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block deviceA peripheral device that transfers a group of bytes (block, sector, etc.) of data at a time such as a disk. Contrast with character device. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The storage in this case is not simply a block device, it is a special-purpose computer with an embedded file system. Support includes a block device driver that emulates the functionality of a hard drive, enhanced boot support including support for the Windows Mobile "paging-on-demand" feature specially tailored for boot from NAND-based devices, and a wide range of tools for development and mass production. TrueFFS, M-Systems' patented flash management software, provides the operating system (OS) with full block device (hard drive) functionality so that the DiskOnChip flash disk appears to the OS and file system as a standard disk drive. |
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