It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

  • sandbox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They always were PATA, IDE was always the wrong term to use, but it was commonly used anyways. SATA drives are also IDE drives. It’s not really a useful term anymore because we don’t use separate daughter boards for hard drives anymore.