A 32-bit PC bus architecture, compatible with ISA and AT standards.
A 32-bit adaptation of the 8/16-bit buses originally developed by IBM and now standard in almost all PCs that use Intel's 8086 and 80X86 chips. The EISA bus is a joint development from Compaq and other PC manufacturers. Contrast with Microchannel and ISA.
EISA) EISA is a standard bus (computer interconnection) architecture that extends the ISA standard to a 32-bit interface. See also ISA.
A 32-bit bus standard introduced in 1988 by a consortium of nine computer-industry companies. EISA maintains compatibility with the earlier Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) but provides for additional features.
The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus is an industry-standard high-performance bus that is a superset of the 8- and 16-bit Industry Standard Architecture (ISA).
An enhancement to the bus architecture used on the IBM PC/AT, which allows the use of 32-bit devices in the same type of expansion slot used by an ISA adapter card. EISA slots and adapters were formerly common in server computers, but have been mostly replaced with PCI slots.
The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (in practice almost always shortened to EISA and frequently pronounced "eee-suh") is a bus standard for IBM compatible computers. It was announced in late 1988 by PC clone vendors (the "Gang of Nine") as a counter to IBM's use of its proprietary Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) in its PS/2 series.
