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Expansion card

In computing, an expansion card, also known as 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. Sometimes the design…

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Expansion card

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Avg. degree1.98
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Expansion card

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related to Other families · 25
Expansion card → Amiga, Apple, Apple II, Apple Inc, Atari, BIOS, Both Zorro II, Commodore, CPU, DEC Alpha, Generally, IBM PowerPC, Inc, Macintosh, Most, NEC MIPS, NuBus, PCI, PCI Bus, Processor Direct Slot
related to External expansion buses · 16
Expansion card → CardBus, Consequently, DMA, ExpressCard, IOMMU, ISA, Laptops, PC, PC Card, PCI, PCI Express, SuperSpeed USB, The, The CardBus, Unfortunately, USB
has application · 11
Expansion card → An, Ethernet, For, IBM PC, IC, In, RS232, Since, Some, ST-506, The
related to history · 11
Expansion card → Altair, Expansion, I/O, Many, Micral, Minicomputers, PDP-8, Processor, S-100, The, Vacuum-tube
related to Physical construction · 10
Expansion card → Depending, For, In, Industrial, One, PC-compatible, Peripheral, Some, They, When
related to Video game consoles · 7
Expansion card → Atari, Genesis, However, In, Many, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis
related to Daughterboard · 6
Expansion card → Daughterboards, Rather, Such, These, This, Wavetable

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bus expansion cards card pci computer standard system used board pc motherboard ibm isa buses connector peripheral slots also computers

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the Apple II co-existed with multi-manufacturer standards.IBM PCinstance ofplugged into a card cage which passively distributed signals and power between the cards.Proprietary bus implementations for systems0.80text
descendantsIBM introduced what would retroactively be called the Industry Standard Architectureinstance ofplugged into a card cage which passively distributed signals and power between the cards.Proprietary bus implementations for systems0.80text
Mini-ITX.For their 1000 EXinstance ofor Mini PCI are often added for expansion on small form factor boards0.80text
1000 HX modelsinstance ofor Mini PCI are often added for expansion on small form factor boards0.80text
Tandy Computer designed the PLUS expansion interfaceinstance ofor Mini PCI are often added for expansion on small form factor boards0.80text
an adaptation of the XT-bus supporting cards of a smaller form factorinstance ofor Mini PCI are often added for expansion on small form factor boards0.80text
offeringinstance ofSuch slots were usually intended for a specific purpose0.80text
the Nintendo Entertainment Systeminstance ofand numerous others.Video game consolesMany other video game consoles0.80text
the Sega Genesis included expansion buses in some forminstance ofand numerous others.Video game consolesMany other video game consoles0.80text
the Nintendo Entertainment Systeminstance ofVideo game consolesMany other video game consoles0.80text
the Sega Genesis included expansion buses in some forminstance ofVideo game consolesMany other video game consoles0.80text
home computers had no expansion slotsinstance ofsome mass-market systems0.80text

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