Glossary of Hard Disk Drive Terminology (Letter Q)
January 10th, 2009
Qualification
The process by which sample components are tested for their compatibility and utility as parts of a system. Western Digital OEM customers qualify WD hard drives for use in their computers.
Queue
A first-in-first-out (FIFO) data structure used to sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a printer, processor, or communications channel. The host adds objects to the end of the queue and takes them off the front.
