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OCR: 5-8 COM PUT ER ARCHITECTURE Da ta Tra n sport What happens to the data in a computer? ] Typically. data travels from one location to another within the computer on an electronic pathway or circuit called data bus The data bus is a series of electronic circuits that connect the various electrical elements on the motherboard. The bus contains data lines pue address lines Data lines carry 'the sig- nals that represent data Address lines carry the loca ation of data to help the computer find the data that it needs to process computer data bus "picks up' load of bits from one of the components on the moth er- board, then transfers these bitsto another motherboard compone nt After dropping off this load of bits the bus collects another load shown in Figure 5-8 Figure 5-8 How a data bus works 010 ...