ATA

Hard drive standard

ATA stands for Advanced Technology Attachment, a standard interface for connecting storage devices like hard drives to computers.

The term appears in specifications and technical documentation: The drive uses an ATA connection.

ATA was largely superseded by SATA (Serial ATA) in consumer devices but remains in technical vocabulary. (Lowercase ata has limited English use.)

computing

IDE

Unified coding software suite

hard driveComputer's internal storage device
SATASerial disk interface
interfaceShared connection point

storage · controller · disk drive · motherboard · connector · data transfer · bus · parallel · serial · legacy

aviation

airline

Air transport company

airport codesAlphanumeric terminal designations
flight operationsAircraft scheduling and control
safety standardsRequired protective measures

baggage handling · ticketing · boarding · terminal · aircraft · carrier · scheduling · passenger services · cargo · maintenance

Categories

computer busesdata bus, local bus, PCI, AGP, USB
East German Industrychemical industry, lignite mining, steel mills, heavy machinery, machine tools
Storage InterfacesSATA, IDE, SCSI, NVMe, SAS
Aviation IndustryBoeing, Airbus, Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines
RAFRAF, Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Battle of Britain
PC hardwareCPU, GPU, RAM, ROM, hard drive

Opposites

connection type

ATAcloud storage

Online data preservation service

interface generation/technology

Serial disk interface

NVMe · Thunderbolt · SAS · USB · USB-C

Family

attack, attach, attachment, attain, ATM, ATP

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