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Expansion card, the Glossary

In computing, an expansion card (also called an expansion board, adapter card, peripheral card or accessory card) is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector, or expansion slot (also referred to as a bus slot) on a computer's motherboard (see also backplane) to add functionality to a computer system.^[1]

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Motherboard expansion slot

Accelerated Graphics Port

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a parallel expansion card standard, designed for attaching a video card to a computer system to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Expansion card and Accelerated Graphics Port are motherboard expansion slot.

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Acorn Computers

Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978.

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Advanced Mezzanine Card

Advanced Mezzanine Cards are printed circuit boards (PCBs) that follow a specification of the PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group (PICMG). Expansion card and Advanced Mezzanine Card are computer buses.

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Altair 8800

The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU.

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Amiga

Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Amiga Zorro II

Zorro II is the general purpose expansion bus used by the Amiga 2000 computer. Expansion card and Amiga Zorro II are computer buses and motherboard expansion slot.

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Apple II

The Apple II series of microcomputers was initially designed by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), and launched in 1977 with the Apple II model that gave the series its name.

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Apple II peripheral cards

The Apple II line of computers supported a number of Apple II peripheral cards. In an era before plug and play USB or Bluetooth connections, these were expansion cards that plugged into slots on the motherboard. Expansion card and Apple II peripheral cards are motherboard expansion slot.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.

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Atari 2600

The Atari 2600 is a discontinued home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), it popularized microprocessor-based hardware and games stored on swappable ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.

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Atari, Inc.

Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.

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Audio/modem riser

The audio/modem riser (AMR) is a riser expansion slot found on the motherboards of some Pentium III, Pentium 4, Duron, and Athlon personal computers. Expansion card and Audio/modem riser are motherboard expansion slot.

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Backplane

A backplane or backplane system is a group of electrical connectors in parallel with each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus. Expansion card and backplane are computer buses.

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BBC Micro

The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer Literacy Project of the BBC.

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BIOS

In computing, BIOS (Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup).

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Board-to-board connector

Board-to-board (BTB) connectors are used to connect printed circuit boards (PCB), electronic components that contain a conductive pattern printed on the surface of the insulating base in an accurate and repeatable manner. Expansion card and board-to-board connector are printed circuit board manufacturing.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers. Expansion card and bus (computing) are computer buses.

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Central processing unit

A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.

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Chinese language card

A Chinese language card or Chinese character card is a computer expansion card that improves the ability of computers to process Chinese text. Expansion card and Chinese language card are computer peripherals.

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Commodore International

Commodore International Corporation (other names include Commodore International Limited) was a Bahamian home computer and electronics manufacturer with executive offices in the United States founded by Jack Tramiel and Irving Gould. Commodore International (CI), along with its subsidiary Commodore Business Machines (CBM), was a significant participant in the development of the home computer industry in the 1970s to early 1990s.

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Communications and networking riser

Communications and networking riser (CNR) is a slot found on certain personal computer motherboards and used for specialized networking, audio, or telephony equipment. Expansion card and Communications and networking riser are motherboard expansion slot.

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CompactFlash

CompactFlash (CF) is a flash memory mass storage device used mainly in portable electronic devices.

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Compaq

Compaq Computer Corporation (sometimes abbreviated to CQ prior to the 2007 rebranding) was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.

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Compatibility card

A compatibility card is an expansion card for computers that allows it to have hardware emulation with another device.

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Computer case

A computer case, also known as a computer chassis, is the enclosure that contains most of the hardware of a personal computer.

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Computing

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery.

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CP/M

CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. CP/M is a disk operating system and its purpose is to organize files on a magnetic storage medium, and to load and run programs stored on a disk.

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CRUVI FPGA Card

The CRUVI FPGA Card is a daughter card standard specifically tailored to the needs of FPGAs.

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De facto standard

A de facto standard is a custom or convention that is commonly used even though its use is not required.

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Direct memory access

Direct memory access (DMA) is a feature of computer systems that allows certain hardware subsystems to access main system memory independently of the central processing unit (CPU).

