Cables/Connectors Flashcards
1
Q
SATA
A
Serial ATA. 7 pins for drives and media. 1 meter length limit.
2
Q
PATA
A
Parallel ATA. 40 pins for drives and media. 18” length limit. Outdated. Also called IDE cables.
3
Q
SCSI
A
Scuzzi. Small Computer System Interface. Used in servers for drives and media.
4
Q
PCI
A
Peripheral Component Interconnect. First invented by Intel. No longer used.
5
Q
Mini-PCI
A
PCI for laptops.
6
Q
PCIe
A
PCI Express. Uses serial data transfer instead or older parallel. Directly connected to CPU. Each serial connection is called a Lane.
