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MICRO CHANNEL BUS ARCHITECTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

IBM PS/2 computer bus design (except the 25-30 models).

OBS

The microchannel is electric and physically incompatible with the IBM PC/AT bus. The difference with this latter machine is that the microchannel works like a 16 bite bus or like a 32 bite bus.

OBS

Micro Channel Architecture: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

UNIX Acronym, CommUNIXations, March/April 1990.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Configuration du bus 32 bits d'IBM utilisé dans la plupart des modèles PS/2, les modèles RISC/6000 et quelques modèles ES/9000 qui assure la maîtrise du bus et le transfert des données à 20/40/80 Mo/s.

CONT

L'architecture Microcanal [...] présente une amélioration de l'architecture actuelle des ordinateurs personnels IBM.

OBS

En fait, ce n'est pas un microcanal mais un bus qui est à la base de cette architecture. Microcanal est plutôt une désignation qu'une description, d'où le M majuscule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
DEF

Diseño de buses de los ordenadores IBM PS/2 (excepto los modelos 25 y 30).

OBS

El microcanal es eléctrica y físicamente incompatible con el bus del IBM PC/AT. A diferencia de éste último, el microcanal funciona como un bus de 16 bitos o como uno de 32 bitos.

OBS

arquitectura microcanal: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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