short card

[¦shȯrt ¦kärd] (computer science) A printed circuit board that is plugged into an expansion slot in a microcomputer and is only half the length of a full-size card.

short card

(hardware)A half-length IBM PC expansion card or adaptorthat will fit in one of the two short slots located towardthe right rear of a standard chassis (tucked behind thefloppy disk drives).

See also: tall card.

short card

In a PC, a plug-in printed circuit board that is half the length of a full-size board. Contrast with long card.