ATA stands for AT Attachment, which, as most pre-pentium users know,
has been the standard for IDE interace since IBM invented the AT
specification. IDE and EIDE interfaces seem to be intercompatible, that
is, an EIDE ribbon can connect IDE drives and an IDE ribbon will work
with EIDE drives. the difference between the 2 ribbons: 80 wires vs. 40
wires. i don't exactly know how, but 80 wires supposedly speeds
transfer. an EIDE hard drive will sometimes be called IDE just so
people wont get confused. other drive interface methods currently
available include Serial ATA and SCSI.
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