mainboard

Central circuit board

Mainboard is a synonym for motherboard, the primary circuit board in a computer that houses the processor, memory slots, and connectors for other components.

The term is more common in certain regions and among hardware manufacturers than in everyday speech, where motherboard dominates.

I need to replace the mainboard after the power surge fried it.

motherboard

chipset

Coordinated circuit collection

  • BIOSBoot-up initialization firmware
  • socketHollow receiving cavity
  • CPUMain computing chip

RAM · SATA · DIMM · GPU · USB · UEFI · firmware · overclocking · I/O · heatsink

components

capacitor

Charge-storing circuit element

inductor · choke · crystal · fuse · connector · LED · ceramic · electrolytic · tantalum · heatsink

circuitry

PCB

Electronic component substrate

  • traceMinute remnant or pursue
  • layerSingle thickness of material
  • viaBy way of

ground · signal · impedance · solder · copper · substrate · routing · silkscreen · pad · plating

Categories
Opposites
component hierarchy

mainboarddaughterboard

Secondary board adding capabilities

peripheral · peripheral device · expansion card · accessory · add-on

board type/function

mainboarddaughterboard

Secondary board adding capabilities

expansion card · graphics card · sound card · network card

Family

main, board, mains, mainly, mainland, mainline, mainstream, mainstay, boards

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