Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

logical block address

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: log-i-cal block- ad-dress
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An address for accessing logical blocks on a secondary storage device, expressed as an integer from 0 to n−1, where n is the number of blocks available on the device. An address under the system of logical block addressing.

Example Sentences

"The driver needs to send the correct logical block address to the IDE device to control where to read data from."

Inflected Forms

logical block addresses (plural)

Derived Forms

LBA

Phrases

logical block addressing

Frequently Paired Words

logical block addressing

Questions

What does logical block address mean?: An address for accessing logical blocks on a secondary storage device, expressed as an integer from 0 to n−1, where n is the number of blocks available on the device. An address under the system of logical block addressing.

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