EISA

(1) (Expert Imaging and Sound Association) An association of more than 50 special interest magazines from 29 countries, founded in 1989. EISA began in 1982 when the editors from five European photo magazines met to select "The Camera of the Year." Audio and video were later added.

(2) (Extended ISA) Pronounced "ee-suh." An earlier PC bus that extended the 16-bit ISA bus (AT bus) to 32 bits and provided bus mastering. ISA cards could plug into an EISA slot. EISA was announced in 1988 as a 32-bit alternative to the Micro Channel that would preserve investment in existing boards. However, EISA ran at the slow 8 MHz speed of the ISA bus in order to accommodate any ISA cards that may be plugged into it. EISA was superseded by PCI. See PC data buses.

Types of Expansion Cards

EISA was superseded by the PCI bus.

EISA

Acronym	Definition
EISA➣Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EISA➣Energy Independence and Security Act (US DoE)
EISA➣European Imaging and Sound Association
EISA➣Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
EISA➣Electoral Institute of Southern Africa
EISA➣Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture
EISA➣Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority
EISA➣Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association
EISA➣Edmonton Immigrant Services Association
EISA➣Edukick International Soccer Academies (various locations)
EISA➣European IT Services Association
EISA➣European Independent Steelworks Association
EISA➣Enterprise Information System Architecture
EISA➣Electronic Information Sharing Agreement
EISA➣Extended Industry Standard Adapter
EISA➣European Initiative on Sustainable development in Agriculture
EISA➣Environmental Impact Statement Assessment
EISA➣Eurecom Institute Sophia Antipolis