Backplane
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thumb|right|300px|Major components on a PICMG 1.3 active backplane thumb|Wire-wrapped backplane from a 1960s PDP-8 minicomputer A backplane or backplane system is a group of electrical connectors in parallel with each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus. It is used to connect several printed circuit boards together to make up a complete computer system. Backplanes commonly use a printed circuit board, but wire-wrapped backplanes have also been used in minicomputers and high-reliability applications.
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It is catalogued under the topic Computer buses.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Image
- Dell PowerEdge 2800 - SCSI backplane-2756.jpg
- Connects with
- daughterboard
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- Commons category
- Backplanes
- opposite of
- motherboard
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