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MOTHER BOARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main circuit board for a computer
Synonyms:
CPU board; mother board
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)