motherboard

moth·er·board

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [muhth -er-bawrd, -bohrd]
- /ˈmʌð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
- /ˈmʌð.ə.bɔːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muhth -er-bawrd, -bohrd]
- /ˈmʌð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

Definitions of motherboard word

noun motherboard 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). 1
noun motherboard A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a microcomputer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted. 1
noun motherboard computing: circuit board 1
noun Definition of 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. 1
countable noun motherboard In a computer, the motherboard is the main electronic circuit board to which the microchips that perform important functions are attached. 0
noun motherboard (in an electronic system) a printed circuit board through which signals between all other boards are routed 0

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Parts of speech for Motherboard

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motherboard popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for motherboard

noun motherboard

board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
card — A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed.
printed circuit board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
chip — Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
microchip — chip1 (def 5).

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