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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.

[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.

(See [Acronym].)

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