What (who) is Coast - definition
![[[Escorca]] coast, [[Serra de Tramuntana]] ([[Balearic Islands]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0.1. Mar Mediterrània - Serra de Tramuntana. Torrent de Pareis. (Escorca, Mallorca).jpg?width=200 "[[Escorca]] coast, [[Serra de Tramuntana]] ([[Balearic Islands]])")
![Southeast coast of [[Greenland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/17-08-islcanus-RalfR-DSC 3282.jpg?width=200 "Southeast coast of [[Greenland]]")
![deep seabed]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/41467 2020 18242 Fig1 HTML.webp?width=200 "deep seabed]].")
![Britain]], be called a [[cove]]. That between the cuspate foreland and the tombolo is a British bay.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Accreting coast Image6.svg?width=200 "Britain]], be called a [[cove]]. That between the cuspate foreland and the tombolo is a British bay.")
![Dead zones]] occur when phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizers cause excessive growth of microorganisms, which depletes oxygen and kills fauna.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aquatic Dead Zones.jpg?width=200 "Dead zones]] occur when phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizers cause excessive growth of microorganisms, which depletes oxygen and kills fauna.")
![West Coast Region]] of New Zealand](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Knights Point - Tasmánské moře - panoramio.jpg?width=200 "West Coast Region]] of New Zealand")
![A settled coastline in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]]. Once a fishing port, the harbor is now dedicated to tourism and pleasure boating. Observe that the sand and rocks have been darkened by oil slick up to the high-water line.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marbleheadcoastline.jpg?width=200 "A settled coastline in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]]. Once a fishing port, the harbor is now dedicated to tourism and pleasure boating. Observe that the sand and rocks have been darkened by oil slick up to the high-water line.")
![Atlantic rocky coastline, showing a surf area. [[Porto Covo]], west coast of Portugal](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porto Covo pano April 2009-4.jpg?width=200 "Atlantic rocky coastline, showing a surf area. [[Porto Covo]], west coast of Portugal")
![[[Somalia]] has the longest coastline in Africa.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222296321_The_Indian_Ocean_Coast_of_Somalia "The Indian Ocean Coast of Somalia"]. ''Marine Pollution Bulletin''. '''41''' (1-6): 141–159. December 2000. doi: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00107-7</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Somalia 16.08.2009 08-30-13.jpg?width=200 "[[Somalia]] has the longest coastline in Africa.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222296321_The_Indian_Ocean_Coast_of_Somalia \"The Indian Ocean Coast of Somalia\"]. ''Marine Pollution Bulletin''. '''41''' (1-6): 141–159. December 2000. doi: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00107-7</ref>")
![[[Paddy field]]s by the coast of [[Fengbin, Hualien]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/花蓮新社梯田.jpg?width=200 "[[Paddy field]]s by the coast of [[Fengbin, Hualien]]")
![Coastline of [[Barcelona]] as viewed from Port Fòrum, with [[Montjuïc]] and [[Port Vell]] can also be seen.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/170209 219 R.jpg?width=200 "Coastline of [[Barcelona]] as viewed from Port Fòrum, with [[Montjuïc]] and [[Port Vell]] can also be seen.")
![A passenger car ferry arrives at the coast of [[Mariehamn]], [[Åland]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maarianhamina SNV10312 -2B.jpg?width=200 "A passenger car ferry arrives at the coast of [[Mariehamn]], [[Åland]].")
![Houses close to the coast, like these in [[Tiburon, California]], may be especially desirable properties.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tiburon.jpg?width=200 "Houses close to the coast, like these in [[Tiburon, California]], may be especially desirable properties.")
Wikipedia
COASt, an acronym for "cache on a stick", is a packaging standard for modules containing SRAM used as an L2 cache in a computer. COASt modules look like somewhat oversized SIMM modules. These modules were somewhat popular in the Apple and PC platforms during early to mid-1990s, but with newer computers cache is built into either the CPU or the motherboard. COASt modules decoupled the motherboard from its cache, allowing varying configurations to be created. A low-cost system could run with no cache, while a more expensive system could come equipped with 512 KB or more cache. Later COASt modules were equipped with pipelined-burst SRAM.
The standard was originally defined by Motorola to be between 4.33 and 4.36 inches (110 and 111 mm) wide, and between 1.12 and 1.16 inches (28 and 29 mm) high. It could be found in many Apple Macintosh in the early-to-mid-90s, but disappeared as the Mac moved to the PowerPC platform.
Intel also used the COASt standard for their Pentium systems, where it could be found as late as 1998 in Pentium MMX systems utilizing Intel chipsets such as 430VX and 430TX. Later, Intel combined this architecture with the CPU and created the Slot 1 CPU cartridge which contained both the CPU and separate cache chips.
The slot that the COASt module plugged into was named "CELP", or "card edge low profile", referring to the small circuit board and the conductors on its edge. It had 80 contacts on each side of a circuit board (for a total of 160), spaced 0.050" apart, plus an identification notch between contacts 42 and 43.
