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Slot profiles differ by their type and the arrangement of planes and other communications ports, including apertures for blind-mate optical and/or coaxial connections. SOSA further refines VITA 65 by defining a specific subset of 3U and 6U slot profiles. There are four main types of defined Profiles for the SOSA standard: Payloads: these can be Compute or I/O Intensive, or RF/Optical. Switches: can be for RF/Optical or Data/Control Plane switching. Radial Clocks: this profile is for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) or RF navigation. External I/O: this profile definition is primarily to bring legacy I/O in or out of the system. The standard also defines a set of approved protocols that can be implemented by Plug In Cards (PICs) for each of the defined Pipes for general communications ports.