Term of the Moment

Defi Llama


Look Up Another Term


Redirected from: I/O bus

Definition: peripheral bus


Also known as an "input/output bus" or "I/O bus," the peripheral bus is the data pathway that connects peripheral devices to the CPU. The PCIe and USB busses are commonly used in desktop computers. In earlier PCs, the ISA, EISA, VL-bus and Micro Channel buses were used. Contrast with system bus. See bus and PC data buses.