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Backplane vs Backplate - What's the difference?

backplane | backplate |

As nouns the difference between backplane and backplate

is that backplane is 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 while backplate is a plate protecting a fighting person's back.

backplane

English

(wikipedia backplane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • backplate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
  • A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.