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Riglos Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Onto vs Into/ In?

Hi everyone!

Could you tell me why "onto" and not "Into" or "In" is used in the following context?

"The address number is put onto the address bus."
"The CPU puts the adress onto the address bus."

Would the other two possibilities be just as fine?


Why do we use "into" in the following case?

"A program is read from disk into memory."

Thanks a lot!

Mara.
  

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Hi, Still not finished with the bus, I see. Could you tell me why "onto" and not "Into" or "In" is used in the following context? " It's because the bus is like a road, as I explained in another thread.

— Clive

  • Hi, Still not finished with the bus, I see.
  • Could you tell me why "onto" and not "Into" or "In" is used in the following context?
  • " It's because the bus is like a road, as I explained in another thread.
  • The address is put onto the bus and then travels along it, to another place.
  • " Fine.
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Hi,

Still not finished with the bus, I see.

Could you tell me why "onto" and not "Into" or "In" is used in the following context?

"The address number is put onto the address bus." It's because the bus is like a road, as I explained in another thread. The address is put onto the bus and then travels along it, to another place.

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