Re: Board or card?

On 8 Jun 2006 07:05:18 -0700, "Jenalee K." <jenaleek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Do you design boards as in "printed circuit board" or cards as in
"add-on card"? English not being my mother tongue I wondered what the
difference is, if any.


People in the USA who design electronics usually say "pc board" or
"PCB" or just "board". A PCB without parts is a "bare board."

"Card" is more of a popular expression, but I might say "video card"
even though I design boards! I guess that if I design it, it's a
board, but if I buy it, it might be a board or a card. Silly.

To make things worse, we refer to the things we design as "boards" but
they plug into "card cages" or "crates." I've never heard the
expression "board cage."

Nobody ever accused English of making sense.

John


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