# ATA

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,369

## Definitions
1. 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.)

## Etymology
AT + attachment

## Easily confused with
- **aw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-aw)
- **AU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-au)
- **AZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-az)
- **av** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-av)
- **ay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-ay)
- **ax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-ax)
- **ate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-ate)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-ave)
- **aye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-aye)
- **ATM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-atm)
- **awe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-awe)
- **axe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-axe)
- **aww** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-aww)
- **ATP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-atp)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-ava)
- **aux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-aux)
- **att** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-att)
- **Avi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-avi)
- **AWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-aws)
- **aud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ata-vs-aud)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ata