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ATA¹

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AT + attachment

noun

  1. uncountable 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.)

    Similar: AT Attachment, Advanced Technology Attachment, IDE, Integrated Device Electronics, Integrated Drive Electronics

ATA²

noun ATAs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of anti-transglutaminerase antibody

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of American Taekwondo Association
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of American Tennis Association
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Allen Telescope Array
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of American Telemedicine Association
  5. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Automotive Technician Accreditation
  6. Canada, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Alberta Teachers' Association, a trade union in Alberta.

Ata³

proper noun

  1. A Papuan language spoken on New Britain island, Papua New Guinea.

Ata⁴

proper noun

  1. A nearly extinct Philippine Negrito language spoken in Negros Island in the Visayas region of the Philippines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sata, serial, nda, tie, alma, albanian, tba, atta, malik, awas, muztagh, nvidia, pata, atapi, ahci, apts

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MLA

"ATA." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ata. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ATA. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ata

Chicago

"ATA." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ata.

BibTeX
@misc{ata_2026,
  title = {ATA},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ata},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}