Enhanced IDE
Definition
Electronics
- Abbreviation of Enhanced Integrated device
electronics
. An enhancedversion
of theIDE
interface. It supports both the ATA-2 andATAPI
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 isEIDE
. Also calledFast ATA
, ATA-2, or Fast IDE. - synonymEnhanced Integrated Device Electronics
