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Industry Standard Architecture, an Uncommon card
Industry Standard Architecture is the 16-bit internal bus of IBM PC/AT and similar computers based on the Intel 80286 and its immediate successors during the 1980s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 40,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Industry Standard Architecture quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Industry Standard Architecture card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Originally ______ to as the PC bus or AT bus, it was also termed I/O Channel by IBM.
Answer
referred. Originally referred to as the PC bus or AT bus, it was also termed I/O Channel by IBM. From the Industry Standard Architecture article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Industry Standard Architecture is the 16-bit internal bus of IBM PC/AT and similar computers based on the Intel 80286 and its immediate successors during the ____s.
Answer
1980s. Industry Standard Architecture is the 16-bit internal bus of IBM PC/AT and similar computers based on the Intel 80286 and its immediate successors during the 1980s. From the Industry Standard Architecture article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alessandro Nannini. Alessandro Nannini 74 · Industry Standard Architecture 68 · Leland D. Melvin 64 · Amphibole 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The bus was backward compatible with the 8-bit bus of the 8088-based IBM PC, including the IBM PC/XT as well as IBM PC compatibles.
- Originally referred to as the PC bus or AT bus, it was also termed I/O Channel by IBM.
- The ISA term was coined as a retronym by IBM PC clone manufacturers in the late 1980s or early 1990s as a reaction to IBM's attempts to replace the AT bus with its new and incompatible Micro Channel architecture.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Industry Standard Architecture article was read about 40,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Industry Standard Architecture
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Text : Wikipedia, Industry Standard Architecture (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Miha Ulanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
