Talk:Electric bus (disambiguation)

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If something were written on a satellite bus, should it be incorporated into this article, or have its own? -FZ 13:52, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I added a picture of a bus. I hope this page is about the same thing i'm thinking of, its a little hard to tell. Fresheneesz 06:43, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know the origin of the term "bus" for a bundle of conductors in this way? Mooncow 10:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know a source or confirmation of the claim that this term can sometimes be spelled "buss" -- I've never come across that spelling! Mooncow 10:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

There is some evidence that this derives from busbar which in turn is a shortened form of 'omnibus bar'.--Rjstott 10:30, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Mooncow, "buss" is not an acceptable spelling for bus. The only definition for buss is a kiss, and the name of a fuse company. If you are pluralizing bus, you can use two s's if you like, but it is still the lesser-seen version ("buses" is more correct). The reason the term "bus" is used in computers comes from the idea that a bus can carry multiple people from one point to another. Or, in the case of computers, the people are data. Taborgate 14:39, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

As an electrical engineer, I have seen numerous instances of the "buss" spelling, and corrected them wherever I could. I think that the fuse brand is the likely source of the error for folks who do not understand the "omnibus" etymology of the word. Early computers and other digital electronic devices were likely to occupy multiple circuit cards which were plugged into "card cages". The (often card-edge) connectors on the back of these cages could be efficiently strapped to allow numerous cards access to the same set of nodes, usually--as now--representing the bits of a binary word, by soldering bare copper wire, "bus wire" through holes in the connector terminals.

Agreed, it's spelled BUS not BUSS which only BUSSMANN can do with two S and two N's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.123.92.129 (talk) 19:59, 19 April 2010 (UTC)