About This Manual
1-2 Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT
• ATA advanced technology attachment
• bpi bits per inch
• dB decibels
• dBA decibels, A weighted
• DPS Data Protection System
• SPS Shock Protection System
• ECC error correcting code
• Kfci thousands of flux changes per inch
• Hz hertz
• KB kilobytes
• LSB least significant bit
• mA milliamperes
• MB 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)
• Mb/s megabits per second
• MB/s megabytes per second
• MHz megahertz
• ms milliseconds
• MSB most significant bit
• mV millivolts
• ns nanoseconds
• tpi tracks per inch
• µs microseconds
• Vvolts
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.