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DMA attack

A DMA attack is a type of side channel attack in computer security, in which an attacker can penetrate a computer or other device, by exploiting the presence of high-speed expansion ports that permit direct memory access (DMA).

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Electrical connector

Components of an electrical circuit are electrically connected if an electric current can run between them through an electrical conductor.

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Enhanced Graphics Adapter

The Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) is an IBM PC graphics adapter and de facto computer display standard from 1984 that superseded the CGA standard introduced with the original IBM PC, and was itself superseded by the VGA standard in 1987.

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Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).

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Expanded memory

In DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory (640 KiB).

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Expansion card

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ExpressCard

ExpressCard, initially called NEWCARD, is an interface to connect peripheral devices to a computer, usually a laptop computer.

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Fault (technology)

In engineering, a fault is a defect or problem in a system that causes it to fail or act abnormally.

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Floating-point unit

A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.

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Form factor (design)

Form factor is a hardware design aspect that defines and prescribes the size, shape, and other physical specifications of components, particularly in electronics.

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FPGA Mezzanine Card

FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) is an ANSI/VITA (VMEbus International Trade Association) 57.1 standard that defines I/O mezzanine modules with connection to an FPGA or other device with re-configurable I/O capability.

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GPIB

IEEE 488 cable with stacking connectors IEEE 488, also known as HP-IB (Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus) and generically as GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus), is a short-range digital communications 8-bit parallel multi-master interface bus specification developed by Hewlett-Packard. Expansion card and GPIB are computer buses.

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Graphics card

A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics accelerator, graphics adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics output to a display device such as a monitor.

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Heat sink

A heat sink (also commonly spelled heatsink) is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the device's temperature.

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Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s.

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Home theater PC

A home theater PC (HTPC) or media center computer is a convergent device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that focuses on video, photo, audio playback, and sometimes video recording functionality.

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Host adapter

In computer hardware a host controller, host adapter or host bus adapter (HBA) connects a computer system bus which acts as the host system to other network and storage devices. Expansion card and host adapter are computer buses.

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I-RAM

The i-RAM was a PCI card-mounted, battery-backed RAM disk that behaved and was marketed as a solid-state storage device.

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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IBM PC–compatible

IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.

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IBM PCjr

The IBM PCjr (pronounced "PC junior") was a home computer produced and marketed by IBM from March 1984 to May 1985, intended as a lower-cost variant of the IBM PC with hardware capabilities better suited for video games, in order to compete more directly with other home computers such as the Apple II and Commodore 64.

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IBM Personal Computer

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard.

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IBM Personal Computer XT

The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983.

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Industry Standard Architecture

Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) is the 16-bit internal bus of IBM PC/AT and similar computers based on the Intel 80286 and its immediate successors during the 1980s. Expansion card and Industry Standard Architecture are computer buses and motherboard expansion slot.

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Input/output

In computing, input/output (I/O, i/o, or informally io or IO) is the communication between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the outside world, such as another computer system, peripherals, or a human operator. Expansion card and Input/output are computer peripherals.

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Integrated circuit

An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors.

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Intel

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.

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Interrupt

In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner.

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Legacy system

In computing, a legacy system is an old method, technology, computer system, or application program, "of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system", yet still in use.

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Logical link control

In the IEEE 802 reference model of computer networking, the logical link control (LLC) data communication protocol layer is the upper sublayer of the data link layer (layer 2) of the seven-layer OSI model.

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LSI Corporation

LSI Logic Corporation, was an American company founded in Santa Clara, California, was a pioneer in the ASIC and EDA industries.

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M-Module

M-Modules are a mezzanine (computer hardware) standard mainly used in industrial computers.

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M.2

M.2, pronounced m dot two and formerly known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors. Expansion card and M.2 are motherboard expansion slot.

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Mac (computer)

Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.

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Mezzanine

A mezzanine (or in Italian, a mezzanino) is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft with non-sloped walls.

