podule

plural podules

1. datedcomputingAn expansion mechanism for ARM-based computer systems, generally a Eurocard-compatible printed circuit board that plugs into a backplane inside the machine.

   The Archimedes version of the Chromalock is a plug-in podule.

   1989, Science Software, volume 5, page 231

   2 more examples

   The podules Acorn plans to release include network cards (for Econet and Ethernet), ROM cards containing application software, a MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) sound card, an extended I/O card, […]

   1987, Byte, volume 12, numbers 10-11, page 126

   Acorn's Springboard is a PC card with an Arm chip, either 1Mbyte or 4Mbyte of ram and a 32-bit podule bus. The result is a simple and cheap multiprocessor system on a PC base[…]

   1990, Electronics World + Wireless World

2. A pod.
3. Synonym of module (A self-contained component of a system)

   Synonyms: module