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Appendix B
Glossary
AHCI
AHCI is an acronym for Advanced Host Controller Interface. It is a speci-
fication that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA devices. In
other words it is a hardware mechanism describes the register-level
interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA. NCQ support is also pro-
vided by AHCI.
ATA
ATA Stands for Advanced Technology Attachment. It is a type of disk drive
that integrates the drive controller directly on the drive itself.
Boot Disk
A boot disk is a DOS based bootable USB solution that contains DOS SSD-
FWD UTIL application and relevant files. Using relevant tools and
procedures in windows environment, the boot USB can be created to launch
DOS SSD-FWD UTIL application in DOS.
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