SATA
       Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (HDD, ATA, SATA)
       

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SATA
Serial ATA

    (SATA, Serial ATA) A computer bus technology
   primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard
   disk.  SATA is the successor to Advanced Technology
   Attachment (ATA), which was given the retronym Parallel ATA
   (PATA) to distinguish it from Serial ATA.

   Serial ATA is designed to be scalable.  The original SATA/150
   or "SATA 1" can transfer up to 150 MBps and "SATA 3.0
   Gbit/s" has a maximum data rate of 300 MBps.

   Both SATA and PATA drives have built-in low level control
   electronics but the term IDE is usually restricted to
   parallel ATA drives.

   <http://www.serialata.org/>.

   (2007-02-23)