No, these technologies are not backwards compatible according to Jean Andrews in her latest text book on computer structure.
The function of expansion slots are exactly like their name. They are meant to hold extra devices. They "expand" your systems ability to have hardware.
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yes they are, im a computer person
The price of 8 expansion slots equals the price of 7 expansion slots.
Peripheral ports such as COM, USB and serial ports, are input/output interfaces that allow devices to connect to a computer. Expansion slots are sockets on the motherboard where an expansion card is inserted.
Historically laptops used PCMCIA expansion slots, but these days this has generally been depreciated in favour of USB peripherals.
expansion slots are the slots that are located on the mother boards of the computer and at the left side of the south bridge.
On an AT motherboard, the CPU will be placed in front of the expansion slots
There are several different expansion slots that are compatible with video adapter cards. PCI, AGP, and PCI-Express x1 are all formats that are rarely used these days. The most popular format at the moment is PCI-Express x16.
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PCMCIA stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. It is a standard for externally accessible expansion slots that accept cards that are compatible.