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  2. Port expander - Wikipedia

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    A port expander is a device that allows one port on a computer system to connect to multiple devices. Two basic forms of port expander exist: internal and external. An internal expander has a connection inside the computer, typically on the motherboard, and the only part the user sees is the expansion plate containing multiple ports.

  3. Expansion card - Wikipedia

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    In computing, an expansion card (also called 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 ...

  4. M.2 - Wikipedia

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    M.2, pronounced m dot two [1] and formerly known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors. M.2 replaces the Mini SATA ( mSATA ) standard and the Mini PCIe ( mPCIe ) standard (which is how it got the short name of M dot 2 from being Mini SATA 2).

  5. Adapter (computing) - Wikipedia

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    An adapter card or expansion card is a circuit board which is plugged into the expansion bus in a computer to add function or resources, in much the same way as a host bus adapter (see above). [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Common adapter cards include video cards , network cards , sound cards , and other I/O cards.

  6. CPU card - Wikipedia

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    CPU cards for use in computer backplanes are typically half-sized. The CPU card contains the PC functionality and communicates with the other cards plugged into the backplane through a computer bus. CPU cards may also be called expansion cards or expansion boards, and offer a variety of embedded applications from modems and wireless networking ...

  7. PC Card - Wikipedia

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    This was the name of the standard from version 2 of the specification onwards. These cards were used for wireless networks , modems, and other functions in notebook PCs. After the release of PCIe -based ExpressCard in 2003, laptop manufacturers started to fit ExpressCard slots to new laptops instead of PC Card slots.

  8. Legacy port - Wikipedia

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    A parallel port implemented as a PCI card.Users can use expansion cards to add deprecated legacy ports to newer computer systems that do not provide them. In computing, a legacy port is a computer port or connector that is considered by some to be fully or partially superseded. [1]

  9. Riser card - Wikipedia

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    A riser card inside an IBM PS/2, featuring MCA slots Motherboard of an IBM PS/ValuePoint personal computer model (c. from 1993 to 1995) with an Intel i486SX microprocessor, with an elongated connector (black, horizontally in the middle/left between upper and lower edge) for the riser card on which the ISA bus slots were located