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Standard hardware interface for hard drives and CD/DVD drives in a computer. Introduced in 1986 with 20 megabytes of storage, the IDE drive soon became the standard for personal computers. IDE storage grew into the hundreds of gigabytes. The successor, SATA, reached terabyte capacities. Since IDE technology uses a parallel data channel from the motherboard to the disk drives, it is also referred to as PATA, or Parallel ATA. The usage of the acronym PATA became prevalent for describing ATA, IDE, and EIDE after the introduction and adoption of Serial ATA (SATA) drives in the industry.IDE with the ATA-2 extension which provides three enhancements to traditional IDE. Data transfer is faster, maximum drive capacity is higher, more drives per channel. IDE with the ATA-2 extension which provides three enhancements to traditional IDE. Data transfer is faster, maximum drive capacity is higher, more drives per channel. A member of the PATA family of drive technology.== SATA ==== [[SATA]] ==== SATA 2 ==[[SATA]] technology was introduced in 2002 and like PATA drives, these are IDE. SATA is still a type of IDE drive, unlike SCSI. == [[SATA]] 2 ==Communicates at a rate of 3Gbit/s. The term SATA II has grown in popularity as the moniker for the SATA 3Gb/s data transfer rate even though it is a misnomer. SATA II was the name of the organization formed to author the SATA specifications, now known as the Serial ATA International Organization, or SATA-IO. 3Gb/s has become synonymous with the term SATA II. Communicates at a rate of 3Gbit/s. The term SATA II has grown in popularity as the moniker for the SATA 3Gb/s data transfer rate even though it is a misnomer. SATA II was the name of the organization formed to author the SATA specifications, now known as the Serial ATA International Organization, or SATA-IO. 3Gb/s has become synonymous with the term SATA II. == [[SATA]] 3 ==* '''Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Three''' Communicates at a rate of 6Gbit/s.