motherboard

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English

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motherboard

Etymology

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Compound of mother +‎ board. Attested since 1965.

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motherboard (plural motherboards)

  1. (computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.
    Synonyms: mainboard, mobo
    • 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 8:
      An electronics shop was selling ugly refurbished computers. They were small black and grey things with exposed motherboards and cracked cases.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English motherboard.

Noun

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motherboard

  1. (computer hardware) motherboard