Windows: Libraries are a great feature of Windows 7 and up that allow you to pool several folders in one place. Librarian improves on the concept by allowing you to manage those collections more easily.
Credit: http://lifehacker.com
AHCI
|
IDE
|
|
Stands for / AKA:
|
Advanced Host Controller Interface
|
IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics / PATA: Parallel Advanced
Technology Attachment
|
Defined by:
|
Intel
|
Western Digital
|
Hot plugging (add/remove component while the computer is running):
|
Supported
|
IDE interface does not support hot plugging
|
Advantages:
|
Supports new technologies such as native command queuing
|
Maximum compatibility
|
Involves:
|
Operation of Serial ATA (SATA) host bus adaptors
|
Operation of a parallel ATA drive
|
Disadvantages:
|
Not always compatible
|
Lacks support for new technologysuch as native command queuing
and hot-plugging hard drives
|
Operating modes:
|
Legacy Parallel ATA emulation, standard AHCI or vendor specific RAID
|
IDE
|
Operating system support:
|
Windows Vista and later Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OS
Z, eComStation and Solaris 10
|
All
|