Guide to Types of Expansion Slots and Add-In Cards

What is an Expansion Slot and How Does It Work? expansion slot definition An expansion slot is a socket on the motherboard that is used to insert an expansion card , which provides additional features expansion slot types Peripheral Component Interconnect Express is a serial expansion bus standard for connecting a computer to one or more peripheral devices

expansion slot drawing Expansion cards include PCI Express bus compatible-type and PCI bus compatible-type cards PCI bus PCI is the bus interface