{"id":2302,"date":"2012-10-31T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/advanced-technology-attachment\/"},"modified":"2012-10-31T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T11:26:11","slug":"advanced-technology-attachment","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/2142\/advanced-technology-attachment-ata","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Technology Attachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_advanced_technology_attachment_mean\">What Does Advanced Technology Attachment Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) is a standard physical interface for connecting storage devices within a computer. ATA allows hard disks and CD-ROMs to be internally connected to the motherboard and perform basic input\/output functions. <\/p>\n<p>ATA is also known as Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) and is referred to as ATA with Packet Interface (ATAPI).<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_advanced_technology_attachment\">Techopedia Explains Advanced Technology Attachment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The ATA interface standard was designed to connect supported, integrated and portable storage devices without the need for an external controller. The ATA interface is basically a set of thin wires merged within a cable bus that are used to transfer data in and out of the disk drives. Initially, ATA supported parallel communication and was also called Parallel ATA (PATA). It consisted of a 40-pin controller cable and data transfer speed of 16-32 bits at a time. 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