Backplane

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  backplane
       
           A {printed circuit board} with slots
          into which other cards are plugged.
       
          A backplane,is typically just a connector and does not usually


          have many active components on it.  This contrasts with a
          {motherboard}.
       
          {Designing a backplane
          (http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/design_backplane/index.html)}.
       
          (2002-09-08)