Definition of "motherboard" []

• The main board of a computer, usually containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, and monitor and often having slots for accepting additional circuitry. (noun)

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• "Is there any other kind of test we can do to determine if the motherboard is non-functional (which seems rather likely at this point)?"
• "Yes the ATOM motherboard is a touch less powerful than many dual and quad core processors, but when you use a Linux OS with a gig of ram the tiny ATOM will surprise you."
• "It was sad because the front audio jack for headphones also did it, thus the motherboard is flawed in design."