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| author | Kartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com> | 2021-10-26 22:10:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Kartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com> | 2021-10-26 22:10:04 -0700 |
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diff --git a/vocabulary.md b/vocabulary.md index ef41a243..4c9666cd 100644 --- a/vocabulary.md +++ b/vocabulary.md @@ -238,11 +238,12 @@ Mu doesn't currently support interrupt-based mouse events. #### persistent storage -`load-sector` synchronously reads a single _sector_ from a _disk_ of persistent -storage. The disk must follow the ATA specification with a 28-bit sector -address. Each sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, Mu currently supports ATA hard -disks of up to 128GB capacity. +`read-ata-disk` synchronously reads a whole number of _sectors_ from a _disk_ +of persistent storage. The disk must follow the ATA specification with a +28-bit sector address. Each sector is 512 bytes. Therefore, Mu currently +supports ATA hard disks of up to 128GB capacity. -Similarly, `store-sector` synchronously writes a single sector to disk. +Similarly, `write-ata-disk` synchronously writes a whole number of sectors to +disk. Mu doesn't currently support asynchronous transfers to or from a disk. |