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Newer page: version 8 Last edited on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:26:16 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 7 Last edited on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:53:01 pm by StuartYeates Revert
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-__I__ntegrated __D__rive __E__lectronics. It is a protocol for attaching devices to computer motherboards (another one is [SCSI ]). It is the most commonly used in [x86] desktop machines running [Linux] or [Windows], and in cheap servers (ie not BigIron). The most typical devices include [HardDisk]s and [CDROM]S
+An [Acronym ] with several meanings
  
-[IDE] HardDisk's often support [SMART], which lets you query the hard disk for various bits of information, and get it to preform tests etc. If you're interested in playing with this, I recommend looking at smartmontools. (http://smartmontools.sf.net:/ [IIRC]).  
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- __I__ntegrated __D__evelopment __E__nvironment. An IDE gathers all of a programmer's tools together for convenience. An IDE can can edit, compile, debug and run programs. Popular IDEs are [Emacs], [KDevelop], [Eclipse] and VisualStudio.  
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+;; %%% __I__ntegrated __D__evelopment __E__nvironment : An [ IDE] gathers all of a programmer's tools together for convenience. An IDE can can edit, compile, debug and run programs. Popular IDEs are [Emacs], [KDevelop], [Eclipse] and VisualStudio. ( CategorySoftwareEngineeringTools)  
+;; %%% __I__ntegrated __D__rive __E__lectronics : Nowadays, the term for a protocol for attaching devices to computer motherboards (another one is [SCSI ]) . It is the most commonly used in [x86] desktop machines running [Linux] or [Windows], and in cheap servers (ie not BigIron ). The most typical devices include [HardDisk]s and [CDROM]S. Modern [IDE] [HardDisk]s usually support [SMART].