From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
DPB
Drive Parameter Block (DOS, BIOS, FDD, HDD)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
DPB
/d*-pib'/ The PDP-10 instruction "DePosit Byte" that inserts
some bits into the middle of some other bits. Hackish usage
has been kept alive by the Common LISP function of the same
name.
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