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analog telephone adapter (ATA)

An analog telephone adapter (ATA) is a device used to connect an analog telephone, fax machine or similar equipment to a computer or network to enable communications over the internet. Read Full Definition

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Parallel ATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment or PATA)

Parallel ATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment or PATA) is a legacy standard for connecting internal floppy disks, hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical drives to older computer systems. Read Full Definition

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Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA)

Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA) is a command and transport protocol that defines how data is transferred between a computer's motherboard and mass storage devices, such as hard disk ... Read Full Definition

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SATA Express (SATAe)

SATA Express (SATAe or Serial ATA Express) is a bus interface to connect storage devices to a computer motherboard, supporting SATA and PCI Express protocols simultaneously. Read Full Definition

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mSATA SSD (mSATA solid-state drive)

An mSATA SSD is a solid-state drive (SSD) that conforms to the mSATA interface specification developed by the Serial ATA (SATA) International Organization. Read Full Definition

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AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface)

Advanced Host Controller Interface, or AHCI, is a technical standard for an interface that enables software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices. Read Full Definition

SSD TRIM

SSD TRIM is an Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) command that enables an operating system to inform a NAND flash solid-state drive (SSD) which data blocks it can erase because they are no longer in use. Read Full Definition

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IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is an electronic interface standard that defines the connection between a bus on a computer's motherboard and the computer's disk storage devices. Read Full Definition

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logical block addressing (LBA)

Logical block addressing (LBA) is a technique to specify the addresses of blocks of data on a storage device, such as a hard disk. Read Full Definition

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non-volatile memory (NVM)

Non-volatile memory (NVMe) is a semiconductor technology that does not require a continuous power supply to retain the data or program code stored in a computing device. Read Full Definition