| ABLE: Adaptive Battery Life Extender |
| AFC: AntiFerromagnetic-Coupled |
| AGC: Automatic Gain Control |
| AIT: Advanced Intelligent Tape |
| AME: Advanced Metal Evaporated |
| AMP: Advanced Metal Particle |
| ASA: Advanced SCSI Architecture |
| ATA: AT Attachment |
| ATAPI: AT Attachment Packet Interface |
| ATL: Automated Tape Library |
| ATM: Asynchronous Tranfer Mode |
| ATOMM: Advanced super Thin-layer and high-Output Metal Media |
| BPI: Bit Per Inch |
| CAV: Constant Angular Velocity |
| CCS: Continuous Composite Servo |
| CD-E: Compact Disk Erasable |
| CD-I: Compact Disk Interactive |
| CD-R: Compact Disk Recordable |
| CD-ROM: Compact Disk Read-Only Memory |
| CD-RW: Compact Disk ReWritable |
| CD-XA: Compact Disk eXtended Architecture |
| CD-WORM: Compact Disk Write Once Read Many |
| CIS: Card Information Structure |
| CKD: Count-Key-Data |
| CLV: Constant Linear Velocity |
| CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CRU: Customer Replaceable Unit |
| CSS: Contact Start Stop |
| DAT: Digital Audio Tape |
| DASD: Direct Access Storage Device |
| DDS: Digital Data Storage |
| DLC: Diamond Like Carbon |
| DLT: Digital Linear Tape |
| DMA: Direct Memory Access |
| DRAW: Direct Read After Write |
| DSMR: Dual Stripe Magneto-Resistive |
| DSP: Digital Signal Processor |
| DTDS: Disaster Tolerant Disk System |
| DVD: Digital Versatile (or Video) Disc |
| DVD-R: DVD Recordable |
| DVD-RAM: DVD Random Access Memory (rewritable) |
| DVD-ROM: DVD Read-Only-Memory |
| DVD-RW: DVD ReWritable |
| DVD+RW: DVD ReWritable |
| ECC: Error Correction Code |
| ECMA: European Computer Manufacturers Association |
| EDC: Error Detection Code |
| EEPROM: Electronically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| EEZ: Early Exit from Landing Zone |
| EIDE: Enhanced IDE |
| ESCON: Enterprise System CONnectivity |
| ESDI: Enhanced Small Device Interface |
| ESRM: Enterprise Storage Resource Management. |
| FAT: File Allocation Table |
| FBA: Fixed-Block Architecture |
| FC: Fiber Channel |
| FC-AL: Fiber Channel-Arbitrated Loop |
| FCI: Flux Change per Inch |
| FCP: Fibre Channel Protocol |
| FD: Floppy Disk |
| FDD: Floppy Disk Drive |
| FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface. |
| FICON: Fiber Channel CONnectivity |
| FRAM: Ferroelectric Random Access Memory |
| FRDS: Failure Resistant Disk System |
| FRU: Field Replacement Unit |
| FTDS: Failure Tolerant Disk System |
| FTP: File Transfer Protocol |
| FTPI: Flux Transition Per Inch |
| Gb: Gigabit |
| GB: Gigabyte |
| GCR: Group Code Recording |
| GMR: Giant Magnetoresistive Head |
| HBA: Host Bus Adapter |
| HDA: Head-Disk Assembly |
| HD: Hard Disk |
| HDD: Hard Disk Drive |
| HGA: Head Gimbal Assembly |
| HiPPI: High Performance Parallel Interface |
| HSA: Head Stack Assembly |
| HSM: Hierarchical Storage Management |
| HVD: High Voltage Differential |
| IDE: Intelligent/Integrated Device/Drive Electronics |
| IDEMA: International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association |
| I/O: Input/Output |
| I20: Intelligent Input/Output |
| ILS: Integrated Lead Suspension |
| IPI: Intelligent Peripheral Interface |
| IRQ: Interrupt Request |
| ISA: Industry Standard Architecture |
| ISO: International Standards Organization |
| ISV: Independant Software Vendor |
| JBOD: Just a Bunch Of Disks |
| JEIDA: Japan Electronics Industry Development Association |
| Kb: Kilobit |
| KB: KiloByte |
| LBA: Logical Block Addressing |
| LDM: Logical Disk Manager |
| LED: Light-Emmitting Diode |
| LTO: Linear Tape Open |
| LUN: Logical Unit Number |
| LVD: Low Voltage Differential |
| Mb: Megabit |
| MB: MegaByte |
| MCBF: Mean Cycle Between Failures |
| MEMS: Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems |
| MFM: Multiple Frequency Modulation |
| MIC: Memory In Cassette |
| MIG: Metal in Gap |
| MO: Magneto-Optical |
| MR: Magneto-Resistive |
| MRAM: Magnetic Random-Access Memory |
| MSBF: Mean Swap Between Failures |
| MTBF: Mean Time Between Failures |
| MTDA: Mean Time until loss of DAta |
| MTDL: Mean Time until Data Loss |
| MTTR: Mean Time To Repair |
| MRX: MagnetoResistive eXtended head |
| NAS: Network-Attached Storage |
| NCTP: Next Compatible Tape Product |
| NMDP: Network Data Management Protocol |
| NRZ: Non-Return-to-Zero |
| NFR: Near Field Recording |
| ODD: Optical Digital Disk |
| OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| O-ROM: Optical-Read Only Memory |
| OOD: Object Oriented Device |
| OSTA: Optical Storage Technology Association |
| P-ROM: Partial-Read Only Memory |
| PB: PetaByte |
| PCB: Printed Circuit Board |
| PCBA: Printed Circuit Board Assembly |
| PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCM: Plug-Compatible Manufacturer or Pulse Code Modulation |
| PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PE: Phase Encoding |
| PFA: Predictive Failure Analysis |
| PIO: Programmed Input/Output |
| POH: Power On Hours |
| POR: Power On Reset |
| PRDF: PRML with Digital Filter |
| PRML: Partial Response Maximum Likelihood |
| PVR: Personal Video Recorder |
| QIC: Quarter-Inch Cartridge |
| RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
| RAIT: Redundant Array of Independent Tape drive |
| RAM: Random Access Memory |
| RLL: Run Length Limited |
| RPM: Revolutions Per Minute |
| SAN: Storage Area Networks |
| SAS: SAN Attached Storage |
| SASI: Shugart Associates Standard Interface |
| SCA: Single Connector Attachment |
| SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface |
| SDX: Storage Data aCCeleration |
| SLED: Single Large Expensive Disk |
| SMART: Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology |
| SMD: Small Module Device |
| SN: Storage Networks |
| SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SSA: Serial Storage Architecture |
| SSD: Solid State Disk |
| SSP: Storage Service Provider |
| Tb: Terabit |
| TB: TeraByte |
| TFI: Thin-Film Inductive |
| TPI: Track Per Inch |
| UDMA: Ultra Direct Memory Access |
| USB: Universal Serial Bus |
| VI: Virtual Interface |
| VCM: Voice Coil Motor |
| VOD: Video On Demand |
| WORM: Write Once Read Many |
| ZBR: Zone Bit Recording |
| ZCAV: Zone Constant Angular Velocity |