Types of Buses
  • processor-memory bus
    • short
    • high speed
    • synchronous
  • I/O buses
    • lengthy
    • follow a general bus standard
    • supports many types of devices
    • asynchronous
  • backplane buses
    • allow processors, memory, and I/O devices to communicate
    • often built in the backplane of the machine
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