IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's data paths or
bus and the computer's disk storage devices. The IDE interface is based on the IBM PC ISA 16-bit bus standard, but it is
also used in computers that use other bus standards. Most computers sold today use an enhanced version of IDE called
EIDE. IDE gets its name because the disk drive controller is built into the logic board in the disk drive. 

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IDE was adopted as a standard by ANSI in November, 1990. The ANSI name for IDE is Advanced Technology Attachment
(ATA). The IDE (ATA) standard is one of several related standards maintained by the T10 Committee.