Glossary
| 3D NAND | Stacking of flash cells vertically on a die and/or stacking die within a chip, aiming to increase density and lower cost of production | |
| AAT | Average access time | On a spinning disk drive, the total time for all possible seeks, divided by the number of seeks |
| AF | All-Flash array | Cabinet holding a set of hard drives using proprietary flash cards for high performance |
| API | Application program interface | Common method for software module–module communication |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit | 1980’s term for a computer chip |
| CIFS | Common internet file system | Old version of SMB (qv) |
| FC | Fiber channel | Copper or fiber-based interconnect for storage units and their hosts |
| FCoE | Fiber channel over Ethernet | An FC protocol using Ethernet to make connections |
| GbE |
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