MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the most common and slowest expansion bus
A
AGP
B
VESA
C
EISA
D
ISA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -ISA stands for industry-standard architecture. it was introduced in 1984. It is developed by IBM for the personal computer. It is the most common type of expansion bus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Types of expansion buses : An ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus, the most common and slowest expansion bus, connects to devices such as a mouse, modem card, sound card, and low-speed network card.

Detailed explanation-3: -The PCI Express expansion buses are most commonly used for video cards in modern computer systems.

Detailed explanation-4: -Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) is the 16-bit internal bus of IBM PC/AT and similar computers based on the Intel 80286 and its immediate successors during the 1980s. The bus was (largely) backward compatible with the 8-bit bus of the 8088-based IBM PC, including the IBM PC/XT as well as IBM PC compatibles.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stands for “Industry Standard Architecture.” ISA is a type of bus used in PCs for adding expansion cards. For example, an ISA slot may be used to add a video card, a network card, or an extra serial port. The original 8-bit version of PCI uses a 62 pin connection and supports clock speeds of 8 and 33 MHz.

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