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Micral

Micral is a series of microcomputers produced by the French company Réalisation d'Études Électroniques (R2E), beginning with the Micral N in early 1973.

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Micro Channel architecture

Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, is a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus publicly introduced by IBM in 1987 which was used on PS/2 and other computers until the mid-1990s. Expansion card and Micro Channel architecture are motherboard expansion slot.

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Microcomputer

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor.

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Mini-ITX

Mini-ITX is a motherboard form factor developed by VIA Technologies in 2001.

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Modem

A modulator-demodulator or most commonly referred to as modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio.

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Motherboard

A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. Expansion card and motherboard are printed circuit board manufacturing.

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Network interface controller

A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.

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Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo.

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NuBus

NuBus is a 32-bit parallel computer bus, originally developed at MIT and standardized in 1987 as a part of the NuMachine workstation project. Expansion card and NuBus are motherboard expansion slot.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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PC Card

PC Card is a parallel peripheral interface for laptop computers and PDAs.

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PC System Design Guide

The PC System Design Guide (also known as the PC-97, PC-98, PC-99, or PC 2001 specification) is a series of hardware design requirements and recommendations for IBM PC compatible personal computers, compiled by Microsoft and Intel Corporation during 1997–2001.

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PC/104

PC/104 (or PC104) is a family of embedded computer standards which define both form factors and computer buses by the PC/104 Consortium. Expansion card and PC/104 are computer buses.

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PCI Express

PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. Expansion card and PCI Express are motherboard expansion slot.

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PCI Mezzanine Card

A PCI Mezzanine Card or PMC is a printed circuit board assembly manufactured to the IEEE P1386.1 standard. Expansion card and PCI Mezzanine Card are motherboard expansion slot.

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PCI-X

PCI-X, short for Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended, is a computer bus and expansion card standard that enhances the 32-bit PCI local bus for higher bandwidth demanded mostly by servers and workstations. Expansion card and PCI-X are motherboard expansion slot.

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PDP-8

The PDP-8 is a family of 12-bit minicomputers that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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Pentium

Pentium is a discontinued series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel.

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Pentium (original)

The Pentium (also referred to as the i586) is a x86 microprocessor introduced by Intel on March 22, 1993.

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Peripheral Component Interconnect

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard. Expansion card and Peripheral Component Interconnect are computer buses and motherboard expansion slot.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Physical layer

In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the physical layer or layer 1 is the first and lowest layer: the layer most closely associated with the physical connection between devices.

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Physics processing unit

A physics processing unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in the physics engine of video games.

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A pin header (or simply header) is a form of electrical connector.

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Plug and play

In computing, a plug and play (PnP) device or computer bus is one with a specification that facilitates the recognition of a hardware component in a system without the need for physical device configuration or user intervention in resolving resource conflicts. Expansion card and plug and play are computer peripherals.

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POST card

In computing, a POST card is a plug-in diagnostic interface card that displays progress and error codes generated during power-on self-test (POST) of a computer. Expansion card and POST card are computer peripherals.

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Printed circuit board

A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a medium used to connect or "wire" components to one another in a circuit. Expansion card and printed circuit board are printed circuit board manufacturing.

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Processor Direct Slot

A processor direct slot (PDS) is a slot incorporated into many older Macintosh models that allowed direct access to the signal pins of a CPU, similar to the functionality of a local bus in PCs. Expansion card and processor Direct Slot are motherboard expansion slot.

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Riser card

A riser card is a printed circuit board that gives a computer motherboard the option for additional expansion cards to be added to the computer. Expansion card and riser card are computer buses and printed circuit board manufacturing.

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S-100 bus

The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE 696-1983 (withdrawn), is an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800. Expansion card and s-100 bus are computer buses.

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Sample-based synthesis

Sample-based synthesis is a form of audio synthesis that can be contrasted to either subtractive synthesis or additive synthesis.

