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Newer page: version 12 Last edited on Friday, July 29, 2005 11:03:48 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, February 24, 2003 6:40:53 pm by GianPerrone Revert
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-IDE is an [Acronym] for Integrated Drive Electronics. 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 CD-ROMS.  
+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]).  
+ <br> __ I__ntegrated __D__evelopment __E__nvironment
  
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+ An [IDE] gathers all of a programmer's tools together for convenience:  
+ it can can edit, compile, debug and run programs.  
+ Popular [IDE]s include [Emacs], [KDevelop], [Eclipse] and VisualStudio.  
  
-[IDE ] may also stand for Integrated Development Environment . Popular IDEs are [KDevelop ] and VisualStudio
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+ CategorySoftwareEngineeringTools  
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+ <br> __I__ntegrated __D__rive __E__lectronics:  
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+ 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 MicrosoftWindows,  
+ and in cheap servers (ie not BigIron). The most typical devices include [HardDisk]s and [CDROM]s.  
+ Modern [IDE] HardDisk~s usually support [SMART] .  
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+ CategoryStorage