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OCR: WnS UTE -11 InfoWeb PCHCIA also called PC cards, are credit card- -sized circuit boards that incorpor: 'ate an expansion card and device So for example some PCMCIA cards contain modem, others contain memory expansion, and others contain hard drive You can plug in and remove PCMCIA devices without turning the computer #o unlike desktop computer PCMCIA expansion cards In this way you can switch from one PCMCIA device another without disrupting your work PCMCIA slots are categorized by size Type I slots accept onlythe thinnest PC MCIA cards such as memory expansion cards. Type 1 slots accept most of the popular PCMCIA cards those that contain modems sound cards and network cards. Type slots accept the thickest PCMCIA cards which contain dev ices such as hard drives Many note- books provide mu ...