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ata vs dma

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by rajasekar

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how ATA differ from DMA?
what ATA stands for.
is it possible to connect ata drives(HDD)in dma .

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by sbworks

There was a good article here in techrepublic about the whole IDE drive naming feature. What I got from it was ATA and DMA used to mean something different but it merged along time ago into indentical specifications. Manufacturers name it DMA or ATAbecause they always have, not because it means anything.

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