Slotket

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Slotket adapter

In computer hardware terminology, slotkets, also known as slockets, (both short for slot to socket adapter) are adapters that allow socket based microprocessors to be used on slot based motherboards.

Initial slotkets were created to use Socket 8 based Pentium Pro processors on Slot 1 motherboards. Later, they were popular for inserting Socket 370 Intel Celerons into Slot 1 based motherboards to build computers at a lower cost, especially with dual processor machines. (High-end motherboards accepting two Slot 1 processors were available, but motherboards with two sockets for the less expensive Socket 370 Celerons were unknown at first.) Later, the slotkets remained popular in the transition period from Slot to Socket based Pentium III processors by allowing people to keep their old Slot 1 motherboards but use newer Socket-based processors.

Today slotkets have largely disappeared because both Intel and AMD no longer manufacture Slot based CPUs. However, slotkets may still be found for sale on Internet auction sites.