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Uncommon card · Science
Parallel ATA, an Uncommon card
Parallel ATA, originally AT Attachment, also known as Integrated Drive Electronics, is a standard interface designed for IBM PC-compatible computers.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Parallel ATA quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Parallel ATA card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ is maintained by the X3/INCITS committee.
Answer
standard. The standard is maintained by the X3/INCITS committee. From the Parallel ATA article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in ____ for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives.
Answer
1980s. It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in 1986 for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives. From the Parallel ATA article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
World economy. World economy 85 · Parallel ATA 80 · Epinephrine 75 · Erbium 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in 1986 for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives.
- The connection is used for computer storage such as hard disks, high-capacity floppy disk variants, optical disks, and tape.
- The standard is maintained by the X3/INCITS committee.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Parallel ATA article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Parallel ATA
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Parallel ATA (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : JulianVilla26, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
