motherboard

[muhth -er-bawrd, -bohrd] /ˈmʌð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
noun, Computers.
1.
a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted.
Compare board (def 14).
Origin
Examples from the web for motherboard
  • Eventually, all these external services will be built into the television set's motherboard.
  • Here, three graphics cards are installed on one motherboard.
  • So you'd get these little chips, and you have to put them in the motherboard.
  • Not the pain of the frustrated desktop user or the stymied motherboard programmer, but of the commuting motorist.
  • Loading up new software requires removing the motherboard from the machine.
  • It's so easy to have a microscopic element on a motherboard that allows people to get in without authorization.
British Dictionary definitions for motherboard

motherboard

/ˈmʌðəˌbɔːd/
noun
1.
(in an electronic system) a printed circuit board through which signals between all other boards are routed
motherboard in Science
motherboard
  (mŭ'ər-bôrd')   
The main circuit board of a computer, usually containing the central processing unit and main system memory as well as circuitry that controls the disk drives, keyboard, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
motherboard in Technology
hardware
(mobo) The main printed circuit board in an electronic device, particularly a computer, which may contain sockets that accept additional boards ("daughter-boards").
In a personal computer, the motherboard contains the bus, the microprocessor, and integrated circuits used for controlling any built-in peripherals such as the keyboard, text and graphics display, serial ports and parallel ports, joystick, and mouse interfaces.
(2000-08-10)