Definition: ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment)


A disk drive interface standard for IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics). A standard for storage devices that lets them be treated as if they were hard drives on the system. Any ATA compatible media can be read by any ATA device.




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Winchester Disk

Former code name for an early IBM hard disk model, sometimes still used to refer to the technology and design of most traditional hard drives.

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