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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | © A Dictionary of the Internet 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association A successful standardization effort initiated by a number of MODEM manufacturers during the 1980s to define a standard for small interface PC CARDS. Such cards have expanded from their original use as MODEMS and embraced hardware devices such as sound cards, memory, and GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM cards.

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