ATA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Translingual

Symbol

ATA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Antarctica.

   Synonym: AQ (alpha-2)

Usage notes

The code covers any territories south of the 60th parallel south.

English

Etymology 1

AT + attachment

Noun

ATA (uncountable)

1. (computing) Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. (Renamed PATA when SATA came into existence to more clearly distinguish the two.)

Synonyms

• AT Attachment
• Advanced Technology Attachment
• IDE
• Integrated Device Electronics
• Integrated Drive Electronics

Coordinate terms

• EIDE

Derived terms

• PATA
• SATA
• ATA-33, ATA-66, ATA-100, ATA-133

See also

• SCSI
• iSCSI
• SAS
• ESDI

Etymology 2

Noun

ATA (plural ATAs)

1. Initialism of anti-transglutaminerase antibody.

Proper noun

ATA

1. (martial arts) Initialism of American Taekwondo Association.
2. (tennis) Initialism of American Tennis Association.
3. (astronomy) Initialism of Allen Telescope Array.
4. Initialism of American Telemedicine Association.
5. (UK) Initialism of Automotive Technician Accreditation.
6. (Canada) Initialism of Alberta Teachers' Association, a trade union in Alberta

Anagrams

• AAT, TAA, taa