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backplane An interconnecting device that has sockets for printed circuit boards to plug into.Passive and Active Although resistors may be used, a "passive" backplane adds no processing in the circuit. An "active" or "intelligent" backplane may have microprocessor or controller-driven circuitry that adds a little or a whole lot of processing. See bus.
backplane [′bak‚plān] (electronics) A wiring board, usually constructed as a printed circuit, used in microcomputers and minicomputers to provide the required connections between logic, memory, input/output modules, and other printed circuit boards which plug into it at right angles.
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