podule

English

Etymology

Blend of pod +‎ module

Noun

podule (plural podules)

1. (computing, dated) An expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.
   • 1987, Byte, volume 12, numbers 10-11, page 126:

     The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]

   • 1989, Science Software, volume 5, page 231:

     The Archimedes version of the Chromalock is a plug-in podule.

   • 1990, Electronics World + Wireless World:

     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 […]

Usage notes

• Associated with Acorn Computers.

Anagrams

• Poudel, peludo