(VESA Local-BUS) A peripheral bus from VESA that was primarily used in 486s. It provided a high-speed data path between the CPU and peripherals (video, disk, network, etc.). VL-bus was a 32-bit bus that supported bus mastering and ran at speeds up to 40 MHz. It generally provided up to three slots on the motherboard, each slot using one 32-bit Micro Channel connector placed adjacent to the standard ISA, EISA or Micro Channel connector. See PC data buses.
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