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PATA

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004166

Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment, an interface standard for connecting storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard. It uses a wide ribbon cable with multiple data lines to transmit data in parallel. PATA was largely superseded by Serial ATA (SATA) due to SATA's thinner cables and faster transfer rates.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004166
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial electronics
TranslationsGerman: PATA; Spanish: PATA; French: PATA
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004166",
  "term": "PATA",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment, an interface standard for connecting storage devices like hard drives and optical drives to a computer's motherboard. It uses a wide ribbon cable with multiple data lines to transmit data in parallel. PATA was largely superseded by Serial ATA (SATA) due to SATA's thinner cables and faster transfer rates.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "PATA",
    "es": "PATA",
    "fr": "PATA"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/pata/"
}

Record 4,564 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.