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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

To recover gold in the laboratory experiment, the team salvaged the electronic motherboards from 20 old computer motherboards and extracted the metal parts.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

So from a young age, I learned how to solder motherboards and inventory microchips and would write marketing materials for COMDEX, which was the big computer trade show back then.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

Their innards showed again: wires, cables, motherboards, randomly blinking lights.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix