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Multibus

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Multibus is a computer bus standard used in industrial systems. [1]

43 relations: Apollo Computer, Asynchronous I/O, Automatic train operation, Automatic train protection, Bus, Bus (computing), Central line (London Underground), Central processing unit, Commercial off-the-shelf, Common Tunnel, DIN 41612, Direct memory access, Disk controller, Ethernet, File server, Floating-point unit, Hewlett-Packard, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Intel, Local bus, London Underground, Megabit, Multi-master bus, Oslo Metro, Radisys, Real-time computing, Redundancy (engineering), RMX (operating system), S-100 bus, Safety-critical system, SCSI, Silicon Graphics, Solaris (operating system), SPARC, Sun Microsystems, Sun-1, Sun-2, Throughput, VMEbus, Westinghouse Rail Systems, Workstation, Xylogics, 3Com.

Apollo Computer

Apollo Computer Inc., founded 1980 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts by William Poduska (a founder of Prime Computer) and others, developed and produced Apollo/Domain workstations in the 1980s.

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Asynchronous I/O

In computer science, asynchronous I/O (also non-sequential I/O) is a form of input/output processing that permits other processing to continue before the transmission has finished.

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Automatic train operation

Automatic train operation (ATO) is an operational safety enhancement device used to help automate operations of trains.

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Automatic train protection

Automatic train protection (ATP) is a type of train protection system which continually checks that the speed of a train is compatible with the permitted speed allowed by signalling.

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Bus

A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (a contraction of the Latin omnibus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.

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Central line (London Underground)

The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from, Essex, in the north-east to and in the west.

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Central processing unit

A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.

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Commercial off-the-shelf

Commercial off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) satisfy the needs of the purchasing organization, without the need to commission custom-made, or bespoke, solutions.

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Common Tunnel

The Common Tunnel (Fellestunnelen), sometimes called the Common Line (Fellesstrekningen), is a long tunnel of the Oslo Metro which runs through the city center of Oslo, Norway.

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DIN 41612

DIN 41612 is a DIN standard for electrical connectors that are widely used in rack based electrical systems.

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Direct memory access

Direct memory access (DMA) is a feature of computer systems that allows certain hardware subsystems to access main system memory (Random-access memory), independent of the central processing unit (CPU).

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Disk controller

The disk controller is the controller circuit which enables the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive.

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Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).

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File server

In computing, a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network that provides a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files (such as text, image, sound, video) that can be accessed by the workstations that are able to reach the computer that shares the access through a computer network.

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Floating-point unit

A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers.

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Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company (commonly referred to as HP) or shortened to Hewlett-Packard was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional association with its corporate office in New York City and its operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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Intel

Intel Corporation (stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley.

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Local bus

In computer architecture, a local bus is a computer bus that connects directly, or almost directly, from the CPU to one or more slots on the expansion bus.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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Megabit

The megabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information.

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Multi-master bus

A multi-master bus is a computer bus in which there are multiple bus master nodes present on the bus.

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Oslo Metro

The Oslo Metro (Oslo T-bane or Oslo Tunnelbane or simply T-banen.) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from the transit authority Ruter.

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Radisys

Radisys Corporation is a publicly traded company located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States that makes technology used by telecommunications companies in mobile networks.

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Real-time computing

In computer science, real-time computing (RTC), or reactive computing describes hardware and software systems subject to a "real-time constraint", for example from event to system response.

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Redundancy (engineering)

In engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe, or to improve actual system performance, such as in the case of GNSS receivers, or multi-threaded computer processing.

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RMX (operating system)

iRMX is a real-time operating system designed specifically for use with the Intel 8080 and Intel 8086 family of processors.

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S-100 bus

The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE696-1983 (withdrawn), was an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800.

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Safety-critical system

A safety-critical system or life-critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in one (or more) of the following outcomes.

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SCSI

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices.

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Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.

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Solaris (operating system)

Solaris is a Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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SPARC

SPARC, for Scalable Processor Architecture, is a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC.

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Sun-1

Sun-1 was the first generation of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in May 1982.

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Sun-2

The Sun-2 series of UNIX workstations and servers was launched by Sun Microsystems in November 1983.

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Throughput

In general terms, throughput is the maximum rate of production or the maximum rate at which something can be processed.

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VMEbus

VMEbus (Versa Module Europa bus) is a computer bus standard, originally developed for the Motorola 68000 line of CPUs, but later widely used for many applications and standardized by the IEC as ANSI/IEEE 1014-1987.

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Westinghouse Rail Systems

Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd) was a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide.

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Workstation

A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.

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Xylogics

Xylogics or Xylogic Systems was started in 1970 by three former NASA employees.

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3Com

3Com Corporation was a digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network products.

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ILBX, ISBX, ISO 10861, MULTIBUS, Multibus System Bus, Multichannel I/O Bus.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibus

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