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SBus

SBus is a computer bus system that was used in most SPARC-based computers (including all SPARCstations) from Sun Microsystems and others during the 1990s. Expansion card and SBus are computer buses and motherboard expansion slot.

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Sega Genesis

The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega.

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Serial port

A serial port is a serial communication interface through which information transfers in or out sequentially one bit at a time.

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Single-board computer

A single-board computer (SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor(s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer.

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Small form factor PC

Small form factor (abbreviated: SFF) is a term used for desktop computers and for some of their components, chassis and motherboard, to indicate that they are designed in accordance with one of several standardized form factors intended to minimize the volume and footprint of a desktop computer compared to the standard ATX form factor.

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Sound card

A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs.

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Spacers and standoffs

In general, a spacer is a solid material used to separate two parts in an assembly.

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SPARC

SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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ST506/ST412

The ST-506 and ST-412 (sometimes written ST506 and ST412) were early hard disk drive products introduced by Seagate in 1980 and 1981 respectively, that later became construed as hard disk drive interfaces: the ST-506 disk interface and the ST-412 disk interface.

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STD Bus

The STD Bus is a computer bus that was used primarily for industrial control systems, but has also found applications in computing. Expansion card and STD Bus are computer buses.

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Storage area network

A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage.

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Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.

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Tandy 1000

The Tandy 1000 is the first in a line of IBM PC compatible home computer systems produced by the Tandy Corporation for sale in its Radio Shack and Radio Shack Computer Center chains of stores.

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Tandy Corporation

Tandy Corporation was an American family-owned leather-goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Tube (BBC Micro)

In the BBC Microcomputer System, the Tube is the expansion interface and architecture which allows the BBC Micro to communicate with a second processor, or coprocessor.

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TV tuner card

A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer.

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VESA Local Bus

The VESA Local Bus (usually abbreviated to VL-Bus or VLB) is a short-lived expansion bus introduced during the i486 generation of x86 IBM-compatible personal computers. Expansion card and VESA Local Bus are motherboard expansion slot.

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Video game console

A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller.

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VMEbus

VMEbus (Versa Module Eurocard bus) is a computer bus standard physically based on Eurocard sizes. Expansion card and VMEbus are computer buses.

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Wavetable synthesis

Wavetable synthesis is a sound synthesis technique used to create quasi-periodic waveforms often used in the production of musical tones or notes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_card

Also known as Accessory card, Adapter card, Adapter cards, Add-In Card, Add-on card, Add-on cards, Computer card, Daughter board, Daughter card, Daughterboard, Daughtercard, Expansion Board, Expansion Slot, Expansion bus, Expansion cards, Expansion port, Expansion slots, Extension board, Hardware, expansion cards, I/O card, Mezzanine board, Mezzanine card, Peripheral card, Piggyback board.

, IBM PCjr, IBM Personal Computer, IBM Personal Computer XT, Industry Standard Architecture, Input/output, Integrated circuit, Intel, Interrupt, Legacy system, Logical link control, LSI Corporation, M-Module, M.2, Mac (computer), Mezzanine, Micral, Micro Channel architecture, Microcomputer, Mini-ITX, Modem, Motherboard, Network interface controller, Nintendo Entertainment System, NuBus, Operating system, PC Card, PC System Design Guide, PC/104, PCI Express, PCI Mezzanine Card, PCI-X, PDP-8, Pentium, Pentium (original), Peripheral Component Interconnect, Personal computer, Physical layer, Physics processing unit, Pin header, Plug and play, POST card, Printed circuit board, Processor Direct Slot, Riser card, S-100 bus, Sample-based synthesis, SBus, Sega Genesis, Serial port, Single-board computer, Small form factor PC, Sound card, Spacers and standoffs, SPARC, ST506/ST412, STD Bus, Storage area network, Sun Microsystems, Tandy 1000, Tandy Corporation, Theatre, Tube (BBC Micro), TV tuner card, VESA Local Bus, Video game console, VMEbus, Wavetable synthesis.

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Motherboard expansion slot

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