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UDMA ATA hard disk drive card n. Expansion card used to control and interface with an ATA hard disk drive. These cards are usually ISA cards. See also ATA, ISA. ATA/IDE hard disk drive n. ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) and IDE (Integrated Drive Electronicsâ or numerous other interpretations) are one and the same thing: a disk drive implementation designed to integrate the controller onto the drive itself, thereby reducing interface costs and making firmware implementations easier. ATAPI n.
See also direct memory access, EIDE, IDE, logical block addressing, PIO, SMART system. 2 ATA Specifications. ATA Specification Also Called ATA IDE ATA-2 Fast ATA, Enhanced IDE (EIDE) ATA-3 Features Supports PIO (Programmed Input/Output), which transfers data through the CPU. 3 mbps. Supports faster PIO rates and DMA (direct memory access), which bypasses the CPU. 6 mbps. It also supports LBA (logical block addressing), which allows support for drives larger than 528 MB. Revision of ATA-2 with SMART (self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology) for greater reliability.
A device that automatically prepares a diskette, CD, or other storage medium for use. automagic adj. Slang for a process performed in some unexplained (but not inexplicable) way by a computer. An automagic process might either be too complicated to explain (such as a complex spreadsheet calculation), or it might be a complex process made to appear simple to the user (such as clicking on a heading to arrange the items in a list in alphabetical or chronological order). Compare black box. automata theory n.