(The) Last Man on Earth may refer to: 1  The Last Man on Earth (1924 film), a silent comedy film. 2  The Last Man on Earth (1964 film), an Italian science fiction starring Vincent Price.  Last Man on Earth (1982 book), collection of science fiction edited by Isaac Asimov.
(1) Short for Advanced Technology Attachment, a disk drive implementation that integrates the controller on the disk drive itself. There are several versions of ATA, all developed by the Small Form Factor (SFF) Committee: ATA also is called Parallel ATA. Contrast with Serial ATA.
SATA is short for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment interface. Ages ago, the IBM PS/2 series introduced the AT Attachment interface, a cheap way to attach a simple smart hard drive. Over the years, this became known as PATA, or Parallel ATA.