Definition: ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment)


A disk drive interface standard for IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics). A standard for storage devices that lets them be treated as if they were hard drives on the system. Any ATA compatible media can be read by any ATA device.




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Capacity

The amount of information, measured in bytes, that can be stored on a hard drive. Also known as storage capacity.

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