| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Extended industry standard architecture | Post & Telecom | A 32-bit adaptation of the 8/16-bit buses originally developed by IBM and now standard in almost all PCs that use Intel's 8086 and 80X86 chips. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Industry Standard Architecture | Computing | Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) A bus standard for IBM compatibles that extends the XT bus architecture to 16 bits. It also allows for bus mastering although only the first 16 MB of main memory is available for direct access. In reference to the XT bus architecture it is sometimes referred to as "AT bus architecture". Compare EISA, MCA. (1996-06-25). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
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