Ontem, a partir do exercício de pesquisa sobre siglas, surgiu a dúvida do que significaria a palavra ‘bus’ do termo USB (Universal Serial Bus).
Neste caso, bus não é ônibus – acho que isso já está na cara. Porém as duas palavras têm relação. Let’s see.
According to Webopedia, bus means “A collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one part of a computer to another. You can think of a bus as a highway on which data travels within a computer. When used in reference to personal computers, the term bus usually refers to internal bus. This is a bus that connects all the internal computer components to the CPU and main memory. There’s also an expansion bus that enables expansion boards to access the CPU and memory.”
Mas e a relação com o outro bus?
This time, in conformity with WhatisIT “… the term derives from its similarity to autobuses that stop at every town or 
block to drop off or take on riders”.
