Block Device — [engl.], blockorientiertes Gerät … Universal-Lexikon
Network block device — In Linux, a network block device is a device node whose content is provided by a remote machine. Typically, network block devices are used to access a storage device that does not physically reside in the local machine but on a remote one. As an… … Wikipedia
Global Network Block Device — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt bedarf einer Überarbeitung. Näheres ist auf der Diskussionsseite angegeben. Hilf mit, ihn zu verbessern, und entferne anschließend diese Markierung. Das Global File System (GFS) ist ein Cluster Dateisystem, das es… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Distributed network block device — A Distributed Network Block Device (DNBD) is a read only and caching network block device and supports following main features: replication of servers for robustness multicast communication and caching of network traffic for scalability These… … Wikipedia
Journaled block device — JBD, or journaling block device, is a generic block device journaling layer in the Linux kernel written by Stephen C. Tweedie from Red Hat.OverviewJBD provides an abstract interface that can be used by any file systems to provide journaling. Up… … Wikipedia
Network Block Device — Ein Network Block Device (engl. für Netzwerk Blockgerät, abgekürzt NBD) ist eine Art virtuelle Festplatte, auf die ein Rechner via Internetprotokoll zugreifen kann. Das NBD wird von einem NBD Server bereitgestellt. Er bietet hierfür eigene… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Device mapper — In the Linux kernel, the device mapper serves as a generic framework to map one block device onto another. It forms the foundation of LVM2 and EVMS, software RAIDs, dm crypt disk encryption, and offers additional features such as file system… … Wikipedia
Block (data storage) — In computing (specifically data transmission and data storage), block is a sequence of bytes or bits, having a nominal length (a block size ). Data thus structured is said to be blocked . The process of putting data into blocks is called blocking … Wikipedia
Device Keys — play a role in the cryptographic key management procedure in the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) specification. This specification defines a method for protecting audiovisual entertainment content, including high definition content.… … Wikipedia
Block — (bl[o^]k), n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan. blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG. bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf. {Block}, v. t., {Blockade}, and see {Lock}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A piece… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Block printing — Block Block (bl[o^]k), n. [OE. blok; cf. F. bloc (fr. OHG.), D. & Dan. blok, Sw. & G. block, OHG. bloch. There is also an OHG. bloch, biloh; bi by + the same root as that of E. lock. Cf. {Block}, v. t., {Blockade}, and see {Lock}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
