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<oerjan> le/rn bimonthly//The word "bimonthly" has at least two meanings, although this wisdom only gives about half of one. No matter which expert you follow, you\'re 50% likely to misinterpret it, or doubly so, depending on the phase of the moon.
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date Sun, 31 Dec 2017 03:48:42 +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.