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- From: kenny@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca (Kenny Leung)
- Subject: Re: cube question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.174546.18127@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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- Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
- References: <Bz87EE.7EF@research.canon.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:45:46 GMT
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- In article <Bz87EE.7EF@research.canon.oz.au>
- greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney) writes:
- > In my hardwarespeak, motherboard and backplane are synonymous.
- > I was referring to the board at the back of
- the unit (hence backplane) into
- > which all the other boards plug (hence motherboard); what do you mean by
- > "motherboard"?.
- >
- > regs,
- > Graham
- > --
- > Graham Stoney
- > Canon Information Systems Research Australia (whew!)
-
- Judging by the original post, the person who asked the question thinks that the motherboard is the main CPU. I answered in the same context.
-
- I also think that the main CPU should be called the motherboard.
-
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