Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA), also known asIDE,Parallel ATA,PATA andATAPI (Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface), is a standard interface maintained byX3/ INCITS committee T13. It is used to connect components such asCD/DVD drives (and writers) and hard disk drives (HDDs) to a motherboard inside a computer to interact with the other components and operating system.Serial ATA, orSATA is now also very common for storage devices connecting to motherboards.

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