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    ISA-based PCMCIA Card in 1990, but renamed it to PC Card in March 1995 to avoid confusion with the name of the organization. The CardBus PC Card was introduced...
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    proprietary memory card format created by Huawei) Electronic contacts compared to nano-sim card to the same scale PCMCIA ATA Type I Card (PC Card ATA Type I)...
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    more usually these would implement the majority of an IBM PC clone on the card. The Risc PC required only the addition of the relevant CPU with some interface...
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  • and sometimes connectors for external devices. The ExpressCard standard replaces the PC Card (also known as PCMCIA) standards. ExpressCards can connect...
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    Later cards, such as the AdLib sound card, had a 9-voice polyphony combined in 1 mono output channel. Early PC sound cards had multiple FM synthesis...
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    allows web browsing on the phone, but a PC can also tap into this service if it connects to the phone. The PC needs to send a special telephone number...
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    PC Card expansion card standard is essentially a compact version of the ISA bus. The CardBus expansion card standard is an evolution of the PC card standard...
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    CompactFlash (redirect from CF card)
    pin on power-up, as either a 16-bit PC Card (0x7FF address limit) or as an IDE (PATA) interface. Unlike the PC Card interface, no dedicated programming...
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  • manufacturers from 1989 to 2009. Starting with the PCMCIA card in 1990 (the name later simplified to PC Card), it created various standards for peripheral interfaces...
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    of at least 480×240 Include a keyboard (except tablet models) Include a PC card slot Include an infrared (IrDA) port Provide wired serial and/or Universal...
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    antenna for a type II PC card, designed by the Megahertz subsidiary of 3Com. When not in use, the XJACK retracts into the PC card for storage. The XJACK...
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  • The KOV-14 Fortezza Plus is a US National Security Agency-approved PC card which provides encryption functions and key storage to Secure Terminal Equipment...
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    to traditional dongles. To thwart this, some dongle vendors adopted smart card product, which is widely used in extremely rigid security requirement environments...
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    an RS-232 serial port, a parallel port for connecting a printer, and a PC card socket, by means of which the computer's memory could be expanded up to...
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    Linear Flash is a PC card flash memory format. Linear Flash requires no battery support, unlike somewhat faster SRAM, and features read/write speeds much...
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    the card, coupled with the state of the PC-FX itself, resulted in the card selling poorly, below even the sales of the dedicated PC-FX unit. The card has...
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    Laptop (redirect from Laptop PC)
    also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). Laptops typically have a clamshell form factor with a flat-panel screen...
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    CableCARD is a special-use PC Card device that allows consumers in the United States to view and record digital cable television channels on digital video...
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    P2 (storage media) (redirect from P2 Card)
    2004. The P2 card is essentially a RAID of Secure Digital (SD) memory cards with an LSI controller tightly packaged in a die-cast PC Card (formerly PCMCIA)...
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  • CompactFlash (CF) II device such as the Hitachi Microdrive. It also has a PC Card expansion port supporting flash storage, compact flash adapters, modems...
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    Fortezza is an information security system that uses the Fortezza Crypto Card, a PC Card-based security token. It was developed for the U.S. government's Clipper...
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    TurboGrafx-16 (redirect from PC Engine)
    × 5.5 in × 1.4 in), the PC Engine remains the smallest major home console ever released. Games were initially released on HuCard cartridges, but the platform...
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  • was available originally as a laptop PC card (PCMCIA) slot drive where it could compete with contemporary PC card, MicroDrive, CompactFlash and SmartMedia...
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    Desktop computer (redirect from Desktop pc)
    Express, while laptops tend to have only one mini-PCI slot and one PC Card slot (or ExpressCard slot). Procedures for assembly and disassembly of desktops tend...
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    be implemented as an expansion card and connected using PCI bus or PCIe bus, or connected via USB, PC Card, ExpressCard, Mini PCIe or M.2. The low cost...
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    MultiMediaCard (MMC) is a memory card standard used for solid-state storage, originally introduced in 1997 by SanDisk, Siemens, and Nokia. Designed as...
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    AirPort (redirect from AirPort card)
    expansion card for Apple's new line of iBook notebooks and an AirPort Base Station. The AirPort card (a repackaged Lucent ORiNOCO Gold Card PC Card adapter)...
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    The PC-9800 series, commonly shortened to PC-98 or simply 98 (キューハチ, Kyū-hachi), is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured...
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    8-bit bus of the 8088-based IBM PC, including the IBM PC/XT as well as IBM PC compatibles. Originally referred to as the PC bus (8-bit) or AT bus (16-bit)...
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    services, although digital terrestrial pay TV suppliers also use CAMs. PC Card form factor is used as the Common Interface form of Conditional Access...
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