EIDE extension to accomodate for CD & DVD devices bit byte

ATAPI is one of the most frequently used mass storage device interfaces, next to ATA or SCSI. The majority of CD-ROM drives are ATAPI devices.

A specification for CD-RW drives that can be installed in the AW2816. The specification is the same as IDE, but on the AW2816 this term is used to distinguish it from the internal hard disk.

A control technology for devices like CD-ROM and hard disk drives.

(ATtachment PAcket Interface) An upgrade to EIDE which allows the hard disk controller to control CD drives as well. Almost all CD drives are controlled this way.

The attachment packet interface is an extension to the EIDE interface spesification that additionally supports CD-ROM and tape drives.

ATA Packet Interface. Defines a set of commands supported through the ATA-2 interface for peripherals other than hard drives, such as CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and tape drives.

("AT Attachment Packet Interface") An extension to the ATA specification ("Advanced Technology Attachment", more commonly known as IDE, Integrated Drive Electronics) which provides additional commands to control CD-ROM drives and magnetic tape drives. IDE controllers equipped with this extension are also referred to as EIDE ( Enhanced IDE) controllers.

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. The set of commands which are used by all ATA devices for communication and data transfers.

( AT A ttachment acket nterface), also known as IDE or ATA, is a drive implementation that includes the disk controller on the device itself. It allows CD-ROMs and tape drives to be configured as master or slave devices, just like hard drives.

AT Attachment Packet Interface A hardware and software specification that documents the interface between a host computer and CD-ROM drives using the ATA bus.

An abbreviation for AT ttachement acket nterface. ATAPI is the protocol by which CD-ROM drives communicate with a computer system over an IDE interface.

attachment packet interface. This is an extension to the EIDE interface specification that additionally supports CD-ROM and tape drives.

An IDE extension that provides support for tape drives and CD-ROM drives

AT Attachment and ATA Packet Interface. ATA has three alternate levels; the base level 16 bit IDE, ATA-2 (enhanced IDE) and Ultra ATA. For peripheral devices that are connected to the ATA-2 other than hard drives, the ATAPI defines the interface set of commands.

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. A specification that permits devices such as tape drives and CD-ROMs to utilize the ATA-2 interface.

Abbreviated form for Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. ATAPI provides a layer of commands used to manage devices connected through an IDE bus, including CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives. ATAPI was introduced as part of the Enhanced IDE standard.

Since the IDE interface only supports two hard drives at one time and no other devices, ATAPI was devised to allow IDE interfaces to host CD-ROM drives.

AT Attachment Packet Interface. A new protocol for controlling mass storage devices similar to SCSI protocols. It builds on the ATA (AT Attachment) interface, the official ANSI Standard name for the IDE interface developed for hard disk drives. ATAPI is commonly used for hard disks, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, and other devices.

This interface is part of EIDE, and it allows a PC to control CD-ROM drives and tape drives across the IDE interface.

Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) Packet Interface. An interface between a computer and its internal peripherals such as DVD-ROM drives. ATAPI provides the command set for controlling devices connected via an IDE interface. ATAPI is part of the Enhanced IDE (E-IDE) interface, also known as ATA-2. ATAPI was extended for use in DVD-ROM drives by the SFF 8090 specification.

n. The interface used by the IBM PC AT system for accessing CD-ROM devices.

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. An extension to ATA that allows SCSI commands to be passed through with ATA commands. Commonly used by CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives.

Advanced Technology Attachement Packet Interface

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface, a set of extensions to the ATA standards to allow ATA CD/DVD drives and tape drives.

ATA acket nterface, used by most CD-ROMs, and other devices.

ATAPI stands for AT Attachment Packet Interface. It is an extension to EIDE, which enables it to support CD-ROM players and tape drives.

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. IDE (ATA) was originally designed for hard disks only, not removable devices such as Iomega CD-RW drives, CD-ROMs, and tape drives. ATAPI is designed to bridge this gap and support removable drives. ATAPI devices use your IDE channel to communicate with your computer. The ATAPI interface has now been enhanced to support faster data transfers. See DMA for more information.

An interface standard, part of the IDE/ATA standards that allows tape drives, CD-ROM drives and other drives to be treated like an IDE hard drive by the system.

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface. An interface that supports CD and DVD drives using a computer’s ATA (IDE/EIDE) connections. ATAPI makes it possible to connect devices other than hard drives via ATA.

An acronym for "Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface." A high-speed interface protocol that is considered a subset of the SCSI standard. On CD-ROM servers, ATAPI is primarily used to connect disc drives contained within a single server.

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ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) is an extension to EIDE (also called ATA-2) that enables the interface to support CD-ROM players and tape drives.

Is a type of interface used to connect additional hardware devices to a computer. This is an internal interface that is commonly used to connect devices such as CD-ROMs, hard drives, tape drives, and Zip drives. The advantages of ATAPI are that it is economical and offers high performance. To install an ATAPI device you must open your computer case and be able to identify the IDE channel on your computer's motherboard.