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The 24AA52 is a 2 kbit I2C™ serial electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) with software write protect for lower half array and external pin used to write-protect the entire array. The device ...

A small, square cutout on the side of a 5.25" floppy disk used to prevent it from being written and erased. To enable the protection, the notch is covered with self-sticking tape. See file protection.

A DOS error message that means the floppy disk has been protected and data cannot be recorded on it. Either unprotect it or use another disk. See file protection ...

Why it matters: Verbatim has announced a new solid-state drive designed specifically for long-term storage. The company's WOV Series is an external SSD that packs 128GB of NAND flash and connects to ...