ata

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ata - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Advanced Technology Attachment
  ATA
  AT Attachment
  Integrated Drive Electronics
  
     <storage, hardware, standard> (ATA, AT Attachment or
     "Integrated Drive Electronics", IDE) A disk drive interface
     standard based on the IBM PC ISA 16-bit bus but also
     used on other personal computers.  ATA specifies the power
     and data signal interfaces between the motherboard and the
     integrated disk controller and drive.  The ATA "bus" only
     supports two devices - master and slave.
  
     ATA drives may in fact use any physical interface the
     manufacturer desires, so long as an embedded translator is
     included with the proper ATA interface.  ATA "controllers" are
     actually direct connections to the ISA bus.
  
     Originally called IDE, the ATA interface was invented by
     Compaq around 1986, and was developed with the help of
     Western Digital, Imprimis, and then-upstart Conner Peripherals
     .  Efforts to standardise the interface started in
     1988; the first draft appeared in March 1989, and a finished
     version was sent to ANSI group X3T10 (who named it "Advanced
     Technology Attachment" (ATA)) for ratification in November
     1990.
  
     X3T10 later extended ATA to Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions
      (ATA-2), followed by ATA-3 and
     ATA-4.
  
     X3T10 (http://symbios.com/x3t10/).
  
     (1998-10-08)
  

ata - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  ATA
         Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA, HDD)
         

  ATA
         Analog Telephone Adaptor (VoIP)