wireless internet??

[Softus]

Although IDE originally referred to the drive package, it quickly became adopted to describe the interface, and rightly so IMHO, but it became ambiguous when SATA drives appeared. ATA, which, as a popular term, was superceded by IDE, is also ambiguous.

I don't see the point in railing against the changing of definitions - they happen for a reason. In this case parallel ATA is so termed to distinguish from serial ATA, and seems pretty clear to me.

 

[eggplant]

In this case parallel ATA is so termed to distinguish from serial ATA, and seems pretty clear to me

but my point was, IDE isnt parralell, so in theory if I went to a shop and asked for a PATA drive, and they gave me an IDE one, they have actually mis sold me since parralel drives dont actually exist.

 

[Igorian]

It depends on your definition of parallel. The IDE bus is parallel.

 

[Softus]

IDE isnt parralell
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parralel drives dont ctually exist.

I'm very confused as to why you've made these two statements. Are you saying that the IDE interface is serial, and/or that the serial ATA interface is a misnomer?