<s>
A	O
multidrop	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
(	O
MDB	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
in	O
which	O
all	O
components	O
are	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
electrical	O
circuit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multidrop	B-Architecture
buses	O
have	O
the	O
advantage	O
of	O
simplicity	O
and	O
extensibility	O
,	O
but	O
their	O
differing	O
electrical	O
characteristics	O
make	O
them	O
relatively	O
unsuitable	O
for	O
high	O
frequency	O
or	O
high	O
bandwidth	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2000	O
,	O
multidrop	B-Architecture
standards	O
such	O
as	O
PCI	B-Protocol
and	O
Parallel	B-Protocol
ATA	I-Protocol
are	O
increasingly	O
being	O
replaced	O
by	O
point-to-point	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
PCI	B-Protocol
Express	O
and	O
SATA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fully	B-General_Concept
Buffered	I-General_Concept
DIMM	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
approach	O
to	O
connecting	O
multiple	O
DRAM	O
modules	O
to	O
a	O
memory	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MDB/ICP	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
MDB	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
multidrop	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
computer	O
networking	O
protocol	O
used	O
within	O
the	O
vending	O
machine	O
industry	O
,	O
currently	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
American	O
National	O
Automatic	O
Merchandising	O
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ccTalk	O
multidrop	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
protocol	O
uses	O
an	O
TTL-level	B-General_Concept
asynchronous	O
serial	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
