Enhanced IDE

Definition

Electronics

  • Abbreviation of Enhanced Integrated device

    electronics

    . An enhanced

    version

    of the

    IDE

    interface. It supports both the ATA-2 and

    ATAPI

    interfaces, providing for significantly faster transfer rates when using hard disks,

    optical

    discs, or tape drives. In addition, it supports hard disks with much larger capacities. Its own abbreviation is

    EIDE

    . Also called

    Fast ATA

    , ATA-2, or Fast IDE.
  • synonymEnhanced Integrated Device Electronics
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