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expansion bus

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expansion bus

An input/output pathway from the CPU to peripheral devices typically made up of a series of slots on the motherboard. Expansion boards (cards) plug into the bus. PCI is the common expansion bus in a PC and other hardware platforms. See expansion board and PC data buses. See also bus extender.


expansion bus [ik′span·shən ‚bəs]
(computer science)
The wiring and protocols that connect a computer's motherboard with the peripheral devices.


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