Editing Edge connector (section)

== Uses ==
[[File:PokemonSilverBoard.jpg|thumb|An opened [[Game Boy]] cartridge with edge connector on bottom]]
Edge connectors are commonly used in [[personal computer]]s for connecting [[expansion card]]s and [[computer memory]] to the [[system bus]]. Example expansion peripheral technologies which use edge connectors include [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]], [[PCI Express]], and [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]]. [[Slot 1]] and [[Slot A]] also used edge connectors; the [[central processing unit|processor]] being mounted on a card with an edge connector, instead of directly to the motherboard as before and since.

[[IBM PC]]s used edge connector sockets attached to ribbon cables to connect 5.25" [[floppy disk drive]]s. 3.5" drives use a pin connector instead.

[[Video game cartridge]]s typically take the form of a PCB with an edge connector: the socket is located within the console itself. The [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] was unusual in that it was designed to use a [[zero insertion force]] edge connector:<ref>{{cite web |title=Lance Barr Interview |url=http://www.nintendojo.com/archives/interviews/view_item.php?1130801472 |website=Nintendo News, Previews, Reviews, Editorials and Interaction |publisher=Nintendojo.com |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313182357/http://www.nintendojo.com/archives/interviews/view_item.php?1130801472 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> instead of the user forcing the cartridge into the socket directly, the cartridge was first placed in a bay and then mechanically lowered into position.

Starting with the [[Amiga 1000]] in 1985, various Amiga models used the 86-pin Zorro I edge connector, which was later reshaped into the internal 100-pin [[Amiga Zorro II|Zorro II]] slot on the [[Amiga 2000]] and later upmarket models.