Hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, Zip drives, and tape drives among other devices can use the following interfaces.
serial ATA (SATA), the newer and faster standard and parallel ATA (PATA), the older and slower standard.
The interface between these drives and the motherboard are likely to conform to these standards, published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
SATA cables are flat and thin, one end connects to the device and the other end to the motherboard connector.
PATA is slower than SATA and allows for only two connectors on the motherboard for two data cables. PATA is sometimes called the EIDE (Enhanced IDE) standard or the IDE standard.
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