Expansion Slots On the Motherboard

An expansion slot is a bus slot or expansion port found on the motherboard of a computer It performs as a socket on the motherboard

I see various mobos with, for example, 'half-length' PCIe x16 slots But this is a contradiction in terms A PCIe x16 slot by definition is

expansion slot definition computer An expansion card is an electronic cardboard that is used to add extra functionality to a computer It is inserted into an expansion slot

expansion slot types Expansion buses in PCs are interfaces that allow peripheral devices to connect to the motherboard and communicate with the CPU and other