“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
BACKPLANE
Etymology
Noun
backplane (plural backplanes)
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
Source: Wiktionary
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8 August 2024
APPARENTLY
(adverb) from appearances alone; “irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land”; “the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned”; “had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it”-Thomas Hardy; “on the face of it the problem seems minor”
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