backplane

<hardware, electronics>

A printed circuit board with slots into which other cards are plugged.

A backplane,is typically just a connector and does not usually have many active components on it. This contrasts with a motherboard.

Designing a backplane.

Last updated: 2002-09-08

Nearby terms:

backoff ♦ BackOffice ♦ backplane ♦ backport ♦ back-propagation ♦ back quote

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