ATA. Short for Advanced Technology Attachment, ATA was approved May 12, 1994 and is an interface that connects hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and other drives. The first ATA interface is now commonly referred to as PATA, which is short for Parallel AT Attachment after the introduction of SATA.TA-4, ATAPI-4, and ATA/ATAPI-4. ATA-4 is a standard approved by ANSI in 1998 under document NCITS 317-1998.
The current average student loan debt for graduates from a four year college or university stands at $26,600. That figure can rise significantly for students attending a private, for-profit college or university. These are students who have received a Bachelorâs or baccalaureate degree.
The nation's college students set another record for debt in 2015, according to the latest annual report of The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). Fully 68% of graduating seniors had student loans, and their average debt load rose 4% over the previous year's record to $30,100. That means the majority of new college graduates are facing monthly student loan payments in excess of $300 a month over the next 10 years. Especially worrisome: 19% of those loans were private debts, which are loans issued by private companies such as banks, instead of the standard student loans issued by the federal government.