A motherboard, also known as main board, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary printed circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer. A typical computer is built with the microprocessor, main computer memory, and other basic components on the motherboard. Other components of the computer such as external storage, control circuits for video display and sound, and peripheral devices are typically attached to the motherboard via connectors or cables of some sort. There is more information about International Business Machines-compatible personal computers in PC motherboard. ==Mainboards== Most electrical devices have a board where logical processing begins when the device is powered on. In general, this would be identified as the mainboard. Usually, only devices where substantial, varied, and complex calculations occur have their mainboards referred to as motherboards. Computers, game consoles, and PDAs will usually be associated with the term motherboard, while TVs, home theater receivers, and home appliances normally will not. ==Components of computer motherboards== ====Universal==== Most motherboards have either these core components or some alternative for providing their functionality. *CPU socket (designed to hold a Central processing unit) *Random Access Memory slots ====Expansion slots==== The number and type of expansion slots are determined by the motherboard manufacturer subject to limitations of the core logic chipset. Common slot types include: *Industry Standard Architecture *Peripheral Component Interconnect *Accelerated Graphics Port *PCI Express Historic systems also used a variety of other expansion buses: *S-100 *NuBus *Sun Microsystems' SBus *IBM's Micro Channel Architecture *VESA Local Bus *Extended Industry Standard Architecture ====Optional peripheral interfaces==== These components are entirely optional, although market economics has made some of them ubiquitous in modern computers. *Advanced Technology Attachment controller *Serial ATA controller *Universal Serial Bus *FireWire ports *Bluetooth *Ethernet interface *SCSI ==See also== *BIOS *Chipset *Front side bus == External links == *[http://www.motherboards.org Various motherboard models and tools] *[http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/moboid1.html Identifying the make and model of your motherboard] Motherboard Computer hardware lv:Mātes plate ms:Papan Induk th:เมนบอร์ด
This text (now deleted --drj) is far too Intel/PC specific. The term "motherboard" isn't even specific to computers, much less PCs. It's good info, though, so I'd like to put it somewhere. Suggestions? --User:Lee Daniel Crocker ---- I moved it to :PC motherboard and added some stuff about expansion card slots. --User:drj : It's not redirecting yet ==PS1 mobo??== The PS1 isn't what I think of when I think of motherboards... Maybe a better pic of, I dunno, some generic ATX board?
A motherboard, also known as main board, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary printed circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer. Computer hardware
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A motherboard, also known as main board, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary printed circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer. A typical computer is built with the microprocessor, main computer memory, and other basic components on the motherboard. Other components of the computer such as external storage, control circuits for video display and sound, and peripheral devices are typically attached to the motherboard via connectors or cables of some sort. There is more information about International Business Machines-compatible personal computers in PC motherboard. ==Mainboards== Most electrical devices have a board where logical processing begins when the device is powered on. In general, this would be identified as the mainboard. Usually, only devices where substantial, varied, and complex calculations occur have their mainboards referred to as motherboards. Computers, game consoles, and PDAs will usually be associated with the term motherboard, while TVs, home theater receivers, and home appliances normally will not. ==Components of computer motherboards== ====Universal==== Most motherboards have either these core components or some alternative for providing their functionality. *CPU socket (designed to hold a Central processing unit) *Random Access Memory slots ====Expansion slots==== The number and type of expansion slots are determined by the motherboard manufacturer subject to limitations of the core logic chipset. Common slot types include: *Industry Standard Architecture *Peripheral Component Interconnect *Accelerated Graphics Port *PCI Express Historic systems also used a variety of other expansion buses: *S-100 *NuBus *Sun Microsystems' SBus *IBM's Micro Channel Architecture *VESA Local Bus *Extended Industry Standard Architecture ====Optional peripheral interfaces==== These components are entirely optional, although market economics has made some of them ubiquitous in modern computers. *Advanced Technology Attachment controller *Serial ATA controller *Universal Serial Bus *FireWire ports *Bluetooth *Ethernet interface *SCSI ==See also== *BIOS *Chipset *Front side bus == External links == *[http://www.motherboards.org Various motherboard models and tools] *[http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/moboid1.html Identifying the make and model of your motherboard] Motherboard Computer hardware lv:Mātes plate ms:Papan Induk th:เมนบอร์ด
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This text (now deleted --drj) is far too Intel/PC specific. The term "motherboard" isn't even specific to computers, much less PCs. It's good info, though, so I'd like to put it somewhere. Suggestions? --User:Lee Daniel Crocker ---- I moved it to :PC motherboard and added some stuff about expansion card slots. --User:drj : It's not redirecting yet ==PS1 mobo??== The PS1 isn't what I think of when I think of motherboards... Maybe a better pic of, I dunno, some generic ATX board?
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A motherboard, also known as main board, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary printed circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer. Computer hardware
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