motherboard
noun
moth·er·board
ˈmə-t͟hər-ˌbȯrd 
: the main circuit board especially of a microcomputer
Examples of motherboard in a Sentence
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Intel, on the other hand, will be introducing a new CPU socket and CPU architecture so potential customers will have to buy new motherboards as well as the processors.
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Antony Leather, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
These include the display module, removable SSD, battery, motherboard (main processor and memory), thermal module, speakers, cameras, and more.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
Front camera Rear camera Power and volume buttons Kickstand
The Surface Laptop 6 replaceable parts list includes the display assembly, keyboard, SSD, battery, motherboard, Surface Connect port, thermal module, audio jack, speakers, touchpad, enclosure, and feet.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
The rig has an MSI X570 motherboard and an AMD Ryzen CPU, 16GB of Corsair Dominator DDR4 memory clocked to 3,600MHz, and a discrete Nvidia GeForce graphics card.
—PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
The process begins with cleaning the motherboard and removing unwanted components like capacitors and plastic cladding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
The researchers were able to extract about half a gram of gold from old motherboards using their process.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
In Seoul this month, Zendaya and Roach delivered another striking vintage moment, when the star slipped into Givenchy’s fall 1999 motherboard dress, designed by the late Lee McQueen.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
This is enabled by a clever system of magnets and copper contact pads that allow the keyboard, trackpad, and other components to connect to the motherboard via the USB bus without involving the bendy, fiddly ribbon cables that usually connect laptop keyboards and trackpads.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2024
Antony Leather, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
These include the display module, removable SSD, battery, motherboard (main processor and memory), thermal module, speakers, cameras, and more.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
Front camera Rear camera Power and volume buttons Kickstand
The Surface Laptop 6 replaceable parts list includes the display assembly, keyboard, SSD, battery, motherboard, Surface Connect port, thermal module, audio jack, speakers, touchpad, enclosure, and feet.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
The rig has an MSI X570 motherboard and an AMD Ryzen CPU, 16GB of Corsair Dominator DDR4 memory clocked to 3,600MHz, and a discrete Nvidia GeForce graphics card.
—PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
The process begins with cleaning the motherboard and removing unwanted components like capacitors and plastic cladding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
The researchers were able to extract about half a gram of gold from old motherboards using their process.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024
In Seoul this month, Zendaya and Roach delivered another striking vintage moment, when the star slipped into Givenchy’s fall 1999 motherboard dress, designed by the late Lee McQueen.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
This is enabled by a clever system of magnets and copper contact pads that allow the keyboard, trackpad, and other components to connect to the motherboard via the USB bus without involving the bendy, fiddly ribbon cables that usually connect laptop keyboards and trackpads.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
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motherboard
noun
moth·er·board
ˈmət͟h-ər-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: the main circuit board especially of a personal computer
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