Short for AT Attachment Packet Interface, ATAPI is an extension to ATA for supporting CD-ROM drives, tape drives, and other computer peripherals and not only hard drives. Before the release of ATA-4 or ATAPI-4, ATAPI was a different standard from ATA.

CD terms, Computer acronyms, Hard drive terms, IDE

  • Computer disk drive interface help and support.
  • CD-ROM help and support.
  • Hard drive help and support.