ALL meanings of motherboard
moth·er·board
M m - 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
- noun motherboard the main interconnecting circuit board in an electronic device, into or on which the various subassemblies, as printed circuit boards, are plugged or wired 0