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Ergonomic board: If you experience discomfort from repeated use, ergonomic boards feature a built in wrist rest, so that you aren't straining muscles to hold your hands while in a typing position.
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Buffer Memory - A memory cache on the drive where the data is stored temporarily in anticipation of the next likely request of the PC's processor.
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Internal Transfer Rate - the speed at which the head reads the data from the platters, and passes that data to the drive's internal cache is the internal transfer rate.
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Read burst speed - measuring the maximum data rate between the drive's onboard cache buffer and the system memory. Also called the drive's external transfer rate at which data is sent across the cable to the machine.
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S.M.A.R.T. - self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T.), monitors the drive for potential problems during predictable failures using the parameters set by the drive manufacturer, the motherboard and drive itself. |
