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| Bus | A paralell collection of conductors that carry data or control signals from one unit to another |
| Data Bus | A bidirectional pathway linking the CPU to memory and I/O Aderesses |
| Adress Bus | Connections between the cpu memory which transmit the adress from which the cpu will read or write |
| pc Bus | bus architecture used in the first IBM |
| ISA | Industry standard architecture, a PC expansion bus used for modems and video displays |
| EISA | Extended Industry architecture, A PC bus that extends the ISA bus |
| PCI | Peripherial componet interconnect. A PC local bus desinged by intel which runs 33MHz and supports Plug and Play |
| Plug and Play | The ability to automatically config. new hardware |
| Bandwidth | amount of data that can be sent through a network connection |
| Bus Master | any class of microprocesser unit w/ abilties to take control over the system buses |
| Bus Speed | measurment in MHz of how many times data can be transfered |
| Expansion Slot | a socket for plugins on an expansion card |
| Legacy | Describes older computer systems, hardware, and software |
| FireWire | high speedserial bus allows for connection of up to 63 devices primarily used for digital video |
| Adpter | device that allows a system to connect and work with another |
| Inturrupt | a signal that gets the attention of the CPU |
| Jumper | a small plug placed over pins to config. hradware settings |
| DMA | directmemory access, specialized circutry or a dedicated microprocesser that transfers data from adapters to memory without using the CPU |
| I/O Adress | On PCs a three didget hexadecimal numberused to identify and signal a peripheral device |
| AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port |
