Expansion Slots

An
expansion slot is used to add an adapter to the motherboard,
and it has rules that control how
many bits can be transferred at a time to the adapter, what
signals are sent over the adapter’s
gold connectors.
Expansion Slots Forms
• PCI (peripheral component
interconnect)
• AGP (accelerated graphics port).
• ISA (industry standard architecture)
• EISA (extended industry standard
architecture)
• MCA (micro channel architecture)
• VL-bus (sometimes called VESA
[video electronics standards
association] bus)
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)
• ISA is the oldest expansion slot. ISA allows 16-bit
transfers to adapters installed in ISA slots.
• The number of expansion slots available depends on
the motherboard manufacturer.
• ISA is also referred to as the AT bus.