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Looking for small prototyping board (soldering) with all holes connected (and user have to destroy unnecessary connections). How is this type of boards called?

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It's called Veroboard or Stripboard.
You can get it from any decent electronics supplier (Digikey, Farnell, Sparkfun, Adafruit, etc)

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Stripboard tag wiki

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Oli Glaser
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    Oli, Google links are not appreciated. You get a million hits, and then what? I'd prefer to have just one relevant link. – stevenvh Jul 26 '12 at 07:03
  • Not appreciated by who? ;-) In this case the Google link is in *addition* to the descriptive Wiki link, to give an example of how easy it is to find a source of cheap stripboard. It may not add anything in *your* opinion, but I can't see how it detracts from the answer. – Oli Glaser Jul 26 '12 at 11:15
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    Not appreciated by "the community" :-). What it basically says is "look, here's a million links, *you* find it out". I think it's much more helpful to give some descriptive information from 1 or 2 links, and *then* he knows what to Google for if he wants to learn more. The way it is now the answer is just two links, WP and Google, and if I would flag your answer it may well be deleted for that reason. We want the information *here*. That's not just my opinion, that's what moderators think too. – stevenvh Jul 26 '12 at 11:24
  • I know it's short, but the basic answer to the question *is here* in this case. The OP asked "what the prototying board was called with the holes connected.." *was called* (there was also a hint of a shopping question which was why threw the google link in and mentioned sources) I gave the answer to this. I also wrote a [descriptive tag](http://electronics.stackexchange.com/tgs/stripboard/info) on Stripboard as I was answering the question FWIW. I agree with what you have to say in general, but I think this simple answer to a simple question is fine in this case. – Oli Glaser Jul 26 '12 at 11:37
  • The complete answer could have consisted of just the word "stripboard" and also be correct. *I* would have added a picture, and maybe pointed out that there are variants with e.g. each time three holes connected, again with a picture. You could mention that "Veroboard" is actually a brand name, and that what is called veroboard often isn't stripboard, but insulated pads (picture). – stevenvh Jul 26 '12 at 11:42
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    @Steven - yes, I could have done all this here, but instead I spent some time writing the tag wiki (linked to above) to give all this information and more. I do respect your opinion, but I really don't think it's necessary to go into great detail here when the actual question was just a quick one about the name, and detailed information is (now) so readily accessible in the Tag Wiki. A good/correct answer doesn't always have to be long winded. I'll add a little more info and point to the tag though, if that'll keep you happy ;-) – Oli Glaser Jul 26 '12 at 12:41
  • OK. Thanks for the wiki update. Nice write-up. – stevenvh Jul 26 '12 at 12:47