whats the difference between uata and udma?

[ahhk]

What is the difference between UATA drives and UDMA drives. Some motherboards say they support one of these , lets say UATA, does thet mean u can use DMA drives on them?

 

[Toejam31]

<A HREF="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/ATA.html" target="_new">ATA</A>

<A HREF="http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci213242,00.html" target="_new">UDMA</A>

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