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| Bus | A parallel collection of conductors that carry another data or control signals from one unit |
| Data Bus | A bidirectional pathway linking the cpu to memory and I/O devices |
| Address Bus | A pathway that carries data generated by the CPU to the various memory and I/O elements of the computer |
| PC Bus | The bus architectures used in thefirst IBM PCS originally an 8-bit bus expaned to a 16-bit bus |
| ISA | Indust standard architecture ISA cards due to their low bandwidth requirments |
| EISA | Extended Industry stanards Architecture |
| PCI | Peripheral system interconnect A high- performanc 32/64 bit bus |
| Plug &Play (PnP) | This is standard that was supposed to make adding peripherals to your system |
| Bandwidth | A measure in some amount of bits per second control of the system buses of A computer |
| Bus Master | Any class of microprocessor unit with the ability to take |
| Bus speed | Many times data can be transferred over the bus per second |
| Expansion Slot | Refers to any types of slot in a computer that you can plug an expansion card into |
| Legacy | Describes older computer systems hardware software |
| Firewire | High speed serial Bus allows for connection of up to 63 devices Primarily used for Digital Video |
| Adapter | As well as other hardware and applications, must communicate with host system in an orderly and established way. |
| Interrupt | Signal the system processor that the adapter card system hardware, or application software needs attention. |
| Jumper | A small plug placed over pins to configure hardware |
