Motherboard

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The main board of a computer, usually containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, and monitor and often having slots for accepting additional circuitry.
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  • n. the primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially computers. The term is used primarily in microcomputer literature, where it designates the board containing the main expansion bus, and usually also the cpu. On motherboards designed with an expansion bus, often all of the circuits not contained on an expansion card are on the motherboard.
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  • n. the main circuit board for a computer
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    circuit board    circuit card    card    board    plug-in   
    Cross Reference
    daughterboard   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mainboard   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adaptor    4-pin    computingv    quick-disconnect    hermaphroditic   
     
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