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What is the purpose of expansion slot in motherboard?​

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Answered by anubaskota2
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Answer:An expansion slot is a socket on the motherboard that is used to insert an expansion card (or circuit board), which provides additional features to a computer such as video, sound, advanced graphics, Ethernet or memory.Expansion cards can provide various functions including:

1.   Sound

2.   Modems

3.   Network

  4. Interface adapters

 5.  TV and radio tuning

 6.  Video processing

 7. Solid-state drive

 8.  Power-on self-test

 9.  Advanced multirate codec

   10. Basic input/output system (BIOS)

11.   Expansion read-only memory (ROM)

 12.  Security devices

Expansion slots allow you at add special higher performance features to your computer. Probably the most common is a high performance graphics card. However some other possibilities include an I/O card if you are using it in a lab environment, a music card if you are using it as a home entertainment system or for editing, you can also add USB or Firewire ports to tie in more peripherals. It all depends on what you want to do.

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