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DEFINITIONS
ITEM
EXPLANATION
4.x, 5.x...
This is the version numbering. The sentence “compatible with 4.x” means that it is
compatible with the Erasure client version 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and so on.
ATA, PATA
Short for Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) and Parallel ATA. These are
interface standards for the connection of storage devices such as HDDs.
B5CT
Blancco 5 Configuration Tool. Blancco software used to configure the Blancco 5
ISO image to best fit the user’s needs. Please read the B5CT manual for more
information.
BIOS
Acronym for Basic Input/Output System. On PCs, BIOS contains all the code
required to control, for example, the keyboard, display screen and disk drives.
BMC
Blancco Management Console. Blancco software used to store and manage Blancco
erasure reports. Please read the BMC manual for more information.
Checksum
A checksum or hash sum is a fixed-size datum computed from an arbitrary block of
digital data for the purpose of detecting accidental errors that may have been
introduced during its transmission or storage.
DCO
Device Configuration Overlay allows system vendors to purchase data storage
devices from different manufacturers with potentially different sizes, and then
configures all devices to have the same number of sectors.
FEPROM
A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Flash Erasable
Programmable Read-Only Memory or "flash memory" is a kind of non-volatile
storage device where erasing can only be done in blocks or the entire chip.
Fibre Channel
A serial data transfer architecture. The most prominent Fibre Channel standard is
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL).
Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is the combination of persistent
memory and program code and data stored in it.
Firmware based
erasure
A way of erasing a data storage device (HDD, SSD) using internal commands
(located in the device firmware). The erasure commands can differ depending on
the drive interface (ATA, SCSI, SAS, SATA…).
Freeze lock
Some BIOS versions offer the ability to lock ATA drives: the access, creation or
removal of HPAs/DCOs or the use of commands in Security and Sanitize Devicefeature sets to erase the drive are blocked. These locks are called “freeze locks”.
When the freeze lock is enabled for some feature set, its commands cannot be
processed. These locks prevent external software from creating/modifying/
removing HPA or DCO areas, erasing reallocated sectors or performing firmware
based erasures.
HASP
Short for Hardware Against Software Piracy, it is a software protection dongle that
plugs into an electrical connector on a computer and serves as an electronic “key”
for a piece of software. The program will run only when the dongle is plugged in.
HBA
Host Bus Adapter connects a host system to other network and storage devices.
HDD
Hard Disk Drive is a data storage device used for storing digital information using
rapidly rotating discs with magnetic surfaces.
Hexviewer
A Hexviewer is a type of computer program that allows a user to access binary
computer files. Blancco Hexviewer allows the user to read the binary content of a
drive before or after its erasure.
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