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ISA

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000626

An expansion bus architecture used in IBM PC compatible computers from the 1980s. It provided a pathway for peripheral cards, such as sound cards and network adapters, to connect to the motherboard. ISA has largely been replaced by faster bus architectures like PCI and PCIe.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000626
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000626",
  "term": "ISA",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "An expansion bus architecture used in IBM PC compatible computers from the 1980s. It provided a pathway for peripheral cards, such as sound cards and network adapters, to connect to the motherboard. ISA has largely been replaced by faster bus architectures like PCI and PCIe.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/isa/"
}

Record 680 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.