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motherboards

  • plural
    of motherboard.
    motherboard
    noun
    a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted.

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In Tokyo's tech hub of Akihabara, Charles Brousse, a 30-year-old graphic designer and custom PC builder from Belgium, said prices for RAM, graphics cards and motherboards have hit "ridiculous levels".

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

But she says she has never handled so many iPhones with fried motherboards and malfunctioning touch screens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

In this way, they obtained a nugget of around 450 milligrams out of the 20 computer motherboards.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

Until last year, Lenovo flew in one crucial component — so-called motherboards — from a factory in China.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

They were all eight or ten feet tall, and full of not just wires and cables and motherboards, but also random blips of light flashing on and off.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix