The IDE I know stands Intel Dockity Dickety
The best IDE channel to connect on a hard drive is the Primary IDE channel, Also known as IDE 1 in dell computers
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 Industry Standard Architecture 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 Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics. In today's computers, the IDE controller is often built into the motherboard.
ide/eide
E-IDE connectors are enhanced versions of the industry standard IDE connectors found on most computers. E-IDE provides a higher data transfer rate and better plug and play capability.
IDE cables in computers are used to connect Hard Disk Drives and CD/DVD Drives to the motherboard. - Neeraj Sharma
IDE is a type of computer drive (HDD or optical) interface. It is obselete now, all new computers have SATA interface instead.
personal computers were more affordable (apex)
Macintosh computers are a personal computer.
personal computers were more affordable. -apex
When personal computers began to connect to the Internet?
Yes. You can refer to a "personal computer" as just a "computer"
Modern Apple computers are referenced to as Mac computers or Macintosh computers