MOTHER BOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mother board mean? 

• MOTHER BOARD (noun)
  The noun MOTHER BOARD has 1 sense:

1. the main circuit board for a computer

  Familiarity information: MOTHER BOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTHER BOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main circuit board for a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

CPU board; mother board

Hypernyms ("mother board" is a kind of...):

add-in; board; card; circuit board; circuit card; plug-in (a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities)

Holonyms ("mother board" is a part of...):

C.P.U.; central processing unit; central processor; CPU; mainframe; processor ((computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing)