Paragraph Number

225

As used herein, a storage division is equivalent in area to an erase block but may or may not be erased. Where erase block is used herein, an erase block may refer to a particular area of a designated size within a storage element (e.g. SSS 0.0 216a) and typically includes a certain quantity of pages. Where “erase block” is used in conjunction with flash memory, it is typically a storage division that is erased prior to being written. Where “erase block” is used with “solid-state storage,” it may or may not be erased. As used herein, an erase block may include one erase block or a group of erase blocks with one erase block in each of a row of storage elements (e.g. SSS 0.0 to SSS M.0 216a-n), which may also be referred to herein as a virtual erase block. When referring to the logical construct associated with the virtual erase block, the erase blocks may be referred to herein as a logical erase block (“LEB”).

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