It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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      2 months ago

      They always were PATA, IDE was always the wrong term to use, but it was commonly used anyways. SATA drives are also IDE drives. It’s not really a useful term anymore because we don’t use separate daughter boards for hard drives anymore.

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      Yes PATA IDE was the full old term. Now we have SATA ( SCSI ? or IDE? i dont remember ) .

      PATA = Parallel - ATA SATA = Serial - ATA