Samsung SP0802N - Terminology and Conventions

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SpinPoint P80 Product Manual Rev. 01
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1.3 Terminology and Conventions
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
µinches Microinches(10
-6
inches)
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:
• 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