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categories: categories:
- Computer Architecture - Computer Architecture
- Hardware - Hardware
tags: [motherboard] tags: [bus]
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# Bus # Bus
A bus is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers. **A bus can be thought of as a kind of pipeline that allows different components of the computer to communicate with each other.** A bus is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.
**A bus can be thought of as a kind of pipeline that allows different components of the computer to communicate with each other.**
Note that the use of the word "bus" varies somewhat in points of emphasis. A bus can mean: Note that the use of the word "bus" varies somewhat in points of emphasis. A bus can mean:
- The physical wires that make up the bus - The physical wires that make up the bus
- The logical communication channel that is established over those wires - The communication channel that is established over those wires
- TheBany\_.
## Main buses ## Main buses
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| Internal bus | Connects local devices for example the harddisk to the CPU. | | Internal bus | Connects local devices for example the harddisk to the CPU. |
| External bus | Connects peripheral devices such as disks and printers to the [motherboard](/Electronics_and_Hardware/Motherboard.md) | | External bus | Connects peripheral devices such as disks and printers to the [motherboard](/Electronics_and_Hardware/Motherboard.md) |
| Expansion bus | Allows expansion boards to access the CPU and memory. | | Expansion bus | Allows expansion boards to access the CPU and memory. |
| Frontside bus | Main computer bus that determines data transfer rate speed and is the primary data transfer path between the CPU, RAM and other [motherboard](Electronics_and_Hardware/Motherboard.md) devices. | | Frontside bus | Main computer bus that determines data transfer rate speed and is the primary data transfer path between the CPU, RAM and other [motherboard](/Electronics_and_Hardware/Motherboard.md) devices. |
| Backside bus | Transfers secondary cache (L2 cache) data at faster speeds, allowing more efficient CPU operations | | Backside bus | Transfers secondary cache (L2 cache) data at faster speeds, allowing more efficient CPU operations |
## Bus standards ## Bus standards