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What is a bus in a computer? what are the types of buses? What does the lines on the bus indicate?

Hi every one...please answer my question about the bus in a computer. Actually I know it as a medium to transfer data within the internal parts of computer hardware.But I still wanna know about the lines on on the bus? what do they Indicate ? how does data transfers in the bus ? was it a series aiding or parallel aiding ? and last ....why we call it a 16 bit or 32 bit...?

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1. A 16 bit has 16 parallel data lines, while a 32 bit has 32 data lines. It is that simple. A serial bus has only one data line (plus a strobe and a ground) because it transmits one bit at a time (a 1 bit bus). The "strobe" or "clock" is for timing, and the "enable" line signals to all of the devices that the bus is on, and the rest are data lines (except for the ground -- study physics if you want to know what that is for).
2. Try to start reading from this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_%28computing%29
3. Info about the computer Bus, 1.http://www.directron.com/fsbguide.html 2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_(computing) 3.http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-buses-channel.htm 4.http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/page/bus Info on 32bit and 64bit, 1.32bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32_bit 2.64bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit As you can see after you visit these websites and glean information, it would take volumes to explain the computer theory you desire. These websites will answer your question/s, and the ensuing questions you will have.
4. buses consist of 1 Data Lines 2 Address Lines 3 Control Lines data to be transmitted is put on data line Address line decides which part ie either main memory,aux mem,I/O Device is going to hv this data.. Control lines is used for transmitting the control command that are in microinstructin format Number of Addres lines decides the max capacity of memory a system can support...