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Bus

Conductors that connect the functional units in a computer (called a bus because it travels to all destinations). Local buses connect elements within the CPU and other buses connect to external memory and peripherals.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Operating systems
Company: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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