what's the means of IDE in computer ?

Answer 1

If we compare IDE to FCAL it doesn't make any difference whether the storage is physically in a box or spread over several yards, so the box itself has no implication on the performance.

First let me clarify what IDE stands for. IDE is the abbreviation for "Integrated Drive Electronics" and is the drive part that matches ATA on the controller side. FC-AL means "fibre channel arbitrated loop" and is a way of interconnecting devices in a fibre channel environment.

That means we must look at the ATA/IDE pair and the fibre channel side. ATA/IDE was developed with the goal of reducing costs. It's meant to be a low-cost, moderate performance interface primarily used in desktop PC's. For this reason, ATA/IDE doesn't perform very well when it comes to high throughput and multi I/O from an architectural point of view. (High throughput and multi I/O certainly weren't objectives for the development of ATA/IDE).

Answer 2

Okay, don't really know what the first guy was saying. The second guy is sort of right, but not entirely. I will answer this in two parts, first the practical and second the more technical, since I don't really know which you want. IDE is the common name given to the old interface of ATA. This is how hard drives and optical drives were connected. While optical still use ATA, hard drives now use SATA, which is referred to as SATA.

Now, more technical. IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, which basically means the controller for the drive is integrated with the drive. IDE become something of a synonym for ATA, but that is not entirely accurate. In fact, SATA drives are technically IDE drives, because just like ATA, they have their controller integrated on the drive. The proper names for both are now PATA and SATA, with PATA referring to what used to be simply called ATA. As I said, both are technically IDE drives, but if you read something billed as an IDE drive, it is using the old PATA system.

Answer 3

hi,

IDE is the common name given to the old interface of ATA. This is how hard drives and optical drives were connected. While optical still use ATA, hard drives now use SATA, which is referred to as SATA.

Now, more technical. IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, which basically means the controller for the drive is integrated with the drive. IDE become something of a synonym for ATA, but that is not entirely accurate. In fact, SATA drives are technically IDE drives, because just like ATA, they have their controller integrated on the drive. The proper names for both are now PATA and SATA, with PATA referring to what used to be simply called ATA. As I said, both are technically IDE drives, but if you read something billed as an IDE drive, it is using the old PATA system.

Answer 4

IDE is the name of the connection between your hard drive, cd-rom and the motherboard. More modern computers have Serial ATA connections instead.