local bus

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local bus - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  local bus
  
     <hardware> A bus connecting a processor to memory,
     usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a
     backplane and therefore faster.
  
     Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are
     still in use.  The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or
     VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI).  Some
     computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no
     expansion slots.  Previous non-local bus standards include
     ISA, EISA and MCA.
  
     (1997-08-25)