motherboard

motherboard
/mudh"euhr bawrd', -bohrd'/, n. Computers.
a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted. Cf. board (def. 14).
[MOTHER1 + BOARD]

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