The bus is informally called a bus.
Bus is the colloquial or informal name for bus . This term is used to name a means of transport that can transport numerous passengers simultaneously and that follows a fixed route . In some countries, the bus or bus is known as an omnibus , a micro , a bus , or a bus .
For example: “Do you know where the bus goes to the stadium?” , “Fatal accident: a bus hit a tree and two passengers died” , “To get to the beach, you have to take the bus that runs along the national highway” .
Types of buses
There is a wide variety of buses according to the route they take or the type of motorization. There are buses that circulate within the urban area and make short routes, while others complete long-distance trips (and that link different cities or even countries). Within larger cities, it is common for passengers to have more than one bus line at their disposal.
Starting from all this, we can establish that these are some of the most significant buses that exist:
- Articulated . As its name indicates, it is one that has two or more sections interconnected by a “joint” that usually takes on the appearance of an accordion. It usually has a length of about 18 meters and also has the peculiarity of being able to accommodate a greater number of passengers than traditional ones.
- Minibus . It is also known by the name of microbus and its main identifying feature is its size, which is smaller than what an urban bus can have. This circumstance is what causes it to not be able to carry more than thirty passengers.
- Midibus . Compared to the previous two types, there is this other model, which has an intermediate size. Specifically, more accurately you could say that it is a little smaller than a normal one and larger than the minibus.
- Double-decker bus . The United Kingdom is where you can see vehicles of this type circulating on the streets the most, in fact, they have become one of the country's hallmarks. As its name indicates, it has two levels of height and is spreading throughout the world within the tourism field, because it helps any traveler who arrives in a city to discover the main monuments and places of interest of the same while riding on it. . And it allows you to get beautiful views and makes mobility significantly easier.
In computing, a bus makes the transfer of information possible.
The concept in computing
The concept of bus, on the other hand, is used in the field of computing to name the devices that allow the transfer of information between the various parts of a computer or even between different computers.
A bus, in this sense, can have integrated circuits, printed circuits, capacitors, capacitors, cables and other elements. The buses can be parallel or serial according to the way these components are arranged.
An example of a bus is USB , a universal serial bus known by the acronym Universal Serial Bus . This standard facilitates communications between different computers and electronic devices.