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PIO is short for Programmed Input/Output, a method of transferring data between two devices that uses the computerss main processor as part of the data path. ATA uses PIO and defines the speed of the data transfer in terms of the PIO mode. For example PIO Mode 4 has a Data Transfer Rate of 16.6 MBps.
