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motherboard, n. Electronics.|ˈmʌðəbɔːd|
Also mother-board, mother board.
[f. mother n.1 + board n.]
A printed circuit board on which are mounted the principal components of a microcomputer or other electronic device, and to which other boards (daughterboards) may be connected.
1971[see *daughterboard n.]. 1978Gramophone May 1960/1 All the signal processing electronics for recording and playback, plus the provision of erase and bias current and metering, are contained on five small printed circuit cards; these plug into sockets on a ‘mother’ board behind the control panel. 1984Which Micro? Dec. 99 (Advt.), Microslot is a two-way mother-board..to incorporate as many add-ons as you wish. 1986[see microfloppy n.]. 1988PC Mag. June 89/1 These four gate arrays integrate a large number of peripheral-control chips that would otherwise clutter up the motherboard. |