Definition: EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics)


The primary interface used by desktop PCs to handle communication between hard drives and the central processing unit. The equivalent interface system in most enterprise systems is SCSI.




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Interface

Defined/standard transition/link - hardware or software. Rules for communicating with a unit. Example: See SCSI.(User interface) The 'face' of the computer. The part of the operating system that the user communicates with directly.

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