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advanced technology attachment
     
         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.  the ata specification
        deals with 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://www.symbios.com/x3t10/.
     
        1998-10-08
     
     
see also:
disk drive standard ibm pc isa bus personal computers 
motherboard disk controller compaq western digital imprimis 
conner peripherals ansi advanced technology attachment interface with extensions ata-3 ata-4 
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