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SATA

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A standard cable or port used to connect storage devices such as hard drives and SSDs to a computer

noun
/ˈseɪtə/

Specialized

: SATA

Make sure to connect the new SSD to the motherboard using a SATA cable.
SATA 3-gbps
SATA ports
SATA interface

So you're using a standard old school hard drive or a SATA based hard drive or SSD.

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Examples

Selling SATA/SAS hard-drive form factor SSDs into enterprise usage.

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In sharp contrast, Data Domain leveraged storage systems using low-cost SATA drives combined with data de-duplication and compression to be a cost-effective and dramatically simpler alternative to tapes for backups.

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So this new hub requires the SATA connection for power.
Now I'm using a red SATA cable for my boot drive.
simply go ahead and connect the SATA connector.
Also, my current MB has 8 SATA ports, and I use them all.

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So you're using a standard old school hard drive or a SATA based hard drive or SSD.

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I use a 1TB SATA drive to archive weekly and take that drive offsite.

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Booting is a full 5 seconds faster than the CP version was, which is just amazingly fast on regular SATA drives.

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(And while I will not be adding an optical drive to the machine, I'm wondering if I can repurpose that space and its SATA port for another hard drive.)

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Surface Forms

SATA singular

SATAs plural

Morphology

SATA = S + A + T + A

SATA is an acronym (letters do not transparently convey the meaning 'Serial ATA'), so knowing the component letters does not help a learner infer the interface meaning.

Etymology

SATA comes from Serial ATA, where ATA stands for 'Advanced Technology Attachment' and the idea of 'attachment' is like the common verb 'attach'. So SATA is the standard used to connect or 'attach' hard drives and SSDs to a computer.