bit
mA milliamperes
1.4

Conventions

If there is a conflict between text and tables, the table shall be accepted as being
correct.
Key Words
The names of abbreviations, commands, fields and acronyms used as signal names are
in all uppercase type (e.g., IDENTIFY DRIVE). Fields containing only one bit are
usually referred to as the "name" bit instead of the "name" field.
Names of drive registers begin with a capital letter (e.g., Cylinder High register).
Numbering
Numbers that are not followed by a lowercase "b" or "h" are decimal values.
Numbers that are followed by a lowercase "b" (e.g., 01b) are binary values. Numbers
that are followed by a lowercase "h" (e.g., 3Ah) are hexadecimal values.
1-2 Maxtor Fireball3
Description
MB
Mbits/sec
MB/sec
MHz
ms
MSB
mV
ns
PIO
RPM
tpi
UDMA
µsec
V
W
Abbreviation
megabyte
megabits per second
megabytes per second
megahertz
millisecond
most significant bit
millivolts
nanoseconds
programmed input/output
revolutions per minute
tracks per inch
ultra direct memory
access
microsecond
volts
watts
Description