What is the full form of ATA/PATA?

ATA Stands for "Advanced Technology Attachment"

PATA stands for "Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment"

ATA represents Advanced Technology Attachment. ATA is the more seasoned name of PATA. ATA is renamed Parallel ATA (PATA) when fresher Serial ATA (SATA) is presented. ATA is a standard actual interface that associates the capacity gadgets like hard-drive, CD-ROM, and different drives to the motherboard. ATA norms just permit linking up to 18 crawls because of which it works inside. It is intended to interface versatile capacity gadgets without utilizing an outside regulator.

ATA is the most well-known and easy interface that gives a solid speed. It is essentially made of flimsy wires and link transport. It is otherwise called Integrated Device Electronics (IDE). The ATA guidelines are in reverse viable. It implies each fresher variant of ATA or new ATA drives can be utilized with more established ATA interfaces.

History of ATA/PATA

The principal form of ATA was created by the organization named Western Digital in 1986. Initially, it was known as ATA yet after the presentation of SATA (Serial ATA) in 2003, it became PATA. Both PATA and SATA are IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) gadgets.

Working of ATA/PATA

ATA utilizes 40 pins connectors on one or the other side of the link and 40 or 80 wire plans. One end is associated with the motherboard and the other is associated with the hard drive. PATA utilizes a solitary Bus yet numerous wires. ATA can be associated with two gadgets all at once, one is called a slave and the other is called an ace.