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[[Image:DaughterCard.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Main memory]] daughter-card plugged into a Dell Latitude XPi P133ST  [[lap-top]]]]
 
[[Image:DaughterCard.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Main memory]] daughter-card plugged into a Dell Latitude XPi P133ST  [[lap-top]]]]
  
A '''daughter-card''' (sometimes called a '''daughter-board''') is a smaller [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs into another, larger one (sometimes a [[motherboard]]), as opposed to a [[backplane]], which can usually hold a number of similarly-sized cards.
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A '''daughter-board''' (sometimes called a '''daughter-card''') is a smaller [[printed circuit board|PCB]] which plugs into another, larger one (sometimes a [[motherboard]]), as opposed to a [[backplane]], which can usually hold a number of similarly-sized cards.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 3 June 2022

Main memory daughter-card plugged into a Dell Latitude XPi P133ST lap-top

A daughter-board (sometimes called a daughter-card) is a smaller PCB which plugs into another, larger one (sometimes a motherboard), as opposed to a backplane, which can usually hold a number of similarly-sized cards.