Are the signal cords the same as IDE cords for a computer?

Question

Or are they the little connecting cords from the drive to the motherboard...Im not sure.

I've drawn a sketch of the inside of my computer and I have to point out the signal cords for the HDD, Floppy Drive and CD ROM.

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THANKS FOR YOUR HELP

Answer 1

I dont think that signal cords are the IDE cords.I did a little search in google and found that signal cables are the cables such as the cable from motherboard to monitor.IDE cables are basically data cables.they transfer data.

Answer 2

IDE cables are the wide, flat, often gray or black cables that go from the motherboard to the hard drives, CD-rom drives, and floppy drives.

http://www.gshop.com.au/images/ide_133_c...

I'm not sure what you mean by "signal cord" but the only other cables that you would normally see connecting with a hard drive are either power cables coming from the power supply (http://www.pacificgeek.com/productimages... which provides power to the drives, or Serial-ATA (SATA) cables (http://www.endpcnoise.com/e/images/sata_... which act the same way as IDE cables do, by delivering information (though SATA are faster and smaller than IDE).