EXPANSION SLOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expansion slot mean? 

• EXPANSION SLOT (noun)
  The noun EXPANSION SLOT has 1 sense:

1. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

  Familiarity information: EXPANSION SLOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPANSION SLOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

expansion slot; slot

Context example:

the PC had three slots for additional memory

Hypernyms ("expansion slot" is a kind of...):

receptacle (an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert)

Domain category:

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)