southbridge

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

southbridge

   <architecture> The {integrated circuit} in a {core logic}
   {chip set} that controls the {IDE} bus, {USB}, {plug-n-play}
   support, the {PCI}-{ISA} bridge, keyboard/mouse controller,
   {power management}, and various other features.  One brand
   provides {sound card} functions.

   Other functions are provided by the {northbridge} chip.

   (http://maximumpc.com/terminator/terminator_s.html).

   (2000-01-15)

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Southbridge, MA (CDP, FIPS 63305)
  Location: 42.08385 N, 72.03480 W
  Population (1990): 13631 (5809 housing units)
  Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 01550

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Southbridge, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
   Population (2000):    12878
   Housing Units (2000): 5720
   Land area (2000):     5.250446 sq. miles (13.598591 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.036864 sq. miles (0.095477 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    5.287310 sq. miles (13.694068 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            63305
   Located within:       Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
   Location:             42.078382 N, 72.037903 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     01550
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Southbridge, MA
    Southbridge