Glossary

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C

CMR

Conventional magnetic recording gives every data track its own lane, which is why NAS and RAID buyers treat CMR as the safe default.

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DisplayLink

A software-plus-chip path that turns USB into extra monitors, the usual fix when a Mac will not drive two independent displays from a plain USB-C dock.

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NUT

Network UPS Tools is the open-source way one USB-connected UPS can tell every other machine on the LAN to shut down cleanly.

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SMR

Shingled magnetic recording packs more data onto a platter by overlapping tracks, then slows to a crawl once the cache fills.

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USB-PD

USB Power Delivery is the handshake that lets a USB-C cable carry laptop-class wattage, if the brick, cable, and device all agree.