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語源

Compound of mother +‎ board. Attested since 1965.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈmʌðɚˌbɔɹd/

名詞

motherboard (plural motherboards)

1. (computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.

   Synonyms: mainboard, mobo

   • 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 8:

     An electronics shop was selling ugly refurbished computers. They were small black and grey things with exposed motherboards and cracked cases.

派生語

• daughterboard

関連する語

• mothercard

派生した語

参照

• “motherboard”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.