of the design is that the signal pins can become bent when a new device is inserted. Related standards include CompactPCI Express and CompactPXI, which follow a similar concept, but substitute the protocols and signaling of PCI Express and PXI respectively. The abbreviations cPCI, CPCI, cPCIe, and CPCIe are colloquial terms and are not officially used by PICMG. See also CompactPCI Serial CompactPCI PlusIO PXI MicroTCA or Advanced Mezzanine Card Mini PCI VMEbus VPX References External links Peripheral Component Interconnect Computer standards Open standards PICMG standards