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    LBA

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:47 pm
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    (pronounced as separate letters) Short for logical block addressing, a method used with SCSI and IDE disk drives to translate the cylinder, head, and sector specifications of the drive into addresses that can be used by an enhanced BIOS. LBA is used with drive’s that are larger than 504 MB.

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