# ATA vs aud

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ATA
*noun · frequency rank #27,369*
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.)

### aud
*adjective · IPA /əʊd/ · frequency rank #23,464*
Alternative form of auld.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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