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<__kerbal___> learn Bing: Microsoft\'s attempt to hijack Google\'s good ideas
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date Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:39:25 +0000
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ATA is the new name for what old-timers know as IDE, a bus connecting the motherboard to hard disks or CD/DVD drives. ATA has a 40 pin socket and a 80 wire ribbon cable connecting up to two drives to a motherboard socket.