I was looking for a new hard driver today and stumbled across something called and ATA, and at first hand I said "Damn that's a good buy but I don't have one of those sockets
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so I came to this.
ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment, that's easy enough to figure out
It's a protocol for IDE(= Integrated Device Electronics)Data-transfers
The figures ATA-133 indicate the -theoretical- maximum data transfer of the ATA-protocol.
ATA-33 -> 33 MB/s maximum data-transfer
ATA-66 -> 66 MB/s maximum data-transfer
ATA-100 -> 100 MB/s maximum data-transfer
ATA-133 -> 133 MB/s maximum data-transfer
ATA is also the same as Ultra-ATA (UATA/U-ATA) or UltraDMA (UDMA)
So the ATA/133 hard drive I was looking at will work in my computer... here are some quick pics
Here are the cables
![Posted Image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/ATA_cables.jpg/800px-ATA_cables.jpg)
and here are the sockets
![Posted Image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/ATA_on_mainboard.jpg/800px-ATA_on_mainboard.jpg)
Notice on the motherboard it says "IDE" next to the socket
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So now I know, and you know too!