What is the difference between a local bus and a standard
bus in a computer?

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I think you need to understand the term, "bus" first. I haven't heard of a
"standard" bus, but I think these definitions will help get you straightened
out:

Bus
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/b/bus.html

Local Bus
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/local_bus.html

VESA Local Bus
http://whatis.techtarget.com/defini...i213287,00.html

CardBus
http://whatis.techtarget.com/defini...i213783,00.html

Universal Serial Bus
http://whatis.techtarget.com/defini...i214166,00.html

If you need more information on these topics, try Web Opedia or Whatis.com.
Also, look at all the different newsgroups here. There is at least one
devoted to hardware:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

Kurt Hudson
http://www.hudlogic.com/bios/kurt

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> What is the difference between a local bus and a standard
> bus in a computer?

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Kurt,

Not to be contrary, but in the OLD days we called the ISA bus the standard
PC bus. This was mainly we were trying to differentiate between VEAS local
bus and the standard ISA 8 bit bus.

So if someone asked me what a standard bus is I would tell them the ISA BUS.

Paul



"Kurt Hudson [MVP]" <ReplyToGroupInstead@Dont.Email> wrote in message
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> I think you need to understand the term, "bus" first. I haven't heard of a
> "standard" bus, but I think these definitions will help get you
straightened
> out:
>
> Bus
> http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/b/bus.html
>
> Local Bus
> http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/local_bus.html
>
> VESA Local Bus
> http://whatis.techtarget.com/defini...i213287,00.html
>
> CardBus
> http://whatis.techtarget.com/defini...i213783,00.html
>
> Universal Serial Bus
> http://whatis.techtarget.com/defini...i214166,00.html
>
> If you need more information on these topics, try Web Opedia or
Whatis.com.
> Also, look at all the different newsgroups here. There is at least one
> devoted to hardware:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
>
> Kurt Hudson
> http://www.hudlogic.com/bios/kurt
>
> "Secora3" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:841001c40349$51171660$a10
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>
>

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