bus

Noun

bus (plural buses or busses)

1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
2. (slang) Slang for the Volkswagen Type 2 (nee "Volkswagen Bus").

Synonyms:

• (UK) coach (a long-distance bus)

3 letters in word "bus": B S U.

Anagrams of bus:

• sub

Words found within bus:

us

• Definitions:
• a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" bus topology: the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school" busbar: an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" ride in a bus remove used dishes from the table in restaurants a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
• A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. The name is a shortened version of Latin omnibus, which means "for everyone."
• RATP operates the majority of buses in Paris, and a significant number of lines in its suburbs. Other suburban lines are operated by private operators grouped in a consortium known as Optile (Organisation professionnelle des transports d'Île-de-France).
• In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers and typically is controlled by device driver software. ...
• Circuitry that is used to move data
• The path that carries data between the computer (microprocessor) and peripheral devices. An IDE interface cable and a SCSI cable are both examples of a bus.
• (1) A collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one part of a computer to another. You can think of a bus as a highway on which data travels within a computer. When used in reference to personal computers, the term bus usually refers to internal bus. ...
• A common shared channel between multiple computer devices.
• A collection of signalling paths between devices, used to transfer instructions, addresses and data.
• the main communication avenue in a computer; an electrical pathway along which signals are sent from one part of the computer to another.
• 1. Any of several types of self-propelled vehicles, generally rubber-tired, intended for use on city streets, highways and busways, including, but not limited to, minibuses, forty and thirty-foot buses, articulated buses, double-deck buses and electrically powered trolley buses, used by public ...
• A signal path that serves multiple devices or multiple points on a circuit board.
• A data path in a computer, consisting of various parallel wires to which the CPU, memory and all input/output devices are connected.
• Parallel or serial lines used to transfer signals between devices. Computers are often described by their bus structure (ie S-100-bus computers, etc.).
• A network topology in which nodes are connected to a single cable with terminations at each end.
• Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
• In a computer or on a network, a bus is a transmission path on which signals are dropped off or picked up at every device attached to the line. Only devices addressed by the signals pay attention to them; the others discard the signals. According to Winn L. ...
• A communication channel (bunch of wires) used for transmitting information quickly among computer parts.
• Large motor vehicles used to carry more than ten passengers, including school buses, inter-city buses, and transit buses.
• Electrical conductors found in a substation that connects all the equipment to a common point.
• A data pathway that connects the different parts of a computer memory, processor, disk drives, and so on. The bus consists of multiple conducting wires (lines) running in parallel. ...
• A signal pathway.
• a pathway that connects devices, enabling them to communicate. May be digital or analogue, including power and earth (ground).
• the pathway, in the form of copper foil lines or traces, over which data travels on a circuit board. Switching is directed either by dip switches on the equipment or by software.
• Every motor vehicle used for transportation of persons that is designed for carrying more than 14 passengers, or has more than four tires, or that exceeds 9 feet in height from underside of tire to the top of the vehicle, 7 feet in width or 19 feet in length,
• Group of wires or lines interconnecting several sub-components of a computer -- central processing unit, memory, hard disk controller, etc. -- so that if any sub-component should place data on said lines, any or all other sub-components can easily and almost instantly retrieve said data. ...
• A transit mode comprised of passenger vehicles with rubber tires operating on selected routes and schedules over roadways. Vehicles are powered by diesel, gasoline, battery, electricity or alternative fuel engines contained within the vehicle.
• The channel or path that the computer uses to transfer data. It is the main avenue for all data that moves in and out of the computer.
• In computer jargon, this general term refers to data, address and control circuits. The CPU communicates with peripheral devices and expansion cards via a bus ( PCI, ISA).

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