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A daughterboard or '''daughtercard''' is a Circuit Board meant to be an extension or "daughter" of a Motherboard (or 'mainboard'), or occasionally another card. In particular, daughterboards often have plugs, sockets, pins, Connectors , or other attachments for other boards, which is what differentiates them from a standard Expansion Board such as for PCI or ISA . In addition, daughterboards usually have only internal Connections within a Computer or other Electronic Device rather than any external ones, and usually access the motherboard directly rather than through a Computer Bus . Daughterboards are sometimes used in computers in order to allow for Expansion Card s to fit on their side (or upright), Parallel to the motherboard, usually to maintain a small or slim Form Factor . They are also sometimes used to expand the basic functionality of an electronic device, such as when a certain model has features added to it and is released as a new or separate model. Rather than redesign the first model completely, a daughterboard may be added to a special Port or connector on the motherboard or mainboard. These usually fit on top of and parallel to the board, separated by Spacer s or Standoff s, and are therefore sometimes called mezzanine cards due to being stacked like the Mezzanine of a Theatre . Wavetable cards are often Mount ed on Sound Card s in this manner. Use of the names daughter card and '''daughter board''', and even '''mezzanine board''' are also acceptable. SEE ALSO |
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