podule
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
podule (plural podules)
- (computing, dated) An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.
- 1987, Byte, volume 12, numbers 10-11, page 126:
- The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]
- 1989, Science Software, volume 5, page 231:
- The Archimedes version of the Chromalock is a plug-in podule.
- 1990, Electronics World + Wireless World:
- Acorn's Springboard is a PC card with an Arm chip, either 1Mbyte or 4Mbyte of ram and a 32-bit podule bus. The result is a simple and cheap multiprocessor system on a PC base […]
Usage notes[edit]
- Associated with Acorn Computers.