A very fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps (in 1394a) and 800Mbps (in 1394b). Products supporting the 1394 standard go under different names, depending on the company. Apple, which originally developed the technology, uses the trademarked name FireWire. Other companies use other names, such as i.link and Lynx, to describe their 1394 products.
MORE ...USB: Short for Universal Serial Bus, an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps.
>USB 2.0: Also referred to as Hi-Speed USB, USB 2.0 is an external bus that supports data rates up to 480Mbps.
MORE ...An acronym for Small Computer System Interface. This interface was introduced as a method of connecting multiple peripherals to computers. Based on a parallel bus structure, with each device having a unique ID (or address), the SCSI bus will support up to seven devices plus the host adapter.
MORE ...iSCSI stands for internet SCSI, or internet Small Computer Systems Interface.
MORE ...Often abbreviated SATA or S-ATA, an evolution of the Parallel ATA physical storage interface. Serial ATA is a serial link - a single cable with a minimum of four wires creates a point-to-point connection between devices.
MORE ...IDE: Integrated Device Electronics
It is the most widely-used hard drive interface on the market. The fancy name refers to how the IDE technology "integrates" the electronics controller into the drive itself.
ATA: AT Attachment.
The specification, formulated in the 1980s by a consortium of hardware and software manufacturers, that defines the IDE drive interface.
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