RTC RIDE-public transit service for the greater Reno/Sparks community (formerly CitiFare). RTC RAPID-faster transit service on Virginia Street from downtown Reno to Meadowood Mall. Get the RTC RAPID brochure for more information.
A backplane is a group of electrical connectors in parallel with each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus. It is used as a backbone to connect several printed circuit boards together to make up a complete computer system. Backplanes commonly use a printed circuit board, but wire-wrapped backplanes have also been used in minicomputers and high-reliability applications.
A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or rise, after the manner of an aÃ«roplane. 2. A projecting plane or fin on a hydroplane{3} to lift the moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat.