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Parallel ATA

Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), is a standard interface designed for IBM PC-compatible computers. It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in 1986 for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives. The connection is used for computer storage such as hard disks, high-capacity…

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Bitrate
Half-duplex: 8.3 MB/s per ATA channel originally later 33, 66, 100 and 133 MB/s per ATA channel
Cable
40 or 80 conductor ribbon cable
Designed
1986
Designer
Western Digital and Compaq, subsequently enhanced by many others
External
No
Hot pluggable
No

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Parallel ATA

Nodes107
Edges106
Triples113
Avg. degree1.98
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Parallel ATA

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related to IDE and ATA-1 · 22
Parallel ATA → All, ATA, ATA/ATAPI, Compaq, Compaq PCs, Conner Peripherals, CP/M, CP342, ESDI, IBM PC, IDE, Integrated Drive Electronics, ISA, ISA Slot, June, On, Since, ST-506, The, This
related to history · 19
Parallel ATA → Advanced Technology, Advanced Technology Attachment, AT, AT Attachment, AT Bus Attachment, ATA, Called, I/O, IBM PC/AT, ISA, PATA, PCs, Physical ATA, SATA, Serial ATA, Southbridge, The, They, When
related to Serialized, overlapped, and queued operations · 17
Parallel ATA → APIs, ATA, ATA-3, By, CPU, DMA, However, ISA, Operations, PCI, SCSI, SCSI's, Tagged Command Queuing, TCQ, The, The ATA-4, This
related to Primacy and obsolescence · 11
Parallel ATA → ATA, IDE, In, Often, PATA, PCs, RAID, SATA, Serial ATA, Some PCs, Soon
related to Ultra ATA · 11
Parallel ATA → ATA/ATAPI, ATA/ATAPI-5, ATA/ATAPI-6, For, MB/s, Most, UATA, Ultra ATA, Ultra ATA/100, Western Digital, Western Digital's
related to Interface · 7
Parallel ATA → ATA, Each, Earlier, IDC, Round, The, Thus
related to UDMA and ATA-4 · 6
Parallel ATA → In, MB/s, The, The ATA/ATAPI-4, These, Ultra DMA
Bitrate · 1
Parallel ATA → Half-duplex: 8.3 MB/s per ATA channel originally later 33, 66, 100 and 133 MB/s per ATA channel
Cable · 1
Parallel ATA → 40 or 80 conductor ribbon cable
Designed · 1
Parallel ATA → 1986

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Parallel ATABitrateHalf-duplex: 8.3 MB/s per ATA channel originally later 33, 66, 100 and 133 MB/s per ATA channel1.00infobox
Parallel ATACable40 or 80 conductor ribbon cable1.00infobox
Parallel ATADesigned19861.00infobox
Parallel ATADesignerWestern Digital and Compaq, subsequently enhanced by many others1.00infobox
Parallel ATAExternalNo1.00infobox
Parallel ATAHot pluggableNo1.00infobox
Parallel ATAMax. devicesTwo[a]1.00infobox
Parallel ATAPins401.00infobox
Parallel ATAProtocolParallel1.00infobox
Parallel ATASuperseded bySerial ATA (2003)1.00infobox
Parallel ATATypeInternal storage device connector1.00infobox
Parallel ATAWidth16 bits1.00infobox

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