Nodule vs Podule - What's the difference?
nodule | podule |
(computing, dated) An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a -compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.
* 1989 , Science Software (volume 5, page 231)
* 1990 , Electronics World + Wireless World
As nouns the difference between nodule and podule
is that nodule is a rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump while podule is an expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.podule
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Archimedes version of the Chromalock is a plug-in podule .
- Acorn's Springboard is a PC card with an Arm chip, either 1Mbyte or 4Mbyte of ram and a 32-bit podule bus. The result is a simple and cheap multiprocessor system on a PC base