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PCI

technology
Also known as: peripheral component interconnect
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  • AGP
    AGP

    …processing unit) and system memory—unlike PCI (peripheral component interconnect), an earlier graphics card standard on which AGP was based. In graphics-intense applications, this direct channel gave AGP a performance advantage over PCI, which had been used for graphics cards, network cards, and countless other devices.

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    …processing unit) and system memory—unlike PCI (peripheral component interconnect), an earlier graphics card standard on which AGP was based. In graphics-intense applications, this direct channel gave AGP a performance advantage over PCI, which had been used for graphics cards, network cards, and countless other devices.

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