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motherboard

motherboard

English

Noun

motherboard ‎(plural motherboards)

(computer hardware) the primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices

Synonyms

mainboard
mobo (abbreviation)

Derived terms

mobo (abbreviaiton)

Related terms

mothercard

See also

daughterboard

Translations

primary circuit board of a computer

Bengali: মাদারবোর্ড ‎(madarborḑ)
Catalan: placa mare f, placa base f, targeta mare f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 主機板, 主机板 ‎(zyu² gei¹ baan²), 主板 ‎(zyu² baan²), 母板 ‎(mou⁵ baan²), 底板 ‎(dai² baan²)

Mandarin: 主板 (zh) ‎(zhǔbǎn), 母板 (zh) ‎(mǔbǎn), 主機板 (zh), 主机板 (zh) ‎(zhǔjībǎn), 系統板, 系统板 ‎(xìtǒngbǎn), 底板 (zh) ‎(dǐbǎn)
Danish: bundkort n
Dutch: moederbord (nl) n
Estonian: emaplaat (et)
Finnish: emolevy (fi)
French: carte mère (fr) f, carte principale f, carte de fond de panier f
Georgian: დედაპლატა ‎(dedaṗlaṭa), მაზერი ‎(mazeri) (slang)
German: Hauptplatine (de) f, Mainboard (de) n, Motherboard (de) n
Greek: μητρική κάρτα (el) f ‎(mitrikí kárta)

Hindi: मदरबोर्ड ‎(madarborḍ)
Hungarian: alaplap (hu)
Icelandic: móðurborð (is) n
Ido: matroplako, chefoplako
Irish: máthairchlár m
Italian: scheda madre f
Japanese: マザーボード ‎(mazābōdo), メインボード ‎(meinbōdo)
Korean: 메인보드 ‎(meinbodeu), 마더보드 ‎(madeobodeu)
Malay: papan induk
Polish: płyta główna (pl) f
Portuguese: placa-mãe (pt)
Russian: матери́нская пла́та (ru) f ‎(materínskaja pláta), ма́ма (ru) f ‎(máma) (slang)
Serbo-Croatian: матична плоча f ‎(matična ploča)
Spanish: placa base f, motherboard (es) (slang)
Swedish: moderkort (sv) n
Thai: แผงวงจรหลัก