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logical block addressing

logical block addressing noun: a system for referring to blocks of a secondary storage device (usually, these are 512-byte chunks), whereby each is given an index from 0 to n−1, where n is the number of blocks available on the device.

Noun

logical block addressing (uncountable)

  1. A system for referring to blocks of a secondary storage device (usually, these are 512-byte chunks), whereby each is given an index from 0 to n−1, where n is the number of blocks available on the device.

Words formed from logical block addressing

Questions about logical block addressing

What does logical block addressing mean?
Logical block addressing means a system for referring to blocks of a secondary storage device (usually, these are 512-byte chunks), whereby each is given an index from 0 to n−1, where n is the number of blocks available on the device.
What part of speech is logical block addressing?
Logical block addressing is a noun.

Words near logical block addressing in the dictionary

  1. logical address
  2. logical addresses
  3. logical atomism
  4. logical behaviourism
  5. logical block address
  6. logical block addressing
  7. logical calculi
  8. logical calculus
  9. logical clock
  10. logical clocks
  11. logical complement

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