backplanen.
/ˈbakpleɪn/ Electronics.
A board to which the main circuit boards of a device may be connected and which provides interconnections between them; a motherboard. Frequently attributive.
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1972 D. Lewin Theory & Design Digital Computers viii. 278 The same routing techniques may also be used to produce the card layout and wiring pattern for the panels in the main frame cabinets (called the backplane wiring).
1979 Personal Computer World Nov. 48/3 Inspection showed that not all of the PC boards were attached to the backplane of the computer.
1990 Industry Week 7 May 46/3 Optical interconnects reduced the backplane wiring in its 16,000-processor Connection Machine from more than 1,000 wires to just two fiber cables.
1992 Byte Sept. 171/2 Other researchers are investigating the practicality of different kinds of board configurations that would replace the traditional backplane.
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