motherboard
noun
moth·er·board
ˈmə-t͟hər-ˌbȯrd 
: the main circuit board especially of a microcomputer
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Plus, the three-position radiator mount to the right of the motherboard is bare in our test config.
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PCMAG, 21 Apr. 2024
By age 13, Ivan had already built his own PC and had been avidly reading about shader cores, NVIDIA CUDA, and motherboards.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
PCMAG, 21 Apr. 2024
By age 13, Ivan had already built his own PC and had been avidly reading about shader cores, NVIDIA CUDA, and motherboards.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
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.
—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
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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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