different between backplane vs podule

English

Etymology

back +? plane

Pronunciation

Noun

backplane (plural backplanes)

1. (electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to 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.

English

Etymology

Blend of pod +? module

Noun

podule (plural podules)

1. (computing, dated) An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.
   • 1987, Byte (volume 12, issues 10-11, page 126)

     The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]

   • 1989, Science Software (volume 5, page 231)

     The Archimedes version of the Chromalock is a plug-in podule.

   • 1990, Electronics World + Wireless World

     Acorn's Springboard is a PC card with an Arm chip, either 1Mbyte or 4Mbyte of ram and a 32-bit podule bus. The result is a simple and cheap multiprocessor system on a PC base […]

Usage notes

• Associated with Acorn Computers.

Anagrams

• Poudel, peludo