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| Newer page: | version 13 | Last edited on Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:38:01 pm | by LawrenceDoliveiro | Revert |
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CategorySoftwareEngineeringTools
<br> __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 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]
.
+ A generic
term for various high-level controller protocols
for interfacing to hard drives and other block
devices. Examples of such protocols are
[PATA
], [SCSI
] and [SATA
]. However, the term “
IDE” is often (mis)used as a synonym for PATA
.
- ----
+ In the days before the disk controller electronics were integrated into the drives, PCs had to interface with them using protocols such as [ST-506|http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/obsoST506-c.html].
+
----
CategoryStorage
