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SATA. AT Attachment ... configuration. Serial ATA SATA is expected to eventually
replace the older technology ( Parallel ATA or PATA). Serial ...
... da medusobno komuniciraju. Ova varijacija se i danas koristi, iako je
delimicno potisnuta SATA interfejsom. Šema SCSI protokola ...
... Memory Size: (MB) 1 GIG total Hard Drive x 2 Model Name: Western Digital Raptor
Model Number: WD1500ADFD Hard Drive Size: 150 GB Transfer Mode: SATA 10K RPM ...
... 680i SLI Motherboard Operating System (Office software not included): Windows XP
Professional System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200 ...
... System (desktop) Inspiron 530 DX441B S3400z Processor Intel E2160 Intel E2180 AMD
X2 4400+ Memory 1GB DDR2 2GB DDR2 2GB DDR2 Fixed Disk 250GB SATA 320GB SATA ...
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AT Attachment
Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) is a standard interface for connecting storage devices such as hard disks and CD-ROM drives inside personal computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee T13. Many synonyms and near-synonyms for ATA exist, including abbreviations such as IDE and ATAPI. Also, with the market introduction of Serial ATA in 2003, the original ATA was retroactively renamed Parallel ATA (PATA).
Parallel ATA standards allow cable lengths up to only 18 inches (46 centimetres) although cables up to 36 inches (91 cm) can be readily purchased. Because of this length limit, the technology normally appears as an internal computer storage interface. It provides the most common and the least expensive interface for this application.
History
The name of the standard was originally conceived as PC/AT Attachment as its primary feature was a direct connection to the 16-bit ISA bus then known as 'AT bus'; the name was shortened to an inconclusive "AT Attachment" to avoid possible trademark issues.
An early version of the specification, conceived by Western Digital in late 1980s, was commonly known as Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) due to the drive controller being contained on the drive itself as opposed to the then-common configuration of a separate controller connected to the computer's motherboard — thus making the interface on the motherboard a host adapter, though many people continue, by habit, to call it a controller.
Enhanced IDE (EIDE) — an extension to the original ATA standard again developed by Western Digital — allowed the support of drives having a storage capacity larger than 528 megabytes (504 mebibytes), up to 8.4 gigabytes. Although these new names originated in branding convention and not as an official standard, the terms IDE and EIDE often appear as if interchangeable with ATA. This may be attributed to the two technologies being introduced with the same...
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