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IDE

IDE

stands

for

Integrated

Drive

Electronics,

which

is

adistinct

kind

of

drive

in

whichtheinterfacecontrollertechnologyiscombinedintheharddrivesdesign

insteadofadistinctcontroller.

IndexPulseSignalAnindicationbythedigitalpulsesignalofthecommencementof

adiskrevolution.

InitiatorAdevicethatoperatesandcontrolstheSCSIbus,whichinitiates

commandstoaparticulartarget.AmajornumberoftheSCSIdeviceshavebeen

assignedafixedroleaseitheraninitiatororatarget.Therearesomedevices,

though,thatcandoboththejobs.

InitializationThisisthesameaslowlevelformatting.

InputTheinwardflowofdata,whichisprocessedbythecomputerforinstanceall

thecommandsmadebytheusers.

InterfaceAsoftwareprotocolorahardwareprotocol,whichisinchargeof

handlingtheexchangeofinformation.

InterfacecontrollerAparticularchiporacertaincircuit,whichissupposedto

translatecomputerdataandinstructionsintoanappropriateformthatisusedbythe

harddriveeventually.

InterleaveTheorganizationofsubdivisionsonatrack.

InterruptAnindicationthatissentbytheCPUssubsystem,whichindicatesa

coursehaseitherbeenaccomplishedorfinishedorcouldnotbecompleted.

I/O(Input/output)

An

operation

or

device

that

allows

input

and

output.

I/OPortI/OmeansInputorOutput.Itistheinteractionbetweenauseranda

computeralongwithitsaccessoriesandstoragedevices.Thelogicalchannelorthe

channelendpointinthiswholecommunicationprocessisknownastheI/Oport.

IRQTheIRQstandsforinterruptrequest.Therearecertainsignalsthataresentby

thePCperipheralstogettheattentionoftheprocessor.TheIRQisthenamegiven

tosuchsignals.AlldevicesaregivenuniqueIRQaddressesbecauseinterruptscannot

besharedbetweenseveraldevices.

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ISATheISAstandsforIndustryStandardArchitecture.Itisatypical16bitATbus

plannedbytheIBMforthePC/ATsystem.IndustryStandardArchitecturewasa

distinctbusforPCstillthereleaseofMCA(MicroChannelArchitecture),EISAandPCI,

whichstandforExtendedIndustryStandardarchitectureandPeripheralComponent

Interconnectrespectively

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