With the SATA acronym it seems to have trouble resolving the AT, so I became curious. Here’s what I’ve found:
“AT” was IBM’s abbreviation for “Advanced Technology”; thus, many companies and organizations indicate SATA is an abbreviation of “Serial Advanced Technology Attachment”. However, the ATA specifications simply use the name “AT Attachment”, to avoid possible trademark issues with IBM.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
[Thread #494 for this sub, first seen 6th Feb 2024, 21:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
With the SATA acronym it seems to have trouble resolving the AT, so I became curious. Here’s what I’ve found:
Also, SAS -> Serial Attached SCSI