Northbridge

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

  northbridge
       
           The single {integrated circuit} in a {core
          logic} {chip set} that connects the {CPU} to the {system
          memory} and the {AGP} and {PCI} busses.  Other functions are
          provided by the {southbridge} chip.


       
          {(http://www.maximumpc.com/terminator/terminator_n.html)}.
       
          (2000-01-15)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Northbridge, MA
    Zip code(s): 01534