ATA

E6172

computer hardware interface standard

ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), commonly known as IDE, is a standard interface used to connect storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
ATAPI	3
AT Attachment	2
Advanced Technology Attachment	2
ATA/ATAPI-4	1
SATA	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer hardware interface standard ⓘ
abbreviationOf	ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Advanced Technology Attachment
alsoKnownAs	IDE ⓘ Parallel ATA ⓘ
cableType	40-conductor ribbon cable ⓘ 80-conductor ribbon cable ⓘ
category	computer bus ⓘ storage interface ⓘ
commandProtocol	task file register interface ⓘ
connectsDeviceType	ATAPI device ⓘ CD-ROM drive ⓘ DVD drive ⓘ hard disk drive ⓘ optical disc drive ⓘ
dataBusWidth	16-bit ⓘ
extensionOf	AT bus ⓘ
fullName	ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Advanced Technology Attachment
initialUse	PC-compatible systems ⓘ
interfaceType	parallel interface ⓘ
introducedYear	1986 ⓘ
maximumCableLength	18 inches ⓘ
parallelOrSerial	parallel ⓘ
relatedStandard	ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ATAPI EIDE ⓘ
replacedBy	Serial ATA ⓘ surface form: SATA
standardFamily	INCITS standards ⓘ
standardizedBy	ANSI ⓘ
status	largely superseded by SATA ⓘ
successor	Serial ATA ⓘ
supportsDeviceCountPerChannel	2 ⓘ
supportsDeviceRole	master ⓘ slave ⓘ
supportsHotSwap	false ⓘ
supportsMode	DMA ⓘ PIO ⓘ Ultra DMA ⓘ
transportLayerFor	ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ATAPI
usedFor	connecting storage devices to a computer motherboard ⓘ
usedIn	desktop computers ⓘ laptop computers ⓘ servers ⓘ
version	ATA-1 ⓘ ATA-2 ⓘ ATA-3 ⓘ ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ATA/ATAPI-4 Parallel ATA ⓘ surface form: ATA/ATAPI-5 ATA/ATAPI-6 ⓘ Parallel ATA ⓘ surface form: ATA/ATAPI-7 Parallel ATA ⓘ surface form: ATA/ATAPI-8

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ATA → abbreviationOf → ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advanced Technology Attachment

ATA-1 → alsoKnownAs → ATA ⓘ

Parallel ATA → alsoKnownAs → ATA ⓘ

EIDE → backwardCompatibleWith → ATA ⓘ

Parallel ATA → commandProtocol → ATA ⓘ

SCSI → competesWith → ATA ⓘ

this entity surface form: SATA

ATA → fullName → ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Advanced Technology Attachment

ATA-1 → fullName → ATA ⓘ

this entity surface form: AT Attachment

ATA-3 → partOf → ATA ⓘ

this entity surface form: AT Attachment

ATA → relatedStandard → ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ATAPI

EIDE → supportsProtocol → ATA ⓘ

this entity surface form: ATAPI

ATA → transportLayerFor → ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ATAPI

ATA → version → ATA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ATA/ATAPI-4