expansion card
noun [C] ITDefinition
› a board covered with small metal electrical connections that create one or more circuits and that can be connected to the main circuit board of a computer so that it can do more things: Installing a wireless (or any other) network usually means opening your desktop PC to plug in an expansion card. → See also USB
(Definition of expansion card noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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