Where Is the Expansion Bus?

Expansion bus slots are long thin connectors provided on motherboard near backside of computer and these are used to connect all add-on cards in a computer system.

Where is expansion bus located?

An expansion bus is an assortment of wires that allows for computer expansion with the use of an expansion board, a printed circuit board inserted into an expansion slot on the motherboard or backplane that provides additional features to a computer system.

What is the expansion bus of a computer?

An input/output pathway from the CPU to peripheral devices. An expansion bus typically comprises a series of slots on the motherboard into which cards are inserted. PCI and PCI Express are common expansion buses in computers.

James H. Sterling

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