motherboardn.
/ˈmʌðəbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈməðərˌbɔrd/ Electronics.
A printed circuit board on which the principal components of a microcomputer or other electronic device are mounted, and to which other boards (daughterboards) may be connected.
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1965 Wireless World July 49/2 (advt.) Contact tail variations..include..tails for direct mounting to a ‘mother’ printed circuit board.]
1965 Electronics 6 Sept. 36/1 Nine daughterboards, each carrying 30 circuit packages, go on each side of a motherboard.
1971 Electr. & Electronics Abstr. 74 118/2 To allow each channel to have its own controls each per channel circuitry is located on one daughterboard mounted vertically on a computer size motherboard.
1984 Which Micro? Dec. 99 (advt.) Microslot is a two-way mother-board..to incorporate as many add-ons as you wish.
1988 PC Mag. June 89/1 These four gate arrays integrate a large number of peripheral-control chips that would otherwise clutter up the motherboard.
2000 Personal Computer World Dec. 100/2 A fan..will help to keep the northbridge cool if you increase the bus speed of the motherboard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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