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- How hard drives and other drives interface with a computer system (type of cables and connectors used by drives, motherboard or expansion cards)

- Data speeds and transfer methods between the drive controller, the BIOS, the chip-sets on motherboard, and the OS

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Can you define variables in interface in java?

yes we can define a variable in an interface in java.


Can you instantiate an interface?

According to a beginner's book on Java, an interface can't have constructors. Also, the interface itself can't contain the method implementation.


True or False Standards define maximum acceptable performance?

True


What are RFCs?

RFCs are documents that detail protocols, standards, and information that define the internet.


What is an interface class and what is an abstract class?

The term interface class does not exist in C#. If this is a term describing a class being an interface to other component (human, subsystems, etc), it is very application specific. The designer of that application should know the abstraction.However, C# does have another type called interface. An interface is NOT a class. An interface defines the intention of some behaviors that classes may be extended it and provides the implementation. The intention, is nothing but method signatures, which defines the return data type, the method name, and any method arguments and associated data type. The implementation is the code of the method. Interface is used for separating the concern of design and implementation.Abstract class is a class with abstract keyword. It can be just like a class without that keyword (then, why it is an abstract class?). But it may have some methods or properties defined as abstract. These abstract methods, like the method signatures of an interface, defines the intention.The subclasses of such an abstract class would need to implement those abstract methods (providing the code).There are more common, differences between interfaces and abstract classes, please see answer(s) of those related questions in C# category.

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Who publishes The ATA interface standards?

ANSI


The ATA interface standards are developed by Technical Committee T13 and published by?

ANSI


What are three common standards CD drives use to interface with a system?

Geoff Housers mom The three common interface standards for a CD drive are EIDE (aka parallel ATA), serial ATA, and SCSI interface with a host adapter. You can also hook up a portable or external drive via USB, Fire Wire, or a SCSI port.


What are three ATA hard drive interface standards that do not use a 40-connector hard drive cable?

ATA/ATAPI -4, ATA/ATAPI -5, ATA/ATAPI -6, ATA/ATAPI -7 (SATA)


What are three ATA hard drive interface standards that do not use 40 conductor hard drive cables?

ATA (UDMA) 66/100/133 modes of operation require the new cables that have 80 conductors


What are three ata hard drive interface standards that do not use a 40 conductor hard drive cable?

atapi-4, atapi-5, atapi-6


What is ata5?

Parallel ATA (PATA) is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives in computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee[1]. It uses the underlying AT Attachment and AT Attachment Packet Interface(ATA/ATAPI) standards. The current Parallel ATA standard is the result of a long history of incremental technical development. ATA/ATAPI is an evolution of the AT Attachment Interface, which was itself evolved in several stages from Western Digital's original Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) interface. As a result, many near-synonyms for ATA/ATAPI and its previous incarnations exist, including abbreviations such as IDE which are still in common informal use. After the market introduction of Serial ATA in 2003, the original ATA was retroactively renamed Parallel ATA. Parallel ATA only allows cable lengths up to 457.20 mm (18.00 in). Because of this length limit the technology normally appears as an internal computer storage interface. For many years ATA provided the most common and the least expensive interface for this application. By the beginning of 2007, it had largely been replaced by Serial ATA (SATA) in new systems.


Name three ways a CD drive can interface with a motherboard?

A CD drive can interface with a mother board using an EIDE, SATA or SCSI interface.


Can you define variables in interface in java?

yes we can define a variable in an interface in java.


Every motherboard built today that includes serial ata connectors has at least one parallel ata connector on the board what is the most important reason this parallel ata is present?

Depending on the drive being installed you have to use either a serial ATA interface, or a paralell ATA interface. The power/data connectors are different so you would not be able to interchange the cables.


What do the ATA interface standards?

- How hard drives and other drives interface with a computer system (type of cables and connectors used by drives, motherboard or expansion cards) - Data speeds and transfer methods between the drive controller, the BIOS, the chip-sets on motherboard, and the OS


Can you put a ata and ide hard drive drive in the same computer?

ATA and IDE use the same interface type, so the answer is YES, you can put the a ATA and an IDE in the same computer.