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| THE DESIGNATED BOOT DISK FOR THE SYSTEM |
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| THE DEVICE THAT MOVES THE READ/WRITE HEAD OVER THE DISK |
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| A STANDARD FOR DISK DRIVE INTERFACE THAT INTEGRATES THE CONTROLLER INTO THE DISK DRIVE. OFTEN REFERRED TO AS IDE OR EIDE |
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| THE TRADITIONAL FAT16, FAT32, ANDNTFS FILE STORAGE SYSTEM. |
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| PERFORMANCE TESTS USED TO COMPARE DIFFERENT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE |
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| ONE OR MORE SECTORS OF A DISK STORAGE DEVICE. THE SMALLEST UNIT IN WHICH A FILE WILL BE STORED. ALSO REFERRED TO AS ALLOCATION UNITS. |
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| A VERTICAL COLLECTION OF ONE SET OF TRACKS |
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| REARRANGING CLUSTERS ON THE DISK SO EACH FILE IS STORED IN CONSECUTIVE CLUSTERS |
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| A COMPUTER WITH TWO OPERATIONG SYSTEM INSTALLED |
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| AN IMPROVED VERSION OF THE NTSB FILE SYSTEM |
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| ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM (EFS) |
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| AN NTFS NATIVE ENCRYPTION SYSTEM THAT USES A FILE ENCRYPTION KEY(FEK) TO ENCRYPT ANDDECRYPT THE FILE CONTENTS |
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| ENHANCED INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS (EIDE) |
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| AN ENHANCED VERSION OF THE IDE DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER STANDARD. THE TERM IS COMMONLY USED WHEN REFERRING TO THE AT Attachment |
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| A FILE SYSTEM IN WHICH FILE STORAGE INFORMATION IS RECODED WITH 16 BITS OF DATA |
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| A FILE SYSTEM IN WHICH FILE STORAGE INFORMATION IS RECORDED WITH 32 BITS OF DATA |
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| SOFT MAGNETIC DISKS USED FOR STORING SMALL AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION |
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| A DEVICE THAT READS AND WRITES TO FLOPPY DISK |
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| PREPARING A DISK TO RECEIVE DATA IN A SYSTEMATIC, ORGANIZED MANNER |
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| STORED IN NONCONSECUTIVE CLUSTERS ON THE DISK |
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HIGH PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM
(HPFS) |
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| FILE SYSTEM DEVELOPED FOR IBM PCs TO OVERCOME THE LIMITATIONS OF DOS |
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| A PROCESS THAT PREPARES THE DISK FOR FILE STORAGE |
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ITERGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS
(IDE) |
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| AN EARLY STANDARD FOR A DISK DRIVE INTERFACE THAT INTEGRATED THE CONTROLLER INTO THE DISK DRIVE. THE TERM IS STILL COMMONLY USED WHEN REFERRING TO THE AT ATTACHMENT |
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| DESCRIBES HOW THE SECTORS ARE LAID OUT ON A DISK SURFACE TO OPTIMIZE A HARD DRIVE' DATA ACCESS RATE. |
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| SEPARATES STORAGE AREAS ON A SINGLE DRIVE THAT SIMULATE SEPARATE DRIVES. ALSO REFERRED TO AS PARTITIONS. |
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LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER
(LUN) |
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| AN IDENTIFIER USED WITH SCSI EXTENDERS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN (UP TO) EIGHT DEVICES ON THE SAME SCSI ID NUMBER. |
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| A PROCESS THAT DETERMINES THE TYPE OF ENCODING TO BE DONE ON THE DISK PLATTER AND THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THE READ/WRITE HEADS WILL ACCESS STORED DATA. |
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| A VERY HIGH CAPACITY DISK DRIVE THAT IS ABLE TO STORE 129 MB OF DATA ON A SINGLE DISK. |
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| THE PRIMARY DRIVE ON AN IDE. |
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| AN AREA OF THE HAND DISK THAT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIVE,, THE DISK PARTITIONS, AND THE BOOT PROCEDURE. ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE BOOT SECTOR. |
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MULTIPLE ZONE RECORDING
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| A METHOD OF SECTORING SO THERE ARE TWICE AS MANY SECTORS IN OUTERMOST TRACKS AS THERE ARE IN THE INNERMOST TRACKS. |
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NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM
(NTFS) |
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| A FILE SYSTEM FOUND IN WINDOWS NT AND WINDOWS 2000. NTFS FEATURES IMPROVE SECURITY AND SECURITY AND STORAGE CAPACITY AND ARE COMPATIBLE WITH FAT16. |
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| AREAS ON A HARD DRIVE THAT SIMULATE SEPARATE DRIVES. ALSO REFERRED TO AS LOGICAL DRIVES. |
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| THE MECHANISM THAT RECORDS INFORMATION TO AND READS INFORMATION FROM A MAGNETIC MEDIUM. |
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| A PROGRAM INCLUDED IN WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT IS USED TO INSPECT THE SURFACE OF A DISK AND IDENTIFY BAD AND LOST CLUSTERS. |
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| A UNIQUE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO A DEVICE ON A SCSI CHAIN AND USED TO IDENTIFY THAT DEVICE. |
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SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI
(SAS) |
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| A SCSI DEVICE THAT TRANSFERS DATA IN SERIAL FASHION RATHER THAN IN PARALLEL. THE SAS DESIGN ALLOWS 128 DEVICES TO BE ATTACHED DIRECTLY |
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| SUBDIVISIONS OF TRACKS, USUALLY ABOUT 512 BYTES IN SIZE. |
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| A SECONDARY DRIVE ON AN IDE CHANNEL. |
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SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE
(SCSI) |
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| THE STANDARD THAT ALLOWS UP TO 7 OR 15 DEVICES TO BE CONNECTED TO A SCSI ADAPTER BOARD. |
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| A STORAGE DEVICE THAT USES FLASH MEMORY CHIPS. |
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| THE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF DATA STORAGE AREAS ON A DISK. |
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| VIRTUAL FILE ALLOCATION TABLE (VFAT) |
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| A METHOD OF PROGRAMMING THE FAT16 FILE SYSTEM TO ALLOW LONG FILE CAPABILITIES SIMILAR TO FAT32. |
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| ALLOW A VOLUME OR ADDITIONAL HARD DRIVE BE ATTACHED TO A DIRECTORY STRUCTURE. VOLUME MOUNT POINTS CAN BE USED TO INTEGRATE A DISSIMILAR FILE SYSTEM INTO A LOGICAL FILE SYSTEM. |
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| A FORM OF REMOVABLE COMPUTER DATA STORAGE THAT CAN CONTAIN OVER 200 MB OF DATA. |
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