ATA
nounEtymology AT + attachment
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. (Renamed PATA when SATA came into existence to more clearly distinguish the two.)
- Synonyms
- AT Attachment, Advanced Technology Attachment, IDE, Integrated Device Electronics, Integrated Drive Electronics
- Derived terms
- PATA, SATA, ATA-33, ATA-66, ATA-100, ATA-133
- Related terms
- SCSI, iSCSI, SAS, ESDI
- Coordinate terms
- EIDE